Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Thu, Jan 18, 2018 · Madison Square Garden · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. Rick Nash scored twice. Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	3	37
NYR	1	1	2	4	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:24	NYR	EV	Rick Nash (12) · snap	Pavel Buchnevich (17)	0–1
1st	18:41	BUF	PP	Kyle Okposo (8) · snap	Sam Reinhart (7), Jack Eichel (24)	1–1
2nd	08:26	NYR	EV	J.T. Miller (10) · snap	David Desharnais (17)	1–2
2nd	17:10	BUF	EV	Justin Falk (1) · wrist	Evan Rodrigues (4), Sam Reinhart (8)	2–2
3rd	06:49	NYR	EV	Rick Nash (13) · wrist	Ryan McDonagh (21), Nick Holden (6)	2–3
3rd	14:59	BUF	PP	Rasmus Ristolainen (3) · slap	Kyle Okposo (18), Jack Eichel (25)	3–3
3rd	16:02	NYR	EV	Pavel Buchnevich (12) · wrist	Mika Zibanejad (12), Rick Nash (10)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:13	BUF	Casey Nelson	cross checking	2
1st	17:49	NYR	Brendan Smith	tripping	2
2nd	06:08	BUF	Casey Nelson	holding	2
2nd	11:21	NYR	Mats Zuccarello	high sticking	2
2nd	14:56	NYR	Kevin Shattenkirk	cross checking	2
2nd	14:56	BUF	Sam Reinhart	embellishment	2
2nd	16:52	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	roughing	2
2nd	16:52	NYR	Brendan Smith	roughing	2
3rd	13:43	NYR	Brendan Smith	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	19:21	NYR	Mats Zuccarello	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.13 · NYR 3.43 · xG% BUF 47.7

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	-2	0	6	3	0	36.4	21:18	21
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	1	2	-2	0	1	0	1		19:24	20
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	0		18:24	18
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	1	0	1	-1	2	5	4	0		26:18	30
41	Justin Falk	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0		17:00	21
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	53.3	13:27	17
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	3		23:48	33
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	3		22:40	26
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	63.3	19:12	25
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	0	7	3	0		17:17	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		15:24	19
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		14:15	22
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	100.0	14:06	18
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	3		13:07	19
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0		12:46	20
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1		10:21	17
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	28.6	9:21	15
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2		7:38	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	L	34	30	4	.882	58:03

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
61	Rick Nash	L	2	1	3	+3	0	3	0	1		15:36	24
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	1	1	2	+3	0	1	0	2	100.0	13:41	20
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	2		22:30	29
55	Nick Holden	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	1		20:23	27
10	J.T. Miller	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	18:34	23
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	1	1	+3	0	3	1	2	36.8	17:04	24
51	David Desharnais	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	44.4	10:29	16
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1		20:08	23
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4		19:40	24
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	+1	6	4	3	0		18:29	19
47	Steven Kampfer	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1		18:03	24
22	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2		17:17	22
40	Michael Grabner	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		14:59	22
95	Vinni Lettieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		14:54	20
12	Peter Holland	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	55.6	14:45	22
17	Jesper Fast	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2		13:58	23
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:06	18
28	Paul Carey	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		9:37	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Henrik Lundqvist	W	37	34	3	.919	60:00