Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers, 2026-04-08

NHL · Apr 8, 2026

Buffalo Sabres48-23-8

5–3

Final

New York Rangers33-37-9

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The Sabres beat the Rangers 5–3 at Madison Square Garden. J. Zucker took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	2	0	3	5	27
Rangers	1	2	0	3	20

★ Three Stars

1J. ZuckerBUF · 1G 1A

2R. McLeodBUF · 1G 1A

3A. LafrenièreNYR · 2G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

04:40

Ryan McLeod (Jason Zucker, Conor Timmins)

1-0

08:58

Zach Benson (Rasmus Dahlin, Bowen Byram)

2-0

19:21

Alexis Lafrenière (Adam Fox, J.T. Miller)PP

2-1

2nd Period

02:57

Alexis Lafrenière (Drew Fortescue)

2-2

14:44

Adam Fox (Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad)PP

2-3

3rd Period

05:51

Alex Tuch (Peyton Krebs, Tage Thompson)

3-3

07:14

Jason Zucker (Ryan McLeod)

4-3

18:45

Zach Benson (Josh Doan, Josh Norris)EN

5-3

Boxscore

Sabres5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Zach BensonL	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	1	12:59
Ryan McLeodC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	1	17:10
Jason ZuckerL	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	1	18:14
Alex TuchR	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	2	19:05
Josh DoanR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	13:08
Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	1	15:04
Josh NorrisC	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	2	14:46
Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	22:18
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1	24:30
Conor TimminsD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	4	16:26
Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	22:07
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	10:50
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	10:15
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	19:24
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	20:09
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1	20:39
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	10:37
Tanner PearsonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8:52

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	20	17	3	.850	60:00
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00

Rangers3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Alexis LafrenièreL	2	0	2	-2	0	2	0	0	15:07
Adam FoxD	1	1	2	-1	2	1	1	0	23:20
J.T. MillerC	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	1	20:51
Vincent TrocheckC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	3	1	18:48
Mika ZibanejadC	0	1	1	-3	0	2	1	1	18:44
Drew FortescueD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	13:34
Jaroslav ChmelarR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	11:15
Will CuylleL	0	0	0	-2	0	3	8	1	15:46
Tye KartyeL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16:07
Noah LabaC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	13:33
Gabe PerreaultR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	12:09
Adam SykoraL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	11:16
William BorgenD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	15:24
Vladislav GavrikovD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	24:41
Matthew RobertsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	15:52
Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	5	2	22:35
Jonny BrodzinskiC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	12:03
Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:28

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Igor ShesterkinStart	26	22	4	.846	58:27
Jonathan Quick	0	0	0	-	0:00