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Wednesday, April 8, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
Madison Square Garden | TNT
Buffalo Sabres BUF
5-3
Final
NYR New York Rangers
59% xGF Expected Goals Share 41% xGF
BUF was expected to score 3.07 goals NYR was expected to score 2.17 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF NYR Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Ryan McLeod scores at 4:40 in the 1st period 0.11 xG (1-0)
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 8:58 in the 1st period 0.29 xG (2-0)
  • ► Alexis Lafrenière scores at 19:21 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (2-1) End of Period 1
  • ► Alexis Lafrenière scores at 2:57 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (2-2)
  • ► Adam Fox scores at 14:44 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (2-3) End of Period 2
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 5:51 in the 3rd period 0.10 xG (3-3)
  • ► Jason Zucker scores at 7:14 in the 3rd period 0.42 xG (4-3)
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 18:45 in the 3rd period (5-3) End of Game
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xG by State
Buffalo Sabres
New York Rangers
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 5:48 1.14 0 3:44 0.17 2
Even Strength 50:28 1.93 4 50:28 1.73 1
Short-Handed 3:44 0.00 0 5:48 0.27 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 11:38 0.08 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 19:25 1.34 1 11:07 0.27 0
Tied 17:50 0.81 2 17:50 0.66 1
Down 1 11:07 0.83 1 19:25 0.35 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 11:38 0.89 1
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.90 1 1 2 20 18:14 4 +2 0 0
NYR Will Cuylle (L) 0.43 0 0 0 22 15:46 3 -2 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.43 2 0 2 16 12:59 3 +1 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.39 0 1 1 22 22:18 2 +1 0 0
NYR Mika Zibanejad (C) 0.30 0 1 1 24 18:44 2 -3 0 0
NYR J.T. Miller (C) 0.30 0 1 1 25 20:51 3 -1 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.28 0 0 0 21 19:24 1 +2 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.26 0 1 1 17 14:46 2 +2 2 0
NYR Alexis Lafrenière (L) 0.22 2 0 2 19 15:07 2 -2 0 1
NYR Tye Kartye (L) 0.22 0 0 0 22 16:07 1 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.16 0 1 1 16 13:08 1 +1 0 0
NYR Adam Sykora (L) 0.12 0 0 0 15 11:16 1 -1 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.12 1 1 2 21 17:10 2 +1 2 0
NYR Jonny Brodzinski (C) 0.12 0 0 0 15 12:03 1 -1 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.11 1 0 1 25 19:05 1 +1 0 0
NYR Noah Laba (C) 0.11 0 0 0 21 13:33 1 -1 0 0
NYR Gabe Perreault (R) 0.11 0 0 0 16 12:09 0 -1 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.08 0 1 1 20 15:04 2 +1 2 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.04 0 0 0 14 10:15 0 0 0 0
BUF Tanner Pearson (L) 0.00 0 0 0 12 08:52 0 0 0 0
NYR Conor Sheary (L) 0.00 0 0 0 16 12:28 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:50 0 0 0 0
NYR Vincent Trocheck (C) 0.00 0 1 1 23 18:48 0 -1 2 0
NYR Jaroslav Chmelar (R) 0.00 0 0 0 15 11:15 0 -1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.18 0 1 1 25 24:30 2 +2 0 0
NYR Adam Fox (D) 0.10 1 1 2 27 23:20 1 -1 2 1
NYR Braden Schneider (D) 0.07 0 0 0 27 22:35 3 -2 0 0
NYR Vladislav Gavrikov (D) 0.07 0 0 0 27 24:41 1 -1 2 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.04 0 1 1 23 22:07 2 +1 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.04 0 0 0 15 10:37 3 +1 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.02 0 0 0 24 20:09 1 +1 0 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.01 0 1 1 19 16:26 1 +2 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 23 20:39 0 +1 0 0
NYR Drew Fortescue (D) 0.01 0 1 1 15 13:34 0 -1 0 0
NYR Matthew Robertson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 22 15:52 1 -1 0 0
NYR Will Borgen (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 15:24 0 -1 2 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
NYR Igor Shesterkin (G) -2.33% 0.846 -0.9 4 22 58:27 26 L 0
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -2.85% 0.850 -0.8 3 17 60:00 20 W 0