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New York Rangers
3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0)
Buffalo Sabres
Wednesday 28.04.2021, 01:08 • Madison Square Garden, New York • NHL
     
    Game over. (03:32:37)
    53:49 Mika Zibanejad (NYR) - 3:1
     
    53:49
    Goal for the Rangers!
    Scorer is MIKA ZIBANEJAD. Assisted by Chris Kreider, Ryan Strome.
     
    52:24
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres (Drake Caggiula – 2 min., delay of game / shooting or throwing the puck out).
     
    51:08
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres (Tage Thompson – 2 min., cross-checking).
    49:49 Alexis Lafreniere (NYR) - 2:1
     
    49:49
    Goal for the Rangers!
    Scorer is ALEXIS LAFRENIERE. Assisted by Ryan Strome.
     
    46:57
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres (Dylan Cozens – 5 min., fighting).
     
    46:57
    Penalty for New York Rangers (Kevin Rooney – 2 min., boarding + 5 min., fighting).
     
    43:12
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres (Jeff Skinner – 2 min., holding).
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    39:56 Sam Reinhart (BUF) - 1:1
     
    39:56
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal! Scorer is SAM REINHART. Assisted by Casey Mittelstadt.
     
    39:27
    Penalty for New York Rangers (Filip Chytil – 2 min., tripping).
    22:22 Brendan Smith (NYR) - 1:0
     
    22:22
    Goal for the Rangers!
    Scorer is BRENDAN SMITH.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 01:08.
    Goals and assists: 23. Br. Smith, 50. Lafreniere (R. Strome), 54. Zibanejad (Kreider, R. Strome) – 40. S. Reinhart (Mittelstadt)


    New York Rangers: Shestyorkin (A. Georgijev) – Fox, R. Lindgren, Br. Smith, K'A. Miller, Jones, Hajek – Buchnevich, Zibanejad (A), Lafreniere – Kravtsov, R. Strome, (A) – Kakko, Chytil, Kreider (A) – Blackwell, Rooney, B. Howden.
    Buffalo Sabres: Luukkonen (Tokarski) – Ristolainen (A), M. Samuelsson, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Borgen, Bryson – Olofsson, S. Reinhart (A), Skinner – Tage Thompson, Mittelstadt, Asplund – Ruotsalainen, Cozens, Bjork – Caggiula, Sheahan, Rieder.

    Referees: Hebert, L'Ecuyer – Galloway, Dunning

    Attendance: 1 796