National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Rangers 5, Buffalo 1
Saturday, March 24, 2018 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 24, 2018
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Dave Jackson, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Bevan Mills, Greg Devorski
Attendance: 18006
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0011
NY Rangers 2305
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
16:29 - Rangers Chris Kreider (EV) Assists: Mika Zibanejad , Jesper Fast
18:02 - Rangers Jimmy Vesey (EV) Assists: Mats Zuccarello
Penalties
None.
2nd Period
Scoring
3:59 - Rangers Neal Pionk (EV) Assists: Jimmy Vesey , Kevin Hayes
8:45 - Rangers Mika Zibanejad (PP) Assists: Chris Kreider , Neal Pionk
14:47 - Rangers Jimmy Vesey (PP) Assists: Ryan Spooner , Kevin Hayes
Penalties
8:23 - Sabres Jordan Nolan (2) Holding
 9:17 - Sabres Marco Scandella (5) Fighting
 9:17 - Rangers Peter Holland (5) Fighting
 10:25 - Rangers Chris Kreider (2) Holding
 13:28 - Sabres Jack Eichel (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
15:26 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (PP) Assists: Kyle Okposo , Ryan O'Reilly
Penalties
4:50 - Rangers Ryan Sproul (2) Hooking
 14:13 - Rangers Mika Zibanejad (2) Tripping
 15:33 - Sabres Jordan Nolan (2) Hooking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 31:15
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 28:45
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:34
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 5 2 18:45
Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 19:40
Nicholas Baptiste RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 12:27
Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 2 4 19:16
Jordan Nolan LW 0 0 0 E 4 2 13:05
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13:24
Kyle Okposo RW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 17:02
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 15:23
Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 0 4 16:12
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 16:05
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 13:56
Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18:21
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 25:34
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12:47
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13:30
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 15:53
Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:25
New York Rangers
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Ondrej Pavelec G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Alexandar Georgiev G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57
Cody McLeod LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:00
Peter Holland C 0 0 0 E 5 1 11:15
Kevin Hayes RW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 18:37
Jesper Fast RW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 13:51
Marc Staal D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21:32
Chris Kreider LW 1 1 2 +1 2 2 13:14
Ryan Spooner C 0 1 1 E 0 1 17:54
Ryan Sproul D 0 0 0 +2 2 0 14:25
Jimmy Vesey LW 2 1 3 +2 0 3 15:53
Paul Carey C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:48
Mats Zuccarello RW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 16:35
Neal Pionk D 1 1 2 +1 0 3 23:24
Rob O'Gara D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19:56
John Gilmour D 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:36
Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 22:58
Pavel Buchnevich RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:03
Vladislav Namestnikov C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16:10
Mika Zibanejad C 1 1 2 +1 2 4 15:39
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Robin Lehner L (14-26-9) 12 8 4 .667 0 28:45
Linus Ullmark 11 10 1 .909 0 31:15
New York
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alexandar Georgiev W (4-3-1) 44 43 1 .977 0 59:57