Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers, 2026-01-08

NHL · Jan 8, 2026

Buffalo Sabres23-15-4

5–2

Final

New York Rangers20-19-6

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The Sabres beat the Rangers 5–2 at Madison Square Garden. J. Zucker took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	1	2	2	5	21
Rangers	0	1	1	2	32

★ Three Stars

1J. ZuckerBUF · 1G 1A

2M. SamuelssonBUF · 1G 1A

3C. EllisBUF

Scoring Summary

1st Period

04:07

Josh Doan (Mattias Samuelsson, Jason Zucker)

1-0

2nd Period

06:58

Alex Tuch (Bowen Byram, Josh Norris)

2-0

09:34

Mika Zibanejad (Artemi Panarin)

2-1

12:34

Jason Zucker (Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson)PP

3-1

3rd Period

00:51

Vincent Trocheck (J.T. Miller, Artemi Panarin)

3-2

14:38

Mattias Samuelsson (Ryan McLeod)SH

4-2

18:30

Ryan McLeodEN

5-2

Boxscore

Sabres5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Ryan McLeodC	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	17:30
Jason ZuckerL	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0	15:00
Mattias SamuelssonD	1	1	2	+1	0	1	2	4	23:56
Josh DoanR	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	16:09
Alex TuchR	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0	17:30
Josh NorrisC	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1	13:27
Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	16:39
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	3	23:41
Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	2	23:45
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16:04
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	4	1	11:29
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	12:01
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	12:59
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14:12
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12:39
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	22:15
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:49
Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	10:55

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Colten EllisStart	32	30	2	.938	60:00
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0:00

Rangers2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Artemi PanarinL	0	2	2	-3	0	4	0	0	20:53
Vincent TrocheckC	1	0	1	0	2	3	4	1	19:47
Mika ZibanejadC	1	0	1	-2	0	3	2	1	19:33
J.T. MillerC	0	1	1	-1	0	3	2	0	20:24
Sam CarrickC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:08
Will CuylleL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1	16:34
Alexis LafrenièreL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	14:38
Gabe PerreaultR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	15:11
Taylor RaddyshR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16:30
Matt RempeC	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	9:43
William BorgenD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3	18:08
Vladislav GavrikovD	0	0	0	-3	0	4	2	1	24:37
Matthew RobertsonD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	18:21
Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	21:19
Anton BlidhL	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	7:35
Carson SoucyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3	14:30
Jonny BrodzinskiC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14:12
Scott MorrowD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	16:51

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jonathan QuickStart	20	16	4	.800	58:25
Spencer Martin	0	0	0	-	0:00