National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
NY Rangers 3,
Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 1, 2021
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Conor O'Donnell, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Ryan Gibbons
Attendance: N/A
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Conor O'Donnell, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Ryan Gibbons
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
| Final OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
| NY Rangers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
2:06 -
Sabres Rasmus Asplund
(EV) Assists:
Jeff Skinner
, Cody Eakin
|
| Penalties |
|
17:34 -
Sabres Casey Mittelstadt
(2)
Roughing 19:56 - Rangers Phillip Di Giuseppe (2) Slashing |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
6:40 -
Rangers Colin Blackwell
(EV) Assists:
Artemi Panarin
, Ryan Strome
|
| Penalties |
|
14:55 -
Sabres Colin Miller
(2)
Tripping |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
6:17 -
Rangers Filip Chytil
(EV) Assists:
Julien Gauthier
, Alexis Lafreniere
19:56 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Casey Mittelstadt , Sam Reinhart |
| Penalties |
|
7:39 -
Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen
(2)
Holding 13:55 - Sabres Steven Fogarty (2) Goaltender interference |
| Overtime |
| Scoring |
|
4:32 -
Rangers Mika Zibanejad
(EV) Assists:
Artemi Panarin
, Adam Fox
|
| Penalties |
| None. |
New York Rangers
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Igor Shesterkin | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64:26 | 54:26 | 8:00 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Alexandar Georgiev | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Jacob Trouba | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 22:15 | 19:47 | 1:35 | 0:53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Artemi Panarin | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 23:50 | 17:35 | 6:15 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Julien Gauthier | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7:16 | 7:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Alexis Lafreniere | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8:11 | 8:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ryan Strome | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 22:22 | 16:09 | 6:13 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| Kevin Rooney | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11:31 | 10:31 | 0:15 | 0:45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 |
| Chris Kreider | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 23 | 22:15 | 16:00 | 6:15 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Fox | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 2 | 31 | 28:27 | 20:55 | 6:25 | 1:07 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Kaapo Kakko | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 6 | 21 | 18:29 | 16:44 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Libor Hajek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12:36 | 12:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phillip Di Giuseppe | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9:18 | 9:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brendan Smith | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13:43 | 13:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Colin Blackwell | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13:44 | 11:39 | 1:20 | 0:45 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| Ryan Lindgren | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 18:52 | 17:53 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Filip Chytil | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10:02 | 9:52 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| K'Andre Miller | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 22:24 | 19:38 | 1:45 | 1:01 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pavel Buchnevich | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 27 | 21:05 | 18:03 | 1:47 | 1:15 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mika Zibanejad | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 0 | 5 | 29 | 25:22 | 17:52 | 6:15 | 1:15 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 7 | 71 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Dustin Tokarski | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62:39 | 52:39 | 2:00 | 8:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Linus Ullmark | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Taylor Hall | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 4 | 22 | 16:09 | 15:21 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15:52 | 14:42 | 0:10 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tobias Rieder | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14:39 | 12:40 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15:19 | 9:18 | 0:00 | 6:01 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 33 |
| Steven Fogarty | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13:31 | 13:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Cody Eakin | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16:03 | 14:04 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 7 | 5 | 58 |
| Kyle Okposo | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 22 | 20:37 | 13:24 | 1:12 | 6:01 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 50 |
| Sam Reinhart | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 20 | 19:20 | 18:32 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 19:43 | 18:28 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Colin Miller | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 19:41 | 16:57 | 1:02 | 1:42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13:12 | 11:56 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 40 |
| Jeff Skinner | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13:15 | 12:03 | 1:12 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 23:57 | 18:29 | 0:44 | 4:44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Brandon Montour | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 24 | 23:00 | 20:27 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Victor Olofsson | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 17:32 | 16:44 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Tage Thompson | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13:55 | 13:10 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10:12 | 10:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21:32 | 15:31 | 0:00 | 6:01 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Goaltending
| NY Rangers | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Igor Shesterkin W (9-8-1) | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 0 | 64:26 |
| Buffalo | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Dustin Tokarski L (0-3-1) | 47 | 44 | 3 | .936 | 0 | 62:39 |