Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 2026 · Madison Square Garden
MSG-B · MSG
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 32-21.
Goals came from Josh Doan, Alex Tuch, Mika Zibanejad, Jason Zucker, Vincent Trocheck, Mattias Samuelsson and Ryan McLeod.
Colten Ellis made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jonathan Quick stopped 16 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Josh Doan (14)Mattias Samuelsson (15), Jason Zucker (10)Robertson 1:17 into shift1–004:07 BUF
2nd period
Alex Tuch (14)Bowen Byram (14), Josh Norris (10)2–006:58 BUF
Mika Zibanejad (16)Artemi Panarin (31)2–109:34 NYR
Jason Zucker (10)Rasmus Dahlin (25), Tage Thompson (18)3–112:34 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Vincent Trocheck (11)J.T. Miller (13), Artemi Panarin (32)3–200:51 NYR
Mattias Samuelsson (7)Ryan McLeod (16)4–214:38 BUF · SHG
Ryan McLeod (9)Unassisted5–218:30 BUF · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 · 1st 4:07 · Doan. Robertson was 1:17 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 BUF
1st 4:07 · Doan
Long shift: Robertson 1:17
2–0 BUF
2nd 6:58 · Tuch
Schneider 0:38
2–1 NYR
2nd 9:34 · Zibanejad
Samuelsson 0:23
3–1 BUF
2nd 12:34 · PP · Zucker
Gavrikov 0:41
3–2 NYR
3rd 0:51 · Trocheck
Power 0:17
4–2 BUF
3rd 14:38 · SH · Samuelsson
Miller 0:54
5–2 BUF
3rd 18:30 · EN · McLeod
Panarin 1:35
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 2nd 06:58
Vincent Trocheck · abuse of officials2 min - 2nd 11:53Matthew Robertson · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:28
Noah Ostlund · tripping2 min - 3rd 14:24Peyton Krebs · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:30 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 23:45 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 23:41 |
| 6Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:12 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 86Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:59 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:15 |
| 73Zach MetsaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 92Colten EllisG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 10Artemi PanarinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 4 | 20:53 |
| 8J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:24 |
| 16Vincent TrocheckC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:47 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 19:33 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:38 |
| 14Taylor RaddyshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 22Jonny BrodzinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 25Anton BlidhL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:35 |
| 39Sam CarrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 50Will CuylleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:34 |
| 73Matt RempeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:43 |
| 94Gabe PerreaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 4Braden SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 17Will BorgenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 24Carson SoucyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 29Matthew RobertsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 24:37 |
| 60Scott MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | L | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 58:25 |
| 41Spencer MartinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |