Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Sat, Dec 23, 2023 · Madison Square Garden · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final/OT

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at Madison Square Garden. Mika Zibanejad led the way with 3 points. Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	0	3	30
NYR	2	1	0	1	4	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:19	NYR	EV	Ryan Lindgren (2) · wrist	Jonny Brodzinski (7), Nick Bonino (4)	0–1
1st	15:35	NYR	PP	Artemi Panarin (18) · snap	Mika Zibanejad (19)	0–2
1st	16:37	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (10) · slap	Jordan Greenway (6)	1–2
2nd	01:42	BUF	EV	Jack Quinn (2) · wrist	Dylan Cozens (13), JJ Peterka (13)	2–2
2nd	07:13	NYR	EV	Mika Zibanejad (13) · backhand	Chris Kreider (13), Blake Wheeler (8)	2–3
3rd	06:50	BUF	EV	Casey Mittelstadt (9) · tip-in	Jordan Greenway (7)	3–3
OT	02:28	NYR	EV	Chris Kreider (17) · snap	Mika Zibanejad (20), Adam Fox (19)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:18	BUF	Jordan Greenway	hooking	2
2nd	12:48	BUF	Erik Johnson	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	12:48	NYR	Will Cuylle	fighting	5
2nd	12:48	BUF	Erik Johnson	fighting	5
2nd	12:48	BUF	Erik Johnson	game misconduct	10
2nd	12:48	BUF	Jeff Skinner	misconduct	10
3rd	11:32	BUF	Jeff Skinner	tripping	2
3rd	17:09	NYR	Barclay Goodrow	high sticking	2
3rd	18:46	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.18 · NYR 3.41 · xG% BUF 48.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	2	2	+2	2	1	2	1		18:58	25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	-1	2	5	3	3		27:08	35
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4	1	1	40.0	17:33	22
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	1	42.1	15:59	22
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	0	1	-2	0	2	0	0		15:10	20
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		13:50	18
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7		28:35	35
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7		24:12	28
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2		22:14	29
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	75.0	19:00	24
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0	50.0	18:48	22
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0		13:37	20
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0		13:05	17
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		12:42	19
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	80.0	12:30	15
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	10:44	14
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		10:11	14
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0		7:10	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	OTL	33	29	4	.879	62:05

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	1	2	3	+1	0	4	0	0	50.0	23:25	25
20	Chris Kreider	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	3	0		21:04	26
23	Adam Fox	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	1		26:04	27
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	0		21:17	21
10	Artemi Panarin	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0		19:45	19
17	Blake Wheeler	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	15:57	20
22	Jonny Brodzinski	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	60.0	10:49	16
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	3	57.1	10:03	16
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		23:55	28
8	Jacob Trouba	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4		21:35	26
16	Vincent Trocheck	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	63.6	21:19	23
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		16:30	18
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:10	21
21	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	60.0	14:25	20
56	Erik Gustafsson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0		12:22	17
71	Tyler Pitlick	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		11:04	17
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	1		10:59	15
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0		10:41	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	30	27	3	.900	62:24