Sabres vs. Rangers (Apr 8, 2026)

Forward Matchup

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

M. Zibanejad

NYR C #93

37

Goals

32

76

Points

69

251

Shots on Goal

202

Defenseman Matchup

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

A. Fox

NYR D #23

67

Points

42

76

Blocks

68

64

Hits

21

Goalie Matchup

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

I. Shesterkin

NYR G #31

20

Wins

23

.909

Save Pct

.912

2.69

Goals Against Avg

2.55

BUF

Team Stats

NYR

3.43

Goals per Game

2.81

2.95

Goals Against per Game

3.12

28.12

Shots per Game

25.35

29.43

Shots Against per Game

29.31

20.9

Power Play Pct

24.3

82.0

Penalty Kill Pct

78.7

.900

Save Pct

.893

BUF

Injuries

NYR

Noah Ostlund

C

Day to day (Upper-Body)

G

Jonathan Quick

Day to day (Upper-Body)

Justin Danforth

RW

Out (Lower Body)

C

Noah Laba

Out (Lower-body)

Jordan Greenway

LW

Out (Abdomen)

D

Urho Vaakanainen

Out (Upper-body)

Jiri Kulich

C

Out for season (Ear)

C

Matt Rempe

Out for season (Thumb)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

BUFNYR

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	45	21	8	98	41
Lightning	45	21	6	96	63
Canadiens	41	21	10	92	23
Bruins	41	24	8	90	19
Senators	38	25	10	86	20
Red Wings	39	26	8	86	-3
Maple Leafs	31	30	13	75	-30
Panthers	35	35	3	73	-28

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	46	20	6	98	44
Islanders	42	27	5	89	7
Penguins	36	21	16	88	16
Blue Jackets	38	24	11	87	12
Flyers	36	24	12	84	-4
Capitals	37	28	9	83	13
Devils	37	33	2	76	-21
Rangers - e	30	35	9	69	-21

BUF

Last 5

NYR

Sat, Mar 28

Sun, Mar 29

Fri, Mar 27

Fri, Mar 27

Wed, Mar 25

Wed, Mar 25

Sun, Mar 22

Mon, Mar 23

Sat, Mar 21

Sun, Mar 22

Game Info

April 8, 2026

TNT/HBO Max

Madison Square Garden

New York, New York

Team Leaders

G

37

T. Thompson

A

50

R. Dahlin

GWG

5

J. Zucker

SV%

.910

U. Luukkonen

Season

Career vs NYR

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	35	33	20	9	4	974	885	.909	89	2.69	3	1986
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	30	29	18	8	3	818	744	.910	74	2.57	1	1729
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	13	12	7	4	1	367	329	.896	38	3.11	0	732

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	8	8	3	3	2	238	221	.929	17	2.13	478
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	8	6	2	5	0	223	200	.897	23	3.30	418
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	1	0	0	32	30	.938	2	2.00	60

Team Leaders

G

32

M. Zibanejad

A

37

M. Zibanejad

GWG

5

A. Lafreniere

SV%

.912

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
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	26	7	11	18	+4	6	1	3	0	0	2	0	65	10.8	0	3	0.0	44	11	15	15	15:56
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	26	5	13	18	-9	10	1	4	0	0	0	0	65	7.7	0	0	0	31	40	11	24	23:01
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	21	6	5	11	-5	10	0	2	0	0	1	0	58	10.3	49	119	41.2	19	4	7	13	15:56
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	17	6	5	11	+4	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	45	13.3	12	22	54.5	14	7	12	14	17:25
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	10	5	6	11	+3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	25.0	67	138	48.6	8	3	2	7	15:25
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	16	4	5	9	+10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	16.7	1	9	11.1	43	13	4	6	15:12
Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	19	5	2	7	-3	8	2	0	0	0	2	1	40	12.5	3	9	33.3	30	9	5	5	14:14
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	44	2	5	7	-11	57	0	0	0	1	0	0	65	3.1	0	0	0	143	74	11	24	18:32
Owen Power O. Power	10	1	6	7	+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	5	18	3	8	23:01
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	8	2	4	6	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	9.1	1	1	100.0	4	3	1	12	15:08
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	8	4	0	4	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	36.4	23	54	42.6	9	6	2	3	13:27
Josh Norris J. Norris	8	1	2	3	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	44	92	47.8	12	2	1	5	15:25
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	13	1	2	3	+4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	28	34	2	8	21:42
Bowen Byram B. Byram	7	0	3	3	+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	4	10	4	6	22:13
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	12	0	3	3	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	30	82	36.6	14	6	4	5	13:49
Zach Benson Z. Benson	7	1	2	3	+2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	1	3	33.3	3	2	1	1	15:40
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	10	0	2	2	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	5	8	62.5	18	10	3	6	11:47
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	7	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	7	10	1	6	15:58
Josh Doan J. Doan	5	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	2	11	18.2	5	2	1	2	14:54
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	12	30	40.0	1	1	0	2	15:41
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	6	0	0	0	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	36	67	53.7	10	2	0	2	10:16
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	4	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	2	13:36
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	3	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	18:37
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	2	0	12:59

