New York Rangers @ Buffalo Sabres

1-1-0, 1-0-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Rangers NYR	1	0	3	4
Sabres BUF	0	0	0	0

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

0-1-0, 0-1-0 Home

New York Rangers


forwards
Sam CarrickS. Carrick#39
Will CuylleW. Cuylle#50
Adam EdstromA. Edstrom#84
Noah LabaN. Laba#42
Alexis LafreniereA. Lafreniere#13
J.T. MillerJ.T. Miller#8
Artemi PanarinA. Panarin#10
Taylor RaddyshT. Raddysh#14
Matt RempeM. Rempe#73
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#43
Vincent TrocheckV. Trocheck#16
Mika ZibanejadM. Zibanejad#93
defensemen
Will BorgenW. Borgen#17
Adam FoxA. Fox#23
Vladislav GavrikovV. Gavrikov#44
Braden SchneiderB. Schneider#4
Carson SoucyC. Soucy#24
Urho VaakanainenU. Vaakanainen#18

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	21	12:36	0:00	2:37	9:59	4	4	50.0
0	0	1	2	1	2	2	4	2	0	1	28	16:24	1:59	1:28	12:57	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	9:45	0:00	0:00	9:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	13:21	0:03	0:24	12:54	7	2	77.8
1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	15:54	3:39	0:00	12:15	0	1	0.0
1	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	4	1	1	31	19:52	3:58	3:16	12:38	10	5	66.7
0	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	21	21:10	5:56	0:00	15:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	14:50	0:04	2:27	12:19	0	1	0.0
0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	13	9:30	0:54	0:00	8:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	15:21	1:57	2:22	11:02	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	12	7:48	1:13	1:14	5:21	7	4	63.6
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	26	18:57	3:59	2:11	12:47	10	4	71.4
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	26	16:23	0:00	3:02	13:21	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	28	23:17	4:01	3:31	15:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	21:23	0:00	4:34	16:49	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	6	1	1	25	18:49	2:01	1:26	15:22	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	26	19:40	0:16	3:28	15:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	20	15:00	0:00	0:00	15:00	0	0	0.0

goalies
Igor ShesterkinI. Shesterkin#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
37	0	37	1.000	28	9	0	0	0	60:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Justin DanforthJ. Danforth#15
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Mason GeertsenM. Geertsen#55
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Jiri KulichJ. Kulich#20
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Josh NorrisJ. Norris#9
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Jacob BrysonJ. Bryson#78
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Ryan JohnsonR. Johnson#33
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23
Conor TimminsC. Timmins#21

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	18	9:33	0:00	1:26	8:07	5	5	50.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	12:21	2:54	0:00	9:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	7	4:26	0:00	0:00	4:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	19	11:55	0:00	0:00	11:55	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	16:42	2:44	0:00	13:58	3	9	25.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	13	8:24	0:00	2:05	6:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	27	18:22	3:23	3:18	11:41	6	10	37.5
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	24	18:51	5:03	1:07	12:41	4	8	33.3
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	23	17:56	2:57	0:07	14:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	5	4	0	1	2	1	1	1	26	19:34	5:06	0:27	14:01	2	5	28.6
0	0	-1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	22:32	4:36	3:25	14:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	5	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	25	19:23	5:05	0:00	14:18	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	11:58	0:00	0:00	11:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	33	24:46	3:39	2:12	18:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	4	3	1	0	0	3	0	3	34	25:06	4:32	1:40	18:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	13	11:16	0:00	0:01	11:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	28	19:26	0:00	3:51	15:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	29	19:38	0:01	4:21	15:16	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alex LyonA. Lyon#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
32	3	29	.906	22	6	1	0	0	59:51	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Rangers	1	0	3	4
	Sabres	0	0	0	0

1st Period			NYR	BUF
11:43		Alexis Lafreniere (1) Assists: Vincent Trocheck (1), Artemi Panarin (1)	1	0

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period		NYR
14:46	Carson Soucy (1) Assists: Will Borgen (1), J.T. Miller (1)	2
17:11	J.T. Miller (1) Assists: Braden Schneider (1), Alexis Lafreniere (1)	3
17:25	Adam Fox (1) (Empty Net) Assists: Sam Carrick (1)	4

Regular Season Series

NYR lead 1-0

Rangers
4
Sabres
0

Game 1

10/9

Sabres
Rangers

Game 2

1/8

Sabres
Rangers

Game 3

4/8

KeyBank Center

7:00 PM, October 9, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Trevor Hanson
Furman South

Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik
Mark Shewchyk

Team	W	L	PTS
Pittsburgh	2	0	4
Carolina	1	0	2
NY Rangers	1	1	2
NY Islanders	0	1	0
Columbus	0	1	0
Philadelphia	0	1	0
Washington	0	1	0
New Jersey	0	1	0

Team	W	L	PTS
Florida	2	0	4
Boston	2	0	4
Toronto	1	0	2
Ottawa	1	0	2
Montreal	1	1	2
Tampa Bay	0	1	0
Buffalo	0	1	0
Detroit	0	1	0

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New York Rangers @ Buffalo Sabres

Regular Season Series

NYR lead 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

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