New York Rangers 2, Buffalo Sabres 8: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers, New York Rangers 2 to Buffalo Sabres 8, on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers.
NHLSaturday, February 22, 2025
DateFeb 22, 2025
Start time5:30 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Rangers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Top performers
Team comparison
New York RangersBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
27-25-4Record23-27-5
3rd in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
4-7Road record / home record4-6
WWLWWLast 5LLLWL
W2StreakL3
Team stats
New York RangersBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
New York Rangers
Alberts Smits D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveSean Durzi D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveIgor Shesterkin G · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveJoe Veleno C · Lower Body
Injured ReserveAidan Thompson C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
New York Rangers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonny Brodzinski | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 12:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:21 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 12:26 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 11:50 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Will Cuylle | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 16:48 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 15:48 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Kaliyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:30 | 2:16 | 0:00 | 10:14 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 | 3:26 | 1:36 | 10:00 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:31 | 2:16 | 0:00 | 13:15 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.T. Miller | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 17:45 | 3:52 | 1:52 | 12:01 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artemi Panarin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:06 | 3:55 | 0:00 | 14:11 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Rempe | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 9:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:20 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 14:49 | 2:16 | 0:00 | 12:33 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Vincent Trocheck | 1 | 5 | 1 | -2 | 18:04 | 2:42 | 2:18 | 13:04 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mika Zibanejad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:08 | 3:53 | 1:40 | 13:35 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Borgen | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:11 | 0:00 | 1:25 | 18:46 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:34 | 3:52 | 1:33 | 14:09 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Lindgren | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 17:42 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 15:30 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 23:41 | 2:17 | 1:30 | 19:54 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Schneider | 2 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 16:07 | 0:00 | 1:36 | 14:31 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Urho Vaakanainen | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 16:24 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 15:38 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkin | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .688 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Quick | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .824 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 41:39 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 | 2:14 | 0:34 | 11:14 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15:34 | 2:11 | 0:15 | 13:08 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14:39 | 0:00 | 3:29 | 11:10 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 10:42 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:31 | 2:07 | 0:13 | 15:11 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:50 | 0:04 | 1:21 | 10:25 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:18 | 0:05 | 3:16 | 12:57 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17:37 | 2:15 | 0:00 | 15:22 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:40 | 2:16 | 0:17 | 13:07 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 | 2:14 | 0:00 | 15:02 | 25 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 | 2:00 | 1:17 | 10:02 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11:47 | 2:19 | 0:00 | 9:28 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:16 | 0:17 | 3:56 | 17:03 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:42 | 2:09 | 0:38 | 17:55 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16:52 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 15:17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:18 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:46 | 2:14 | 2:09 | 16:23 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:03 | 0:10 | 3:57 | 15:56 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 8-2, on Saturday, February 22, 2025.
What was the final score of New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres?
New York Rangers 2, Buffalo Sabres 8.
Who were the top performers?
New York Rangers: Chris Kreider (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin (2 goals).
Where is New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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