Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Mon, Mar 22, 2021 · Madison Square Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 5

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. Kaapo Kakko scored twice; Chris Kreider scored twice. Keith Kinkaid made 16 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 19–40.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	2	3	19
NYR	0	3	2	5	40

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	03:52	BUF	EV	Rasmus Asplund (2) · wrist	Riley Sheahan (3), Victor Olofsson (12)	1–0
2nd	07:13	NYR	EV	Kaapo Kakko (3) · wrist	Artemi Panarin (18)	1–1
2nd	10:39	NYR	PP	Chris Kreider (15) · tip-in	Artemi Panarin (19), Adam Fox (17)	1–2
2nd	18:18	NYR	EV	Adam Fox (3) · wrist	Mika Zibanejad (13), Pavel Buchnevich (18)	1–3
3rd	01:09	BUF	EV	Dylan Cozens (4) · snap	Sam Reinhart (9)	2–3
3rd	04:22	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (3) · wrist	Brandon Montour (7)	3–3
3rd	05:47	NYR	PP	Chris Kreider (16) · slap	Ryan Strome (15), Adam Fox (18)	3–4
3rd	19:02	NYR	SH EN	Kaapo Kakko (4) · wrist	Artemi Panarin (20), Ryan Strome (16)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:26	NYR	Jacob Trouba	hooking	2
2nd	08:42	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2
2nd	08:42	NYR	Brendan Lemieux	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	08:42	BUF	Tage Thompson	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	10:23	BUF	Jacob Bryson	slashing	2
2nd	11:07	NYR	Pavel Buchnevich	hooking	2
3rd	04:57	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 1.89 · NYR 4.99 · xG% BUF 27.4

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	3		21:40	21
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	21:10	24
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0	62.5	19:12	22
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	1		16:55	22
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		11:51	15
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		11:44	18
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		9:24	12
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	3		24:44	22
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		20:48	24
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	2		20:46	21
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1		18:57	18
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	44.4	18:29	23
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2		17:16	18
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	50.0	15:46	21
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		15:21	17
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	60.0	13:48	17
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		10:25	14
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	55.6	8:06	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dustin Tokarski	L	37	33	4	.892	56:23
40	Carter Hutton		2	2	0	1.000	2:53

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Adam Fox	D	1	2	3	+2	0	2	1	2		24:14	27
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	3	3	+2	0	6	0	0		20:26	23
16	Ryan Strome	C	0	2	2	+2	0	6	0	0	35.3	19:59	23
20	Chris Kreider	L	2	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	100.0	18:39	23
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	2	0	2	+2	0	6	0	0		14:49	21
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	54.5	21:33	26
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1		19:45	25
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	5		23:33	25
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	1		22:14	25
8	Jacob Trouba	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2		21:59	26
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:21	18
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	28.6	13:25	17
43	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:57	18
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:48	17
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		12:39	16
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	60.0	9:12	14
12	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		7:04	11
48	Brendan Lemieux	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0		6:44	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
71	Keith Kinkaid	W	19	16	3	.842	59:57