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New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, February 22, 2025 · KeyBank Center

New York RangersNY RangersRangersAway

2–8

Final

SOG 28–33

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

MSG-B · MSG

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 8-2 on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 33-28.

Rasmus Dahlin scored twice, Tage Thompson scored twice and Ryan McLeod scored twice. Jack Quinn, Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad and Henri Jokiharju also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 11 of 16.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New York RangersNYR020228
Buffalo SabresBUF503833

Three stars

  1. ★1st starRasmus DahlinBUF · 2G 2A
  2. ★2nd starTage ThompsonBUF · 2G 1A
  3. ★3rd starRyan McLeodBUF · 2G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:14

1–5 · 2nd 5:29 · Kreider. Byram was 1:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYR on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 1:46 · Quinn

Vaakanainen 0:57

0–2 BUF

1st 11:58 · Dahlin

Long shift: Vaakanainen 1:01

0–3 BUF

1st 15:32 · Thompson

Smith 0:55

0–4 BUF

1st 17:33 · McLeod

Trocheck 0:06

0–5 BUF

1st 18:21 · PP · Dahlin

Trocheck 0:31

1–5 NYR

2nd 5:29 · PP · Kreider

Long shift: Byram 1:14

2–5 NYR

2nd 11:25 · Zibanejad

Tuch 0:25

2–6 BUF

3rd 3:47 · Thompson

Vaakanainen 0:45

2–7 BUF

3rd 5:40 · McLeod

Lafrenière 0:45

2–8 BUF

3rd 19:24 · Jokiharju

Miller 0:45

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

NYRBUF
28Shots on goal33
49%Faceoff %51%
1/4Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes8
28Hits29
11Blocked shots19
12Giveaways14
8Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 17:50Sam Carrick · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 00:32Reilly Smith · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 2nd 05:20Beck Malenstyn · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 09:22Beck Malenstyn · boarding2 min
  • 3rd 08:31Zach Benson · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 12:30Zach Benson · tripping2 min

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