Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Thu, Jan 8, 2026 · Madison Square Garden · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 2

Final

New York Rangers

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. Mattias Samuelsson led the way with 2 points. Colten Ellis made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	2	5	21
NYR	0	1	1	2	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:07	BUF	EV	Josh Doan (14) · wrist	Mattias Samuelsson (15), Jason Zucker (10)	1–0
2nd	06:58	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (14) · snap	Bowen Byram (14), Josh Norris (10)	2–0
2nd	09:34	NYR	EV	Mika Zibanejad (16) · slap	Artemi Panarin (31)	2–1
2nd	12:34	BUF	PP	Jason Zucker (10) · deflected	Rasmus Dahlin (25), Tage Thompson (18)	3–1
3rd	00:51	NYR	EV	Vincent Trocheck (11) · wrist	J.T. Miller (13), Artemi Panarin (32)	3–2
3rd	14:38	BUF	SH	Mattias Samuelsson (7) · snap	Ryan McLeod (16)	4–2
3rd	18:30	BUF	SH EN	Ryan McLeod (9) · wrist	Unassisted	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	06:58	NYR	Vincent Trocheck	abuse of officials	2
2nd	11:53	NYR	Matthew Robertson	holding	2
2nd	18:28	BUF	Noah Ostlund	tripping	2
3rd	14:24	BUF	Peyton Krebs	high sticking double minor	4

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 4.66 · NYR 3.10 · xG% BUF 60.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	1	1	2	+1	0	1	2	4		23:56	28
71	Ryan McLeod	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	52.6	17:30	24
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0		15:00	19
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	2		23:45	28
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	3		23:41	26
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0		17:30	23
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	21.4	16:39	21
91	Josh Doan	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0		16:09	21
9	Josh Norris	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1	57.1	13:27	19
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		22:15	28
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0	16:04	19
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		14:12	18
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		13:49	19
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		12:59	18
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		12:39	14
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		12:01	18
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	4	1	4	1	25.0	11:29	18
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		10:55	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
92	Colten Ellis	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	2	2	-3	0	4	0	0		20:53	22
8	J.T. Miller	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	2	0	66.7	20:24	24
16	Vincent Trocheck	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	4	1	85.7	19:47	25
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	2	1	58.3	19:33	22
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	-3	0	4	2	1		24:37	27
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2		21:19	24
29	Matthew Robertson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		18:21	26
17	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3		18:08	26
60	Scott Morrow	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		16:51	22
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1		16:34	21
14	Taylor Raddysh	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		16:30	18
94	Gabe Perreault	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	100.0	15:08	18
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		14:38	21
24	Carson Soucy	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3		14:30	21
22	Jonny Brodzinski	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	37.5	14:10	17
39	Sam Carrick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	71.4	10:10	17
73	Matt Rempe	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0		9:43	15
25	Anton Blidh	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		7:38	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Jonathan Quick	L	20	16	4	.800	58:25