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Thursday, January 8, 2026
7:00 PM ET
Madison Square Garden (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
5 – 2
Final
New York Rangers
 NYR
47% xGF%
53% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 2.60 goals NYR was expected to score 2.89 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF NYR Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 2:41 0.84 1 10:26 1.01 0
Even Strength 46:53 1.72 2 46:53 1.88 2
Penalty Kill 10:26 0.04 1 2:41 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 16:15 0.77 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 39:38 1.68 3 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 4:07 0.14 1 4:07 0.21 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 39:38 1.21 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 16:15 1.47 2
  • ► Josh Doan scores at 4:07 in the 1st period 0.14 xG (1-0)
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 6:58 in the 2nd period 0.05 xG (2-0)
  • ► Mika Zibanejad scores at 9:34 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (2-1)
  • ► Jason Zucker scores at 12:34 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (3-1)
  • ► Vincent Trocheck scores at 0:51 in the 3rd period 0.03 xG (3-2)
  • ► Mattias Samuelsson scores at 14:38 in the 3rd period 0.04 xG (4-2)
  • ► Ryan McLeod scores at 18:30 in the 3rd period (5-2)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.63 1 1 2 19 15:00 3 +2 0 1 0 0 0
NYR J.T. Miller (C) 0.49 0 1 1 24 20:24 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.47 0 1 1 21 16:39 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.42 0 0 0 18 14:12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Mika Zibanejad (C) 0.31 1 0 1 22 19:33 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Vincent Trocheck (C) 0.29 1 0 1 25 19:47 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
NYR Artemi Panarin (L) 0.29 0 2 2 22 20:53 4 -3 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Gabe Perreault (R) 0.28 0 0 0 17 15:11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.26 1 0 1 21 16:09 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Will Cuylle (L) 0.23 0 0 0 21 16:34 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Alexis Lafrenière (L) 0.20 0 0 0 21 14:38 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Sam Carrick (C) 0.16 0 0 0 16 10:08 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.13 1 0 1 23 17:30 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Taylor Raddysh (R) 0.11 0 0 0 18 16:30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.11 0 1 1 19 13:27 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.11 1 1 2 24 17:30 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.10 0 0 0 19 16:04 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.09 0 0 0 18 11:29 1 -1 4 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.07 0 0 0 19 13:49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Matt Rempe (C) 0.06 0 0 0 15 09:43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Jonny Brodzinski (C) 0.04 0 0 0 16 14:12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Anton Blidh (L) 0.00 0 0 0 13 07:35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 18 12:01 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 12:59 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
NYR Vladislav Gavrikov (D) 0.21 0 0 0 27 24:37 4 -3 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Braden Schneider (D) 0.15 0 0 0 24 21:19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.12 0 1 1 26 23:41 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.06 1 1 2 28 23:56 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Scott Morrow (D) 0.03 0 0 0 22 16:51 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.02 0 0 0 14 12:39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Matthew Robertson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 26 18:21 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
NYR Will Borgen (D) 0.01 0 0 0 26 18:08 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.01 0 0 0 28 22:15 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.01 0 1 1 28 23:45 0 +3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:55 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NYR Carson Soucy (D) 0.00 0 0 0 21 14:30 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +2.78% 0.938 0.9 2 30 60:00 32 W 0
NYR Jonathan Quick (G) -7.00% 0.800 -1.4 4 16 58:25 20 L 0