New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

Thu, Oct 12, 2023 · KeyBank Center · 2023–24 Regular Season

New York Rangers

5 – 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at KeyBank Center. Chris Kreider scored twice. Igor Shesterkin made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	2	1	2	5	31
BUF	0	1	0	1	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:47	NYR	EV	Alexis Lafrenière (1) · wrist	Artemi Panarin (1), Filip Chytil (1)	1–0
1st	12:22	NYR	PP	Chris Kreider (1) · tip-in	Adam Fox (1), Mika Zibanejad (1)	2–0
2nd	12:49	NYR	EV	Artemi Panarin (1) · wrist	Unassisted	3–0
2nd	18:30	BUF	EV	JJ Peterka (1) · snap	Owen Power (1), Henri Jokiharju (1)	3–1
3rd	11:34	NYR	SH	Chris Kreider (2) · wrist	Mika Zibanejad (2), K'Andre Miller (1)	4–1
3rd	18:31	NYR	SH EN	Jacob Trouba (1) · wrist	Chris Kreider (1), Mika Zibanejad (3)	5–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:14	NYR	Chris Kreider	boarding	2
1st	08:14	BUF	Jordan Greenway	cross checking	2
1st	12:06	BUF	Zach Benson	hooking	2
2nd	00:32	BUF	Jeff Skinner	tripping	2
2nd	19:23	NYR	Erik Gustafsson	interference	2
3rd	07:18	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	cross checking	2
3rd	08:51	NYR	Filip Chytil	tripping	2
3rd	10:40	NYR	Vincent Trocheck	tripping	2
3rd	18:54	BUF	Kyle Okposo	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NYR 4.88 · BUF 2.06 · xG% NYR 70.3

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	3	3	+2	0	1	0	0	47.1	15:30	23
20	Chris Kreider	L	2	1	3	+2	2	3	0	0	50.0	14:28	22
10	Artemi Panarin	L	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	0		15:44	18
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	2		23:39	30
8	Jacob Trouba	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	8		21:13	25
23	Adam Fox	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1		20:02	25
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	1	1	+2	2	3	1	0		15:45	20
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	1	0	1	+2	0	3	2	0	80.0	15:29	19
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		19:50	23
16	Vincent Trocheck	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	66.7	18:32	24
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3		15:48	20
56	Erik Gustafsson	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	2		15:33	22
17	Blake Wheeler	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	100.0	15:00	18
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0		14:34	20
21	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	66.7	13:04	19
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4	75.0	12:41	18
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	100.0	12:34	17
71	Tyler Pitlick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		12:34	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	3		22:53	27
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		15:08	20
77	JJ Peterka	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		14:51	19
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-3	2	3	1	2		25:44	31
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	3		20:27	24
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0	38.5	19:10	23
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	50.0	18:02	22
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		17:34	23
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1		16:56	20
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	46.2	16:54	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0		16:50	22
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	27.3	15:16	18
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:39	20
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1		14:27	17
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	20.0	12:54	18
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		12:47	17
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	2	1	75.0	10:24	16
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	0		8:48	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
27	Devon Levi	L	30	26	4	.867	58:54