Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Tue, Apr 27, 2021 · Madison Square Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. Ryan Strome led the way with 2 points. Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–41.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	0	1	37
NYR	0	1	2	3	41

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	02:22	NYR	EV	Brendan Smith (5) · slap	Unassisted	0–1
2nd	19:56	BUF	PP	Sam Reinhart (22) · slap	Casey Mittelstadt (9)	1–1
3rd	09:49	NYR	EV	Alexis Lafrenière (10) · snap	Ryan Strome (31), Adam Fox (42)	1–2
3rd	13:49	NYR	PP	Mika Zibanejad (20) · wrist	Chris Kreider (10), Ryan Strome (32)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	19:27	NYR	Filip Chytil	tripping	2
3rd	03:12	BUF	Jeff Skinner	holding	2
3rd	06:57	NYR	Kevin Rooney	boarding	2
3rd	06:57	NYR	Kevin Rooney	fighting	5
3rd	06:57	BUF	Dylan Cozens	fighting	5
3rd	11:08	BUF	Tage Thompson	cross checking	2
3rd	12:24	BUF	Drake Caggiula	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.52 · NYR 4.80 · xG% BUF 42.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	50.0	20:06	18
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	44.4	18:00	19
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		24:05	21
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		23:06	23
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		21:12	22
54	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		19:27	20
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		19:04	18
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	50.0	17:15	19
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	100.0	16:50	17
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		16:05	16
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	52.9	15:38	16
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:14	19
3	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	1		15:12	18
91	Drake Caggiula	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		13:12	16
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	1		12:57	15
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		10:33	14
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0		9:41	12
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	5	0	2	1	60.0	9:11	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	41	38	3	.927	57:47

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
16	Ryan Strome	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	46.2	20:27	20
23	Adam Fox	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	4		26:58	26
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	50.0	20:33	24
42	Brendan Smith	D	1	0	1	+2	0	4	3	2		20:22	24
20	Chris Kreider	L	0	1	1	+1	0	5	4	2		16:58	18
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	1		14:57	19
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	0		22:12	20
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	+2	0	4	2	0		21:58	23
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		19:11	21
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		18:18	20
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		15:38	19
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	0	0	+1	2	4	1	1	63.6	14:34	16
43	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		14:12	20
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		12:47	16
6	Zac Jones	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		11:05	15
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		9:39	15
17	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	0	0	7	1	2	1	80.0	9:35	13
74	Vitali Kravtsov	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		8:35	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	37	36	1	.973	59:32