Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers — January 8, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the New York Rangers 5-2 on January 8, 2026. Despite the result, the New York Rangers held the edge in expected goals (5.62 to 5.03) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The New York Rangers created 9 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Jason Zucker was the most dangerous skater with 1.17 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The New York Rangers outshot the Buffalo Sabres 32-21 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers progressed on Jan 8, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

BUF5 - 2NYR

Jan 8, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
NYR	P1	17	17	50.0	10	10	50.0	7	4	63.6	9	15	37.5	1	5	16.7	1.71	2.35	42.2	0	1	0.0
	P2	16	21	43.2	13	19	40.6	11	14	44.0	14	14	50.0	4	5	44.4	3.09	4.96	38.4	1	2	33.3
	P3	33	10	76.7	22	7	75.9	14	3	82.4	23	8	74.2	6	1	85.7	3.24	1.24	72.3	1	2	33.3
	Total	66	48	57.9	45	36	55.6	32	21	60.4	46	37	55.4	11	11	50.0	8.04	8.54	48.5	2	5	28.6
BUF	P1	17	17	50.0	10	10	50.0	4	7	36.4	15	9	62.5	5	1	83.3	2.35	1.71	57.8	1	0	100.0
	P2	21	16	56.8	19	13	59.4	14	11	56.0	14	14	50.0	5	4	55.6	4.96	3.09	61.6	2	1	66.7
	P3	10	33	23.3	7	22	24.1	3	14	17.6	8	23	25.8	1	6	14.3	1.24	3.24	27.7	2	1	66.7
	Total	48	66	42.1	36	45	44.4	21	32	39.6	37	46	44.6	11	11	50.0	8.54	8.04	51.5	5	2	71.4

Win Probability

NYR Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

NYR

BUF

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

NYR Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

BUF ShootNYR Shoot

Goal

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit Taken

Takeaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (NYR) performed against every skater on the away team (BUF) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = NYR players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the NYR player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

NYR ↓ / BUF →	Thompson	McLeod	Ostlund	Krebs	Norris	Greenway	Benson	Zucker	Malenstyn	Doan	Tuch	Quinn	Samuelsson	Byram	Dahlin	Power	Metsa	Bryson
Miller	43	50	92	53	22	79	67	33	91	43	83	67	64	71	55	79	67	67
Trocheck	45	55	90	53	20	67	71	33	88	47	71	71	61	68	61	74	33	33
Zibanejad	40	41	67	60	52	67	36	52	78	22	65	30	56	59	60	63	60	0
Brodzinski	100	38	83	—	0	83	40	0	83	—	0	44	50	80	67	75	40	33
Rempe	0	33	71	0	25	77	50	0	80	50	0	67	25	63	25	57	58	55
Carrick	20	50	69	50	0	75	100	0	78	60	0	100	25	50	40	50	64	60
Panarin	40	50	67	50	57	62	33	57	78	25	70	25	57	60	65	61	60	0
Lafrenière	50	67	80	53	33	57	—	33	75	53	71	—	63	50	79	58	33	33
Cuylle	40	46	67	75	48	33	30	50	67	22	68	22	58	47	65	47	75	0
Blidh	0	50	60	0	0	67	100	0	67	50	0	100	25	50	25	40	50	43
Perreault	100	58	90	—	0	83	57	0	83	—	80	62	79	80	86	75	40	33
Raddysh	25	64	83	—	0	83	50	0	83	0	80	50	70	80	62	75	50	40
Gavrikov	41	60	88	50	21	82	50	35	88	43	62	50	53	74	35	77	78	67
Schneider	45	25	88	60	21	87	20	35	85	48	56	25	50	72	39	74	70	60
Robertson	22	0	90	50	39	83	71	28	86	25	33	67	50	42	65	50	57	17
Borgen	13	0	90	40	45	80	75	35	83	14	40	71	57	42	68	45	50	0
Morrow	33	43	50	67	50	33	37	50	60	20	100	39	64	42	64	30	38	38
Soucy	33	33	40	67	75	25	40	75	67	20	100	40	55	45	55	33	40	40