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Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Monday, February 15, 2027 · Madison Square Garden

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MSG-B · MSGSN

Game preview

The Buffalo Sabres visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Monday, February 15, 2027, with puck drop at 6:00 PM ET. The game is on MSG-B and MSGSN.

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

Rest and travel

Sabres

Game 2 of a road trip: Carolina, now NY Rangers.

  1. 52027-02-05: no game
  2. 62027-02-06: no game
  3. 72027-02-07: no game
  4. 82027-02-08: no game
  5. 92027-02-09: no game
  6. 102027-02-10: no game
  7. 112027-02-11: no game
  8. 122027-02-12: no game
  9. 132027-02-13: at CAR
  10. 142027-02-14: no game
  11. 152027-02-15: at NYR
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~427 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~917 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Rangers

Back home after a game in Montréal.

  1. 52027-02-05: no game
  2. 62027-02-06: no game
  3. 72027-02-07: no game
  4. 82027-02-08: no game
  5. 92027-02-09: no game
  6. 102027-02-10: no game
  7. 112027-02-11: no game
  8. 122027-02-12: vs NYI
  9. 132027-02-13: no game
  10. 142027-02-14: at MTL
  11. 152027-02-15: vs BUF, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
since last game
~329 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~658 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.

Lines from last game

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
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

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

BUFNYR

Settled lines

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

BUF 64% (12th most shuffled)NYR 75% (6th most settled)
← 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

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

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

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

Caught on long shifts

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

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

Season series