Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2023 · Madison Square Garden

BuffaloSabresAway

3–4

Final/OT

SOG 30–33

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MSG-B · MSG

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 33-30.

Goals came from Ryan Lindgren, Artemi Panarin, Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Quinn, Mika Zibanejad, Casey Mittelstadt and Chris Kreider.

Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 29 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	0	3	30
NYR	2	1	0	1	4	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Lindgren (2)Jonny Brodzinski (7), Nick Bonino (4)0–107:19 NYR
Artemi Panarin (18)Mika Zibanejad (19)0–215:35 NYR · PPG
Rasmus Dahlin (10)Jordan Greenway (6)1–216:37 BUF

2nd period

Jack Quinn (2)Dylan Cozens (13), JJ Peterka (13)2–201:42 BUF
Mika Zibanejad (13)Chris Kreider (13), Blake Wheeler (8)2–307:13 NYR

3rd period

Casey Mittelstadt (9)Jordan Greenway (7)3–306:50 BUF

OT period

Chris Kreider (17)Mika Zibanejad (20), Adam Fox (19)3–402:28 NYR

Team stats

BUFNYR

30Shots on goal33

47%Faceoff %53%

0/1Power play1/4

33Penalty minutes7

18Hits13

26Blocked shots13

5Giveaways7

7Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 14:18Jordan Greenway · hooking2 min
2nd 12:48Erik Johnson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 12:48Will Cuylle · fighting5 min
2nd 12:48Erik Johnson · fighting5 min
2nd 12:48Erik Johnson · game misconduct10 min
2nd 12:48Jeff Skinner · misconduct10 min
3rd 11:32Jeff Skinner · tripping2 min
3rd 17:09Barclay Goodrow · high sticking2 min
3rd 18:46Rasmus Dahlin · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Jordan GreenwayL	0	2	2	+2	1	2	1	2	–	18:58
22Jack QuinnR	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	–	15:10
24Dylan CozensC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	0	42	15:59
37Casey MittelstadtC	1	0	1	+2	4	1	1	0	40	17:33
77JJ PeterkaR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:50
26Rasmus DahlinD	1	0	1	-1	5	3	3	2	–	27:08
9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	13:37
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	10:44
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	80	12:30
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	–	13:05
71Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:11
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	50	18:48
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	75	19:00
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	–	07:10
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	–	28:35
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	–	22:14
33Ryan JohnsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	12:42
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	–	24:12

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	O	33	29	4	.879	62:05
27Devon LeviG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

93Mika ZibanejadC	1	2	3	+1	4	0	0	0	50	23:25
20Chris KreiderL	1	1	2	+1	4	3	0	0	–	21:04
10Artemi PanarinL	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	19:45
12Nick BoninoC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	3	0	57	10:03
17Blake WheelerR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:57
22Jonny BrodzinskiC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	60	10:49
23Adam FoxD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	1	0	–	26:04
55Ryan LindgrenD	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	21:17
13Alexis LafrenièreL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:30
16Vincent TrocheckC	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	64	21:19
21Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	60	14:25
26Jimmy VeseyL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:10
50Will CuylleL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	5	–	10:41
71Tyler PitlickC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	11:04
4Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0	–	10:59
8Jacob TroubaD	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	–	21:35
56Erik GustafssonD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	–	12:22
79K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	23:55

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Igor ShesterkinG	W	30	27	3	.900	62:24
32Jonathan QuickG		0	0	0	–	00:00