Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Sun, Apr 25, 2021 · Madison Square Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 6

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. Mika Zibanejad scored a hat trick; Kaapo Kakko scored twice. Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	3	34
NYR	3	1	2	6	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:49	NYR	EV	Mika Zibanejad (17) · wrist	Alexis Lafrenière (8), Ryan Lindgren (15)	0–1
1st	06:16	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (6) · backhand	Colin Miller (6), Jacob Bryson (6)	1–1
1st	12:02	NYR	EV	Kaapo Kakko (7) · snap	Adam Fox (39), Filip Chytil (12)	1–2
1st	17:10	NYR	PP	Mika Zibanejad (18) · tip-in	Artemi Panarin (39), Adam Fox (40)	1–3
2nd	02:05	NYR	EV	Mika Zibanejad (19) · wrist	Pavel Buchnevich (23), Adam Fox (41)	1–4
2nd	14:47	BUF	PP	Victor Olofsson (13) · slap	Sam Reinhart (14), Casey Mittelstadt (8)	2–4
3rd	07:06	NYR	PP	Kaapo Kakko (8) · wrist	Pavel Buchnevich (24), Zac Jones (1)	2–5
3rd	10:34	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (21) · slap	Rasmus Dahlin (18), Dustin Tokarski (1)	3–5
3rd	19:05	NYR	SH EN	Kevin Rooney (8) · wrist	Brett Howden (6)	3–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:17	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2
2nd	10:49	NYR	Ryan Strome	tripping	2
2nd	12:53	NYR	Pavel Buchnevich	high sticking	2
2nd	16:11	BUF	Tobias Rieder	hooking	2
3rd	05:52	BUF	Anders Bjork	tripping	2
3rd	14:29	NYR	Vitali Kravtsov	tripping	2
3rd	18:28	NYR	Ryan Strome	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.42 · NYR 3.91 · xG% BUF 38.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	88.9	21:02	23
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	0		27:17	23
68	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0		20:13	21
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	40.0	18:40	20
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	-3	0	2	0	0	50.0	18:36	21
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		14:54	19
33	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		13:55	16
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		22:18	22
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	60.0	19:42	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	5	0		18:32	21
54	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		17:24	19
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		14:52	16
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:33	19
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-3	0	4	1	0		14:11	19
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	50.0	12:33	18
91	Drake Caggiula	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		10:05	13
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	36.4	9:38	14
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		8:53	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dustin Tokarski	L	28	23	5	.821	58:23

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Adam Fox	D	0	3	3	+2	0	2	0	2		24:45	29
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	3	0	3	+1	0	7	1	0	50.0	17:41	24
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	2	2	+1	2	2	1	1		15:36	22
24	Kaapo Kakko	R	2	0	2	+1	0	2	1	0		13:05	15
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	5	1		21:05	24
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		20:45	20
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	33.3	13:19	16
17	Kevin Rooney	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	40.0	12:14	16
6	Zac Jones	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1		12:10	17
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		12:03	16
21	Brett Howden	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		10:56	15
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		21:36	26
16	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	0	61.5	19:33	22
79	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0		18:35	21
25	Libor Hajek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		17:34	22
20	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	5	0		16:31	18
43	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	50.0	15:27	19
74	Vitali Kravtsov	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		9:43	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	34	31	3	.912	59:56