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New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, November 25, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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MSG-B · MSG 2

Game preview

The New York Rangers visit the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday, November 25, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on MSG-B and MSG 2.

This is the first of 3 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Rangers

First game of a road trip.

  1. 152026-11-15: no game
  2. 162026-11-16: vs MTL
  3. 172026-11-17: no game
  4. 182026-11-18: no game
  5. 192026-11-19: no game
  6. 202026-11-20: no game
  7. 212026-11-21: no game
  8. 222026-11-22: vs CAR
  9. 232026-11-23: no game
  10. 242026-11-24: no game
  11. 252026-11-25: at BUF
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~292 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~292 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Sabres

First home game after a 6-game road trip (Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, Florida and Tampa Bay).

  1. 152026-11-15: no game
  2. 162026-11-16: no game
  3. 172026-11-17: at PHI
  4. 182026-11-18: no game
  5. 192026-11-19: at WSH
  6. 202026-11-20: no game
  7. 212026-11-21: at FLA
  8. 222026-11-22: at TBL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  9. 232026-11-23: no game
  10. 242026-11-24: no game
  11. 252026-11-25: vs NYR
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~1,051 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~4,805 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Does a long trip matter? Not much. Teams home for the first time after five or more road games have won 53% since 2016–17 (244-175-43), about the same as any home team (54%).

Lines from last game

New York RangersRangersTue, Oct 13 vs TBL
  1. L1Zibanejad#93Dorofeyev#16Perreault#94
    10:41 together at 5v5
  2. L2Kartye#24Lafrenière#13Miller#10
    9:44 together at 5v5
  3. L3Cuylle#50Laba#42Tolvanen#17
    8:53 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewRempe#73Beaudoin#53Bjorkstrand#28
    2:31 together at 5v5
  1. D1Pettersson#26Durzi#5
    16:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Gavrikov#44Fox#23
    12:21 together at 5v5
  3. D3Schneider#4Smits#12
    9:45 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Lafrenière LZibanejad CMiller CPerreault RFox D2:48
  2. 2Cuylle LBjorkstrand RTolvanen RPerreault RDurzi D0:30

Penalty kill

  1. 1Kartye LTolvanen RGavrikov DFox D0:45
  2. 2Kartye LTolvanen RPettersson DSchneider D0:38
Buffalo SabresSabresTue, Oct 13 at MTL
  1. L1Benson#6Ostlund#86Quinn#22
    10:23 together at 5v5
  2. L2McLeod#71Kulich#20Helenius#94
    7:12 together at 5v5
  3. L3Thompson#72Krebs#19Doan#91
    6:57 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewMalenstyn#29Norris#9Danforth#15
    6:26 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewSamuelsson#23Zellweger#8
    14:05 together at 5v5
  2. D2Power#25Metsa#73
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewGilbert#44Crevier#46
    6:02 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Benson LThompson COstlund CQuinn RPower D3:35

Penalty kill

  1. 1Malenstyn LDanforth RSamuelsson DCrevier D0:55
  2. 2Malenstyn LSamuelsson DPower D0:49

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

NYRBUF

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

NYR 75% (6th most settled)BUF 64% (12th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26 · under 10 pulls is a small sample

NYR 1:36 left (9th latest · 22 pulls)BUF 1:54 left (13th earliest · 9 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

NYR 47.0s (8th shortest)BUF 46.8s (7th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

NYR 28% (14th least often)BUF 28% (14th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series