Sabres vs. Rangers (Jan 8, 2026)

Forward Matchup

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

A. Panarin

NYR LW #10

18

Goals

14

34

Points

38

129

Shots on Goal

121

Defenseman Matchup

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

A. Fox

NYR D #23

28

Points

26

41

Blocks

41

27

Hits

15

Goalie Matchup

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

I. Shesterkin

NYR G #31

9

Wins

16

.907

Save Pct

.910

2.87

Goals Against Avg

2.51

BUF

Team Stats

NYR

3.05

Goals per Game

2.55

3.19

Goals Against per Game

2.68

28.41

Shots per Game

26.10

29.46

Shots Against per Game

28.23

19.6

Power Play Pct

18.4

84.6

Penalty Kill Pct

81.6

.892

Save Pct

.905

BUF

Injuries

NYR

Tyson Kozak

C

Day to day (Upper Body)

C

Sam Carrick

Day to day (Illness)

Colten Ellis

G

Day to day (Concussion)

C

Adam Edstrom

Out (Lower-Body)

Jiri Kulich

C

Out (Ear)

D

Adam Fox

Out (Upper Body)

Justin Danforth

RW

Out (Lower Body)

LW

J.T. Miller

Out (Upper-body)

Conor Timmins

D

Out (Leg)

Jason Zucker

LW

Out (Lower-Body)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

BUFNYR

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	23	14	3	49	-4
Lightning	22	13	3	47	25
Canadiens	20	12	6	46	-2
Panthers	20	15	2	42	1
Sabres	19	14	4	42	-2
Senators	18	14	5	41	4
Bruins	20	18	1	41	-7
Maple Leafs	17	15	6	40	-5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	23	11	3	49	18
Islanders	21	14	4	46	3
Flyers	19	11	7	45	6
Capitals	20	13	5	45	15
Devils	20	16	2	42	-8
Rangers	19	17	4	42	-3
Penguins	16	12	9	41	-5
Blue Jackets	16	15	6	38	-15

BUF

Last 5

NYR

Sat, Dec 27

Sat, Dec 27

Tue, Dec 23

Tue, Dec 23

Sun, Dec 21

Sun, Dec 21

Sat, Dec 20

Sat, Dec 20

Thu, Dec 18

Thu, Dec 18

Game Info

January 8, 2026

ESPN+

Madison Square Garden

New York, New York

Team Leaders

G

18

T. Thompson

A

24

R. Dahlin

GWG

3

B. Byram

SV%

.907

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs NYR

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	20	18	9	6	3	559	507	.907	52	2.87	1	1088
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	12	11	6	5	1	291	261	.897	30	2.58	0	697
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	8	8	4	3	0	228	204	.895	24	3.25	0	443

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	8	8	3	3	2	238	221	.929	17	2.13	0	478
	Alex Lyon A. Lyon	8	6	2	5	0	223	200	.897	23	3.30	0	418

Team Leaders

G

14

A. Panarin

A

24

A. Panarin

GWG

3

J.T. Miller

SV%

.910

I. Shesterkin

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	37	18	16	34	-11	17	3	6	0	0	1	0	129	14.0	168	355	47.3	38	22	14	32	18:47
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	36	11	19	30	+6	43	2	1	1	0	1	1	92	12.0	14	34	41.2	39	41	14	26	18:37
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	33	4	24	28	-6	37	2	9	0	0	0	0	88	4.5	0	0	0	27	41	16	60	24:09
Josh Doan J. Doan	37	10	14	24	-7	12	4	5	0	0	1	0	92	10.9	4	9	44.4	30	12	29	31	15:51
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	37	7	14	21	-4	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	66	10.6	3	11	27.3	20	18	7	32	15:57
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	37	7	14	21	+5	2	0	3	2	0	1	0	45	15.6	253	585	43.2	9	14	15	35	17:54
Bowen Byram B. Byram	37	8	10	18	-4	12	1	2	0	0	3	1	49	16.3	0	0	0	22	47	8	44	21:44
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	35	6	12	18	+15	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	48	12.5	0	0	0	53	74	5	24	22:34
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	21	9	9	18	-10	10	5	4	0	0	1	0	49	18.4	17	54	31.5	22	4	3	19	15:36
Zach Benson Z. Benson	24	3	13	16	+5	12	1	4	0	1	2	0	43	7.0	3	7	42.9	11	9	9	20	16:45
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	37	2	11	13	-5	40	0	1	0	0	1	0	43	4.7	124	271	45.8	92	22	11	26	13:55
Josh Norris J. Norris	11	5	6	11	-1	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	19	26.3	63	132	47.7	4	3	2	7	16:58
Owen Power O. Power	36	3	7	10	-5	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	56	5.4	0	0	0	19	32	11	36	20:48
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	26	6	3	9	+5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	20.0	41	143	28.7	1	14	7	15	13:13
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	33	0	6	6	-11	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0.0	0	0	0	25	70	8	40	19:14
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	36	3	2	5	-6	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	7.9	1	4	25.0	125	39	5	17	11:29
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	12	3	2	5	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15.0	68	163	41.7	9	12	1	10	16:22
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	22	1	3	4	-9	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	4.3	8	22	36.4	28	8	4	10	13:07
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	23	1	3	4	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	6	10	2	8	10:33
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	24	1	3	4	-3	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	29	64	45.3	26	10	4	14	9:26
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	24	2	2	4	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	120	246	48.8	62	23	7	13	11:57
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	14	0	0	0	-5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	10	21	4	20	15:26
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	17	31	54.8	3	4	0	3	11:42
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	8	0	0	0	+5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	3	4	1	8	9:57

