NHL Recaps: Monday, Jan 1, 2018

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final / OT

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New York Rangers

Buffalo Sabres

New York Rangers edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime at BUF. J.T. Miller (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 6:13 together.

•J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:30.
•Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:00.
•Kyle Okposo had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:55.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Rasmus Ristolainen BUF	vs NYR	1	1	2	2	1	3	26:00	—
J.T. Miller NYR	at BUF	1	1	2	2	2	0	17:30	—
Kyle Okposo BUF	vs NYR	0	2	2	5	3	0	18:55	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Robin Lehner BUF	vs NYR	O	42	3	.929
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	at BUF	W	33	2	.939

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