National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Rangers 4, Buffalo 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, January 18, 2018
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Dave Jackson, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 18006
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1113
NY Rangers 1124
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:24 - Rangers Rick Nash (EV) Assists: Pavel Buchnevich
18:41 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (PP) Assists: Sam Reinhart , Jack Eichel
Penalties
10:13 - Sabres Casey Nelson (2) Cross checking
 17:49 - Rangers Brendan Smith (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
8:26 - Rangers J.T. Miller (EV) Assists: David Desharnais
17:10 - Sabres Justin Falk (EV) Assists: Evan Rodrigues , Sam Reinhart
Penalties
6:08 - Sabres Casey Nelson (2) Holding
 11:21 - Rangers Mats Zuccarello (2) High sticking
 14:56 - Rangers Kevin Shattenkirk (2) Cross checking
 14:56 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (2) Embellishment
 16:52 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (2) Roughing
 16:52 - Rangers Brendan Smith (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
6:49 - Rangers Rick Nash (EV) Assists: Ryan McDonagh , Nick Holden
14:59 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (PP) Assists: Kyle Okposo , Jack Eichel
16:02 - Rangers Pavel Buchnevich (EV) Assists: Mika Zibanejad , Rick Nash
Penalties
13:43 - Rangers Brendan Smith (2) Delay of game
 19:21 - Rangers Mats Zuccarello (2) Hooking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 58:03 49:55 4:08 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 13:07 11:07 0:00 2:00 0 0 2 3 - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 33 23:48 21:29 0:25 1:54 0 0 1 3 - - -
Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 20 12:46 12:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Evander Kane LW 0 0 0 -1 0 7 22 17:17 16:12 0:45 0:20 0 0 3 - - - -
Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 -2 0 6 21 21:18 16:37 4:41 0:00 0 0 3 - 4 7 36
Jordan Nolan LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 7:38 7:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 2 - - -
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 26 22:40 20:09 0:25 2:06 0 0 1 3 - - -
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 10:21 8:27 0:00 1:54 0 0 5 1 - - -
Kyle Okposo RW 1 1 2 -2 0 1 20 19:24 14:43 4:41 0:00 1 0 - 1 - - -
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 15 9:21 8:08 0:00 1:13 0 0 1 - 2 5 29
Sam Reinhart C 0 2 2 E 2 2 18 18:24 13:37 4:47 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 15:24 13:44 0:00 1:40 0 0 4 - - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 14:15 14:00 0:15 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Justin Falk D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 21 17:00 17:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 -1 2 5 30 26:18 19:56 4:22 2:00 1 0 4 - - - -
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 -3 0 0 18 14:06 12:14 0:00 1:52 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17 13:27 13:21 0:06 0:00 0 0 1 - 8 7 53
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 25 19:12 14:04 4:07 1:01 0 0 - - 19 11 63
New York Rangers
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Henrik Lundqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:13 4:00 4:47 0 0 - - - - -
Ondrej Pavelec G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
J.T. Miller LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 23 18:34 16:26 2:08 0:00 0 0 - - 8 8 50
Peter Holland C 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 14:45 13:28 0:00 1:17 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Jesper Fast RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 23 13:58 12:21 0:00 1:37 0 0 3 2 - - -
Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 E 2 0 22 17:17 14:53 2:24 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Jimmy Vesey LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 13:06 11:30 1:36 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 29 22:30 17:55 1:36 2:59 0 0 1 2 - - -
Paul Carey C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 9:37 8:49 0:00 0:48 0 0 1 - - - -
Mats Zuccarello RW 0 0 0 E 4 2 23 20:08 17:46 1:58 0:24 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Michael Grabner RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 14:59 13:23 0:00 1:36 0 0 1 - - - -
Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 +1 6 4 19 18:29 17:05 0:00 1:24 0 0 3 - - - -
Steven Kampfer D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 24 18:03 16:15 0:00 1:48 0 0 3 1 - - -
David Desharnais C 0 1 1 E 0 1 16 10:29 8:53 1:36 0:00 0 0 - - 4 5 44
Nick Holden D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 27 20:23 17:24 0:00 2:59 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rick Nash RW 2 1 3 +3 0 3 24 15:36 11:48 1:52 1:56 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 19:40 18:56 0:20 0:24 0 0 3 4 - - -
Pavel Buchnevich RW 1 1 2 +3 0 1 20 13:41 11:17 2:24 0:00 0 0 - 2 1 0 100
Mika Zibanejad C 0 1 1 +3 0 3 24 17:04 12:44 2:24 1:56 0 0 1 2 7 12 37
Vinni Lettieri C 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 14:54 13:12 1:42 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Robin Lehner L (12-22-8) 34 30 4 .882 0 58:03
NY Rangers
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Henrik Lundqvist W (23-21-4) 37 34 3 .919 0 60:00