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	25	5	12	17	-7	10	1	3	0	0	62	8.1	0	0	0	30	37	11	22	23:00
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	25	6	10	16	+2	6	0	3	1	0	62	9.7	0	2	0.0	43	11	15	15	15:58
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	20	6	4	10	-4	10	0	1	1	0	56	10.7	45	105	42.9	18	3	6	13	15:54
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	16	5	5	10	+2	4	1	1	3	1	44	11.4	12	22	54.5	14	7	11	14	17:25
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	15	4	5	9	+10	12	0	0	0	0	24	16.7	1	9	11.1	41	12	4	5	15:17
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	9	4	5	9	+1	2	0	0	1	0	18	22.2	57	119	47.9	8	3	2	6	15:11
Owen Power O. Power	9	1	6	7	+6	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	5	17	2	6	23:06
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	7	2	4	6	+2	0	0	1	0	0	19	10.5	1	1	100.0	4	3	1	8	15:16
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	8	4	0	4	+2	4	0	0	0	0	11	36.4	23	54	42.6	9	6	2	3	13:27
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	11	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	29	78	37.2	10	5	3	4	14:02
Zach Benson Z. Benson	6	1	2	3	+2	10	1	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	2	0.0	3	1	0	1	15:36
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	9	0	2	2	-2	6	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	5	7	71.4	17	8	2	4	11:46
Josh Norris J. Norris	7	1	1	2	-4	8	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	40	85	47.1	11	1	1	5	15:41
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	7	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	7	10	1	6	15:58
Bowen Byram B. Byram	6	0	2	2	+4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	4	8	3	5	21:57
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	12	0	1	1	-4	6	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	5	10	3	5	16:54
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	12	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	26	30	2	7	21:31
Josh Doan J. Doan	4	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	2	10	20.0	2	2	1	0	14:36
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	12	30	40.0	1	1	0	2	15:41
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	3	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	18:37

