Sabres 5 - 3 Rangers — Recap

Wed, Apr 8, 2026

11:00 PM

FinalRegular season

Madison Square Garden

BUF

5–3

NYR

OW W L L W

L OW W L L W

W W OL OL L OW W L L W

W W L W W

W W L W W W

W W L W W W L L OL L

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

BUF 45%55% NYR

Probable score

3 - 4

Regulation win (home)

53%

OT / shootout probability

15%

Elo home / away

1497 / 1541

1 injured/absent player(s) excluded from predictions.

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.46 goal · 37%0

0.35 goal · 29%0

0.33 goal · 28%0

0.32 goal · 28%0

0.31 goal · 27%2

0.30 goal · 26%1

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.46 goal · 37%0

0.35 goal · 29%0

0.33 goal · 28%0

0.32 goal · 28%0

0.31 goal · 27%2

0.30 goal · 26%1

Likely assists

5/6 correct

0.59 assist · 44%1

0.48 assist · 38%1

0.46 assist · 37%1

0.30 assist · 26%1

0.26 assist · 22%0

0.25 assist · 22%1

Likely point getters

6/6 correct

0.93 point · 60%1

0.84 point · 57%2

0.77 point · 54%1

0.57 point · 43%2

0.55 point · 42%1

0.52 point · 40%1

Tonight's matchup

Tage Thompson

BUF · C · 81 GP

vs

Mika Zibanejad

NYR · C · 81 GP

BUF	Stat	NYR
40	G	34
41	A	44
81	PTS	78
14.7%	S%	15.8%
19.2	TOI	20.9

BUF 4 – 4 NYR · goal diff (home) -1.00

Jan 8BUF5–2NYR2025-26 Oct 9NYR4–0BUF2025-26 Feb 22NYR2–8BUF2024-25 Dec 11NYR3–2BUF2024-25 Nov 7BUF6–1NYR2024-25 Dec 23BUF3–4NYROT2023-24 Nov 27BUF5–1NYR2023-24 Oct 12NYR5–1BUF2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

J. Zucker

L · BUF

1G · 1A · 2P

2

R. McLeod

C · BUF

1G · 1A · 2P

3

A. Lafrenière

L · NYR

2G · 0A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

04:40
BUFR. McLeod(13)
J. Zucker (19), C. Timmins (8)
BUF 1–0 NYR
08:58
BUFZ. Benson(11)
R. Dahlin (53), B. Byram (31)
BUF 2–0 NYR
19:21
NYRA. Lafrenière(23)PP
A. Fox (43), J. Miller (34)
BUF 2–1 NYR

2nd period

02:57
NYRA. Lafrenière(24)TYING
D. Fortescue (2)
BUF 2–2 NYR
14:44
NYRA. Fox(9)PP
V. Trocheck (37), M. Zibanejad (43)
BUF 2–3 NYR

3rd period

05:51
BUFA. Tuch(31)TYING
P. Krebs (27), T. Thompson (41)
BUF 3–3 NYR
07:14
BUFJ. Zucker(24)
R. McLeod (40)
BUF 4–3 NYR
18:45
BUFZ. Benson(12)EN
J. Doan (26), J. Norris (19)
BUF 5–3 NYR

Team comparison

BUF	Stat	NYR
27	Shots	20
—	Power play	2
19	Hits	26
19	Blocked shots	11
6	PIM	8

Actual result

Goal scorers(6)

Zach BensonBUF2

Alexis LafrenièreNYR2

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(6)

Goal scorers(6)

Assists(14)

Points(17)