Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, April 8, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

BuffaloSabresAway

5–3

Final

SOG 27–20

NY RangersRangersHome

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 27-20.

Zach Benson scored twice and Alexis Lafrenière scored twice. Ryan McLeod, Adam Fox, Alex Tuch and Jason Zucker also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 22 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	0	3	5	27
NYR	1	2	0	3	20

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ryan McLeod (13)Jason Zucker (19), Conor Timmins (8)1–004:40 BUF
Zach Benson (11)Rasmus Dahlin (53), Bowen Byram (31)Fortescue 1:08 into shift2–008:58 BUF
Alexis Lafrenière (23)Adam Fox (43), J.T. Miller (34)Samuelsson 1:04 into shift2–119:21 NYR · PPG

2nd period

Alexis Lafrenière (24)Drew Fortescue (2)2–202:57 NYR
Adam Fox (9)Vincent Trocheck (37), Mika Zibanejad (43)2–314:44 NYR · PPG

3rd period

Alex Tuch (31)Peyton Krebs (27), Tage Thompson (41)3–305:51 BUF
Jason Zucker (24)Ryan McLeod (40)4–307:14 BUF
Zach Benson (12)Josh Doan (26), Josh Norris (19)5–318:45 BUF · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:08

2–0 · 1st 8:58 · Benson. Fortescue was 1:08 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceNYR on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 BUF

1st 4:40 · McLeod

Fortescue 0:38

Fresh legsFortescue 0:38

2–0 BUF

1st 8:58 · Benson

Long shift: Fortescue 1:08

Long shiftFortescue 1:08

2–1 NYR

1st 19:21 · PP · Lafrenière

Long shift: Samuelsson 1:04

Long shiftSamuelsson 1:04

2–2 NYR

2nd 2:57 · Lafrenière

McLeod 0:56

NormalMcLeod 0:56

2–3 NYR

2nd 14:44 · PP · Fox

Tuch 0:30

Fresh legsTuch 0:30

3–3 BUF

3rd 5:51 · Tuch

Sykora 0:23

Fresh legsSykora 0:23

4–3 BUF

3rd 7:14 · Zucker

Robertson 0:42

NormalRobertson 0:42

5–3 BUF

3rd 18:45 · EN · Benson

Miller 1:30

Empty netMiller 1:30

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

BUFNYR

27Shots on goal20

44%Faceoff %56%

0/4Power play2/3

6Penalty minutes8

19Hits26

19Blocked shots11

17Giveaways12

6Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 18:24Ryan McLeod · tripping2 min
2nd 00:23Adam Fox · tripping2 min
2nd 14:14Peyton Krebs · hooking2 min
2nd 16:31Vincent Trocheck · slashing2 min
2nd 17:35Vladislav Gavrikov · cross checking2 min
3rd 10:00Will Borgen · holding the stick2 min
3rd 10:44Josh Norris · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

6Zach BensonL	2	0	2	+1	3	0	1	0	–	12:59
17Jason ZuckerL	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	0	50	18:14
71Ryan McLeodC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	2	62	17:10
9Josh NorrisC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	2	2	22	14:46
19Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	2	–	15:04
72Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	63	22:18
89Alex TuchR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	63	19:05
91Josh DoanR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:08
4Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	22:07
21Conor TimminsD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	4	0	–	16:26
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	24:30
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	19:24
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	10:15
48Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	25	10:50
70Tanner PearsonL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	08:52
8Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	10:37
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	–	20:39
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	20:09

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	W	20	17	3	.850	60:00
92Colten EllisG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

13Alexis LafrenièreL	2	0	2	-2	2	0	0	0	–	15:07
23Adam FoxD	1	1	2	-1	1	1	0	2	–	23:20
8J.T. MillerC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	1	0	61	20:51
16Vincent TrocheckC	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	2	47	18:48
93Mika ZibanejadC	0	1	1	-3	2	1	1	0	44	18:44
45Drew FortescueD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	13:34
22Jonny BrodzinskiC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	100	12:03
24Tye KartyeL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:07
38Adam SykoraL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	11:16
42Noah LabaC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	75	13:33
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:28
49Jaroslav ChmelarR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	11:15
50Will CuylleL	0	0	0	-2	3	8	1	0	–	15:46
94Gabe PerreaultR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	12:09
4Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	-2	3	5	2	0	–	22:35
17Will BorgenD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	–	15:24
29Matthew RobertsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	15:52
44Vladislav GavrikovD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	24:41

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Igor ShesterkinG	L	26	22	4	.846	58:27
32Jonathan QuickG		0	0	0	–	00:00