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	39	14	24	38	-4	14	0	8	0	0	2	0	121	11.6	0	0	0	7	8	9	48	20:55
Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	39	12	17	29	-9	6	7	5	1	0	2	0	107	11.2	266	518	51.4	59	27	15	51	20:45
Adam Fox A. Fox	27	3	23	26	+4	10	1	7	0	1	1	0	51	5.9	0	0	0	15	41	18	31	23:50
Will Cuylle W. Cuylle	40	10	13	23	-11	24	4	4	0	0	1	1	79	12.7	23	44	52.3	136	41	7	23	17:26
J.T. Miller J.T. Miller	35	10	12	22	-11	10	3	2	0	0	3	3	77	13.0	294	491	59.9	74	12	5	35	20:46
Alexis Lafreniere A. Lafreniere	40	8	12	20	-7	10	1	1	0	0	2	0	73	11.0	4	23	17.4	59	25	13	24	17:19
Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	26	8	12	20	-7	14	0	3	0	0	1	0	45	17.8	238	423	56.3	92	22	11	28	21:03
Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	40	6	8	14	+3	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	53	11.3	0	0	0	20	62	12	48	23:49
Noah Laba N. Laba	40	5	7	12	+2	20	1	2	0	0	1	0	40	12.5	176	333	52.9	52	30	6	20	13:25
Taylor Raddysh T. Raddysh	37	7	4	11	+6	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	31	22.6	1	9	11.1	35	18	7	14	11:47
Conor Sheary C. Sheary	35	1	8	9	-3	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	53	1.9	8	13	61.5	15	24	12	25	14:47
Jonny Brodzinski J. Brodzinski	25	3	5	8	+3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	9.7	12	19	63.2	10	9	9	12	11:42
Braden Schneider B. Schneider	40	1	6	7	-3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	2.2	0	0	0	85	62	12	41	19:49
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	40	1	5	6	+2	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	44	2.3	138	260	53.1	55	20	9	15	10:42
Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	31	2	4	6	-2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	6.7	0	0	0	47	36	0	20	15:58
Carson Soucy C. Soucy	36	3	3	6	+8	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	9.4	0	0	0	55	49	9	35	17:42
Will Borgen W. Borgen	33	2	2	4	+3	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	34	5.9	0	0	0	52	37	9	30	18:21
Adam Edstrom A. Edstrom	24	2	2	4	+5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	9.5	2	2	100.0	48	13	5	12	9:34
Gabe Perreault G. Perreault	7	1	3	4	+3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	3	6	1	4	13:47
Urho Vaakanainen U. Vaakanainen	19	0	3	3	-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	6	13	3	13	13:40
Scott Morrow S. Morrow	15	0	3	3	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	0	4	17	0	13	15:41
Matt Rempe M. Rempe	15	1	0	1	-2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	3	6	50.0	50	2	2	3	8:44
Brennan Othmann B. Othmann	6	0	0	0	-3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	8:10

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	32	14	25	39	+21	10	5	9	0	0	2	2	97	14.4	1	6	16.7	4	5	12	27	19:34
Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	45	13	24	37	+10	12	6	5	0	1	2	1	111	11.7	402	734	54.8	31	16	26	20	17:59
J.T. Miller J.T. Miller	31	10	18	28	+9	27	3	6	0	1	3	2	58	17.2	155	273	56.8	55	14	17	19	16:45
Adam Fox A. Fox	22	4	22	26	+13	2	0	9	0	0	1	0	41	9.8	0	0	0	9	37	17	8	24:00
Conor Sheary C. Sheary	28	6	9	15	+5	10	0	1	0	0	2	1	38	15.8	3	4	75.0	10	14	9	9	13:53
Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	34	4	11	15	-4	28	0	3	0	0	1	0	78	5.1	294	543	54.1	61	21	13	19	17:42
Alexis Lafreniere A. Lafreniere	21	7	5	12	+3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	42	16.7	7	17	41.2	26	1	4	5	14:37
Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	12	2	4	6	+6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	10.0	0	0	0	9	14	2	2	20:40
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	11	2	3	5	-2	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	14.3	46	81	56.8	23	8	0	0	11:12
Taylor Raddysh T. Raddysh	12	2	3	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	9.1	0	4	0.0	8	3	4	4	14:18
Will Borgen W. Borgen	7	0	4	4	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	16	12	2	4	17:49
Jonny Brodzinski J. Brodzinski	5	0	3	3	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	7	13	53.8	4	1	2	2	10:35
Carson Soucy C. Soucy	9	2	1	3	+10	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	28.6	0	0	0	10	11	1	5	17:28
Will Cuylle W. Cuylle	7	1	0	1	-5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	2	2	100.0	24	6	1	3	14:08
Braden Schneider B. Schneider	11	0	1	1	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	24	16	2	7	16:10
Urho Vaakanainen U. Vaakanainen	4	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	3	4	1	2	15:44
Adam Edstrom A. Edstrom	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	10:43
Matt Rempe M. Rempe	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	7	1	1	1	9:25
Noah Laba N. Laba	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	7	9	77.8	2	1	0	0	13:21

Sabres BUF

Rangers NYR

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Igor Shesterkin I. Shesterkin	31	31	16	12	3	864	786	.910	78	2.51	1	1868
	Jonathan Quick J. Quick	9	9	3	5	1	252	236	.937	16	1.79	1	538

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Igor Shesterkin I. Shesterkin	16	15	11	3	2	437	402	.920	35	2.41	1	871
	Jonathan Quick J. Quick	15	12	8	3	0	324	299	.923	25	1.86	3	805