BUFFALO SABRES
Away · Win
5
Final/Fri Jan 9, 2026/Madison Square Garden, New York/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
1225
0112

02/Scoring summary

7 goals

1st

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFNYR
04:07BUFJosh Doan (14)Mattias Samuelsson, Jason Zucker10

2nd

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFNYR
06:58BUFAlex Tuch (14)Bowen Byram, Josh Norris20
09:34NYRMika Zibanejad (16)Artemi Panarin21
12:34BUFJason Zucker (10)Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson31

3rd

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFNYR
00:51NYRVincent Trocheck (11)J.T. Miller, Artemi Panarin32
14:38BUFMattias Samuelsson (7)Ryan McLeod42
18:30BUFRyan McLeod (9)unassisted52

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
BUF
Away / Home
NYR
5
Goals
2
21
Shots on goal
32
15
Missed shots
13
20
Blocked shots
12
48
Shot attempts
66
16
Hits
32
20
Faceoffs won of 51
31
39.2%
Faceoff win %
60.8%
17
Giveaways
13
9
Takeaways
5
2
Penalties
2
6
Penalty minutes
4
2
Power plays
3

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Buffalo Sabres

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Mattias SamuelssonD112+1012423:56
Ryan McLeodC112+2020010-917:30
Jason ZuckerL112+203100-115:00
Bowen ByramD011+3000223:45
Rasmus DahlinD011-2031323:41
Alex TuchR101+2010017:30
Tage ThompsonC011-102114-1016:39
Josh DoanR101002300-116:09
Josh NorrisC011+201114-313:27
Owen PowerD000+1000122:15
Zach BensonL000001011-016:04
Jack QuinnR0000030014:12
NHL 84784130000002113:49
Noah OstlundC000020010-312:59
Zach MetsaD0000010212:39
Beck MalenstynL000-100120-112:01
Peyton KrebsC000-141411-311:29
Jacob BrysonD000+1000010:55
Skaters57126211620

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Colten Ellis32302.93860:00
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/New York Rangers

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Artemi PanarinL022-3040020:53
J.T. MillerC011-1032010-520:24
Vincent TrocheckC101023415-219:47
Mika ZibanejadC101-203217-519:33
Vladislav GavrikovD000-3042124:37
Braden SchneiderD0000024221:19
Matthew RobertsonD0000221018:21
Will BorgenD000-1001318:08
NHL 8482666000+1000016:51
Will CuylleL000-1033116:34
Taylor RaddyshR000001000-116:30
NHL 8484210000002101-015:11
Alexis LafrenièreL000-2010014:38
Carson SoucyD000+1002314:30
Jonny BrodzinskiC000002003-514:12
Sam CarrickC000001005-210:08
Matt RempeC000001609:43
NHL 8477320000000407:35
Skaters2354323212

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jonathan Quick20164.80058:25
NHL 8477484

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

4 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
2nd06:58NYRVincent TrocheckAbuse of officials2
2nd11:53NYRMatthew RobertsonHolding2Zach Benson
2nd18:28BUFNoah OstlundTripping2Artemi Panarin
3rd14:24BUFPeyton KrebsHigh-sticking (double minor)4Vincent Trocheck

07/Game

Date
Fri Jan 9, 2026
Venue
Madison Square Garden, New York
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025020685

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 5 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.