Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersJan 8, 2026

FinalThursday, Jan 8, 2026· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	2	2	5		BUF	4	14	3	21
NYR	0	1	1	2		NYR	7	11	14	32

: BUF 48NYR 66
: BUF 4.34NYR 2.70
PP goals: BUF 1NYR 0
Hits: BUF 16NYR 32
Blocks: BUF 20NYR 12
PIM: BUF 6NYR 4
: BUF 39%NYR 61%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 5–2 at NYR. Jason Zucker (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:13 together.

Points
Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:00.Zucker
Points
Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:56.Samuelsson
Points
Ryan McLeod had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:30.McLeod
Points
Artemi Panarin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:53.Panarin
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:13 together.Zucker Thompson Norris Dahlin Doan
New line
New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Raddysh–Perreault skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brodzinski Raddysh Perreault
New line
New look for NYR: Trocheck–Miller–Lafrenière skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Trocheck Miller Lafrenière
Usage
Taylor Raddysh (NYR) played 16:30, +4:44 up on his 11:46 season average over 67 games.Raddysh

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · NYR 66 · BUF 48

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 34% of the game, NYR 36%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYR

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NYR skaters (rows) against BUF skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYR side.

Matchup matrix

NYR xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	NYR
	43	65
	2.65	1.99
	2.51	1.92
	7	8
	2	10
	23	23
	−0.072	+0.072
	34%	36%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Buffalo Sabres

L1McLeod – Quinn – Benson
11:4967% CF
L2Zucker – Tuch – Norris
9:5348% CF
L3Thompson – Krebs – Doan
9:0845% CF
L4Greenway – Malenstyn – Ostlund
7:4618% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
16:4637% CF
D2Byram – Power
15:0943% CF
D3Bryson – Metsa
8:3640% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Doan
2:13100% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Benson
0:22100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Malenstyn
2:20
PK2FTuch – McLeod
1:57
PK1DByram – Power
1:22
PK2DSamuelsson – Dahlin
0:46

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Brodzinski – Raddysh – Perreault
11:5164% CF
L2Zibanejad – Panarin – Cuylle
10:4454% CF
L3Trocheck – Miller – Lafrenière
10:3964% CF
L4Carrick – Blidh – Rempe
6:1950% CF
D1Gavrikov – Schneider
17:0574% CF
D2Borgen – Robertson
15:1253% CF
D3Soucy – Morrow
13:0145% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Gavrikov
3:37100% CF
PP2Raddysh – Lafrenière – Cuylle – Morrow – Perreault
0:46100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Cuylle
1:35
PK2FMiller – Raddysh
0:45
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
1:26
PK2DBorgen – Robertson
1:00

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan McLeod C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	1.18	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	59	95
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	46	62
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	46	66
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.18	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	45	65
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.95	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	52	72
Josh Norris C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.17	1	1	0	13:27	—	—	48	62
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.47	1	1	0	16:39	—	—	48	70
Josh Doan R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	3	0	0	16:09	—	—	47	74
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	4	1	4	11:29	—	—	36	36
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	1	0	13:49	—	—	19	18
Noah Ostlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:59	—	—	17	22
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:01	—	—	19	15
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.09	2	4	0	23:56	—	—	44	59
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.13	1	3	0	23:41	—	—	34	46
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.01	0	2	0	23:45	—	—	36	47
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	22:15	—	—	41	51
Zach Metsa D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	12:39	—	—	38	65
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	53	72

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Colten Ellis(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.70	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	60	34
Gabe Perreault R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	65	47
Jonny Brodzinski C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	56	30
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	2	2	-3	4	0.28	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	56	45
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	-2	3	0.32	2	1	0	19:33	—	—	62	57
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	3	1	0	16:34	—	—	53	52
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.48	2	0	0	20:24	—	—	77	62
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	4	1	2	19:47	—	—	68	43
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	60	30
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	10:08	—	—	56	35
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	6	0	0	9:43	—	—	57	33
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:35	—	—	47	22
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.20	2	1	0	24:37	—	—	75	66
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	4	2	0	21:19	—	—	69	56
Matthew Robertson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	2	18:21	—	—	56	32
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	3	0	18:08	—	—	58	34
Scott Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	44	36
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	14:30	—	—	50	40

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	3.29	58:25

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Josh Doan (BUF) 1st 4:07 · assists Mattias Samuelsson, Jason Zucker · Rebound · 20.4 mph shot.

Josh Doan · 1st 4:07 · BUF

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 6:58 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 80.1 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 9:34 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Jason Zucker · 2nd 12:34 · BUF PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 6.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 0:51 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 41.4 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Mattias Samuelsson · 3rd 14:38 · BUF SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 56.1 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Ryan McLeod · 3rd 18:30 · BUF EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.2 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersJan 8, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

New York Rangers

Goal anatomy

Josh Doan · 1st 4:07 · BUF

Alex Tuch · 2nd 6:58 · BUF

Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 9:34 · NYR

Jason Zucker · 2nd 12:34 · BUF PP

Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 0:51 · NYR

Mattias Samuelsson · 3rd 14:38 · BUF SH

Ryan McLeod · 3rd 18:30 · BUF EN