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	73	32	37	69	-21	14	15	16	2	0	3	0	202	15.8	518	996	52.0	94	46	31	96	20:56
Alexis Lafreniere A. Lafreniere	74	22	29	51	-8	20	8	4	0	0	5	0	149	14.8	9	34	26.5	83	42	21	45	17:29
Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	59	15	34	49	-17	56	2	13	2	0	1	0	102	14.7	559	983	56.9	176	44	23	70	20:44
J.T. Miller J.T. Miller	60	15	31	46	-27	24	4	10	0	1	3	3	129	11.6	480	779	61.6	117	26	13	71	20:26
Adam Fox A. Fox	47	6	36	42	+4	18	3	15	0	1	1	0	78	7.7	0	0	0	21	68	34	58	23:41
Will Cuylle W. Cuylle	74	16	17	33	-14	43	4	4	0	0	1	1	140	11.4	42	86	48.8	261	63	9	50	17:04
Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	74	14	17	31	-13	48	3	3	0	1	1	1	107	13.1	0	0	0	44	96	21	98	23:47
Noah Laba N. Laba	66	9	13	22	0	22	3	2	0	0	1	0	65	13.8	294	580	50.7	99	42	9	30	13:28
Gabe Perreault G. Perreault	41	7	14	21	-2	8	2	3	0	0	1	0	55	12.7	4	8	50.0	21	19	9	31	16:02
Taylor Raddysh T. Raddysh	67	9	10	19	+5	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	52	17.3	3	15	20.0	47	40	14	25	11:53
Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	64	5	11	16	-2	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	74	6.8	0	0	0	96	73	9	46	17:28
Braden Schneider B. Schneider	74	2	14	16	-5	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	93	2.2	0	0	0	150	124	20	90	20:32
Conor Sheary C. Sheary	54	5	10	15	+3	12	0	2	1	0	1	0	69	7.2	16	28	57.1	20	32	16	38	14:18
Will Borgen W. Borgen	67	5	9	14	+4	37	0	0	0	0	2	0	66	7.6	0	0	0	101	91	15	55	18:10
Jonny Brodzinski J. Brodzinski	48	6	7	13	-3	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	53	11.3	40	74	54.1	37	18	12	20	11:01
Tye Kartye T. Kartye	16	3	6	9	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	15.8	0	0	0	56	8	5	6	14:26
Urho Vaakanainen U. Vaakanainen	33	0	6	6	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	11	26	5	22	13:48
Adam Edstrom A. Edstrom	35	3	2	5	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	31	9.7	7	21	33.3	65	22	5	18	9:28
Jaroslav Chmelar J. Chmelar	20	2	1	3	-4	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	14.3	0	2	0.0	35	11	2	2	8:15
Adam Sykora A. Sykora	3	2	0	2	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	28.6	1	2	50.0	3	2	2	1	12:31
Drew Fortescue D. Fortescue	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	17:09
Matt Rempe M. Rempe	26	1	0	1	-4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	3	8	37.5	86	6	2	5	8:36
Vincent Iorio V. Iorio	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	4	7	3	12	13:05

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	46	14	24	38	+8	12	6	5	1	2	1	114	12.3	409	746	54.8	33	17	27	21	18:02
J.T. Miller J.T. Miller	32	10	19	29	+8	27	3	6	1	3	2	61	16.4	165	288	57.3	57	14	17	19	16:52
Adam Fox A. Fox	22	4	22	26	+13	2	0	9	0	1	0	41	9.8	0	0	0	9	37	17	8	24:00
Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	35	5	11	16	-4	30	0	3	0	1	0	81	6.2	299	550	54.4	65	22	13	21	17:46
Conor Sheary C. Sheary	28	6	9	15	+5	10	0	1	0	2	1	38	15.8	3	4	75.0	10	14	9	9	13:53
Alexis Lafreniere A. Lafreniere	22	7	5	12	+1	0	0	0	0	4	1	43	16.3	7	17	41.2	26	1	4	6	14:37
Vladislav Gavrikov V. Gavrikov	13	2	4	6	+3	2	0	0	0	1	0	24	8.3	0	0	0	11	15	2	4	20:59
Taylor Raddysh T. Raddysh	13	2	3	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	8.7	0	5	0.0	8	3	5	4	14:28
Will Borgen W. Borgen	8	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	17	15	2	6	17:52
Jonny Brodzinski J. Brodzinski	6	0	3	3	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	10	21	47.6	4	1	3	3	11:11
Will Cuylle W. Cuylle	8	1	0	1	-6	9	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	2	2	100.0	27	7	1	3	14:27
Braden Schneider B. Schneider	12	0	1	1	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	28	18	2	7	16:36
Urho Vaakanainen U. Vaakanainen	4	0	0	0	-5	2	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	3	0.0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	10:43
Matthew Robertson M. Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18:21
Tye Kartye T. Kartye	4	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	3	7	42.9	12	3	0	1	9:45
Matt Rempe M. Rempe	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	13	1	1	1	9:31
Vincent Iorio V. Iorio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9:58
Noah Laba N. Laba	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	7	9	77.8	2	1	0	0	13:21
Gabe Perreault G. Perreault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	0	1	0	15:11

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	46	46	23	16	6	1,312	1,196	.912	116	2.55	1	2728
Jonathan Quick J. Quick	23	22	5	16	2	622	553	.889	69	3.18	2	1300
Dylan Garand D. Garand	2	2	1	0	1	65	62	.954	3	1.44	0	125

	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	16	13	8	4	0	344	315	.916	29	2.02	3	863