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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 04:40 BUF Ryan McLeod (13) — Jason Zucker (19) , Conor Timmins (8) EV 1-0
1 08:58 BUF Zach Benson (11) — Rasmus Dahlin (53) , Bowen Byram (31) EV 2-0
1 19:21 NYR Alexis Lafrenière (23) — Adam Fox (43) , J.T. Miller (34) PP 2-1
2 02:57 NYR Alexis Lafrenière (24) — Drew Fortescue (2) EV 2-2
2 14:44 NYR Adam Fox (9) — Vincent Trocheck (37) , Mika Zibanejad (43) PP 2-3
3 05:51 BUF Alex Tuch (31) — Peyton Krebs (27) , Tage Thompson (41) EV 3-3
3 07:14 BUF Jason Zucker (24) — Ryan McLeod (40) EV 4-3
3 18:45 BUF Zach Benson (12) — Josh Doan (26) , Josh Norris (19) EN 5-3

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 18:24 BUF Ryan McLeod Tripping 2
2 00:23 NYR Adam Fox Tripping 2
2 14:14 BUF Peyton Krebs Hooking 2
2 16:31 NYR Vincent Trocheck Slashing 2
2 17:35 NYR Vladislav Gavrikov Cross Checking 2
3 10:00 NYR Will Borgen Holding The Stick 2
3 10:44 BUF Josh Norris Hooking 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers
Shots 27 20
Faceoff % 44.2% 55.8%
Hits 19 26
Blocked Shots 19 11
Giveaways 15 12
Takeaways 6 4

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 16 12:59
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 17 14:46
17 Jason Zucker L 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 20 18:14
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 20 15:04
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 21 19:24
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 10:15
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 15 10:50
70 Tanner Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 08:52
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 21 17:10
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 22 22:18
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 25 19:05
91 Josh Doan R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16 13:08
4 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 23 22:07
8 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 15 10:37
21 Conor Timmins D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 19 16:26
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 23 20:39
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 24 20:09
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 25 24:30

New York Rangers

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
8 J.T. Miller C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 1 0 0 25 20:51
13 Alexis Lafrenière L 2 0 2 -2 0 2 0 0 1 0 19 15:07
16 Vincent Trocheck C 0 1 1 -1 2 0 3 1 1 1 23 18:48
22 Jonny Brodzinski C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 12:03
24 Tye Kartye L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 16:07
38 Adam Sykora L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 11:16
42 Noah Laba C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 2 0 21 13:33
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 12:28
49 Jaroslav Chmelar R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 11:15
50 Will Cuylle L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 8 1 2 0 22 15:46
93 Mika Zibanejad C 0 1 1 -3 0 2 1 1 1 0 24 18:44
94 Gabe Perreault R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 1 1 16 12:09
4 Braden Schneider D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 2 0 1 27 22:35
17 Will Borgen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 1 0 0 24 15:24
23 Adam Fox D 1 1 2 -1 2 1 1 0 1 0 27 23:20
29 Matthew Robertson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 1 0 22 15:52
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 0 27 24:41
45 Drew Fortescue D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 13:34

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 20 17 3 .850 16/17 0/2 1/1 60:00
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00

New York Rangers

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
31 Igor Shesterkin 26 22 4 .846 18/22 4/4 0/0 58:27
32 Jonathan Quick 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00