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FINALMadison Square Garden · Feb 8
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3@2
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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers: score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and the HabsMetrics prediction made before puck drop, from the NHL’s official data. Analytics for educational purposes only — not gambling advice.

Game analysis

Sabres beat Rangers 3–2

  • J. Vesey scored the game-winner at 11:56 of the third.
  • The Sabres scored first and led the rest of the way.
  • C. Hutton stopped 37 of 39 shots (.949) for the win.
  • The Sabres won despite being outshot 39–28.
  • Power play: BUF 0/1, NYR 1/2.
  • J. Vesey led all scorers with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Three stars

  1. 1st star
    C. Hutton

    BUF · .949 SV%

  2. 2nd star
    J. Eichel

    BUF · 0G 2A

  3. 3rd star
    M. Zibanejad

    NYR · 1G 1A

Scoring summary

1st

2nd

3rd

Period by Period

Stats not yet available

Team Stats

BUFNYR
Team statistics comparison
Shots----
Hits2525
Blocked1817
Power Play0/11/2
Faceoff %46.953.1
Corsi %46.453.6
xG3.307.29
Giveaways1315
Takeaways87

New York Rangers

No player stats available

Buffalo Sabres

No player stats available

Lineups

BUF

Actual (from shift data)
L1
13:23
13Vesey
15:32
9Eichel
21:29
23Reinhart
19:36
L2
10:39
22Larsson
17:52
28Girgensons
17:26
20Wilson
12:45
L3
10:15
43Sheary
12:16
90Johansson
15:15
67Frolik
13:19
L4
6:05
53Skinner
10:20
27Lazar
11:45
71Rodrigues
9:44
D1
19:50
55Ristolainen
24:19
62Montour
22:55
D2
17:52
10Jokiharju
21:04
19McCabe
20:16
D3
13:11
33Miller
16:29
26Dahlin
15:18
40Hutton
60:00
Starter
34Johansson
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

NYR

Actual (from shift data)
L1
11:16
10Panarin
20:52
16Strome
20:09
17Fast
16:12
L2
8:05
20Kreider
18:41
93Zibanejad
20:47
89Buchnevich
14:36
L3
5:54
48Lemieux
13:52
72Chytil
11:59
33Di Giuseppe
13:44
L4
4:05
21Howden
9:00
14McKegg
9:13
24Kakko
14:29
D1
17:42
8Trouba
22:10
76Skjei
19:29
D2
14:49
23Fox
22:12
55Lindgren
17:13
D3
11:05
77DeAngelo
17:02
18Staal
15:23
40Georgiev
57:57
Starter
30Lundqvist
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Lines are inferred from shared five-skater ice time in NHL shift data; projections are estimates.

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