Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Tue, Mar 2, 2021 · Madison Square Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 3

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. Adam Fox led the way with 2 points. Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–19.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	0	2	24
NYR	2	1	0	3	19

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:28	NYR	EV	Pavel Buchnevich (6) · wrist	Mika Zibanejad (5), Adam Fox (10)	0–1
1st	00:55	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (8) · wrist	Victor Olofsson (9), Jack Eichel (13)	1–1
1st	02:36	NYR	EV	Alexis Lafrenière (3) · deflected	Pavel Buchnevich (9)	1–2
2nd	09:32	NYR	EV	Chris Kreider (10) · snap	Ryan Lindgren (8), Adam Fox (11)	1–3
2nd	16:21	BUF	EV	Tobias Rieder (4) · snap	Rasmus Dahlin (8), Rasmus Ristolainen (5)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:04	BUF	Jack Eichel	tripping	2
1st	12:16	NYR	Kevin Rooney	interference	2
2nd	04:27	BUF	Brandon Montour	holding	2
3rd	07:11	NYR	Ryan Lindgren	fighting	5
3rd	07:11	BUF	Dylan Cozens	fighting	5

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.20 · NYR 1.94 · xG% BUF 53.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	1		24:01	27
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		22:52	26
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	55.6	19:55	24
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		19:46	24
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		17:36	23
13	Tobias Rieder	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1		12:49	17
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		18:39	24
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		18:08	20
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1		17:55	24
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		17:12	21
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0		15:38	23
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	75.0	15:27	19
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80.0	14:23	18
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		14:12	16
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	55.6	13:14	19
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		12:28	17
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	57.1	12:05	18
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	+1	5	0	2	0		10:55	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	L	19	16	3	.842	58:45

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Adam Fox	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	2		23:47	27
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	1		18:11	21
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	1	1	+1	5	0	1	0		19:14	23
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0		18:35	20
20	Chris Kreider	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1		17:00	23
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	72.7	16:36	23
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		20:51	25
16	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	50.0	17:56	24
27	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		17:50	22
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		17:28	24
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		17:07	24
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		16:08	21
43	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		15:41	21
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		14:33	19
12	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0		13:56	19
48	Brendan Lemieux	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		11:49	16
33	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		10:58	14
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	37.5	10:26	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	24	22	2	.917	59:54