Sabres 2–1 Rangers — Final Score & Stats (Jan 24, 2006)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
⚔️ BUF	1	0	1	2
🗽 NYR	0	1	0	1

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Ales Kotalik

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 15:15 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Thomas Vanek

1 G

3 shots · 14:32 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Jason Pominville

1 A

13:00 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:57

Assists: Ales Kotalik, Teppo Numminen · beat Henrik Lundqvist

1–0

2nd period

🗽 Jaromir Jagr PP Tying 2nd · 06:55

Assists: Fedor Tyutin, Martin Rucinsky · beat Ryan Miller

1–1

3rd period

⚔️ Ales Kotalik Go-ahead 3rd · 01:53

Assists: Jason Pominville · beat Henrik Lundqvist

2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hecht · Roy · Afinogenov 17:54

L2 Vanek · Drury · Kotalik 15:15

L3 Gaustad · Connolly · Grier 13:56

L4 Paille · Pominville · Dumont 10:51

D1 Tallinder · Lydman 20:58

D2 Kalinin · Numminen 18:42

D3 Campbell · McKee 16:58

🗽Rangers

L1 Straka · Jagr · Sykora 22:17

L2 Rucinsky · Nieminen · Ward 13:25

L3 Rucchin · Nylander · Moore 11:53

L4 Hollweg · Ortmeyer · Prucha 9:13

D1 Tyutin · Malik 23:45

D2 Poti · Kasparaitis 19:40

D3 Rozsival · Strudwick 14:34

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF NYR🗽

26 Shots on goal 24

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

21 Hits 20

14 Blocked shots 18

9 Takeaways 15

7 Giveaways 16

19 Penalty minutes 21

BUF shooting 7.7% (2/26) NYR shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

23/24

.958 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🗽Rangers

Henrik Lundqvist

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:30 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

Rangers

Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4-1 (17% win rate, 6 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 6-2-1 (67% win rate, 9 games)

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 2nd: 9-5-3 (53% win rate, 17 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Nov 222005 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 SO Oct 222005 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Mar 312004 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–3 Jan 312004 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Jan 302004 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 3–1

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❓ BUF vs NYR, answered

Who won Sabres vs Rangers on January 24, 2006?

Sabres won 2–1. The final score was Sabres 2, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Rangers?

Jaromir Jagr.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Rangers season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeJan 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🔥CGY 1–4 AfterJan 26 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 8–4

🗽 Rangers

BeforeJan 22 😈NJD @ 🗽NYR 1–3 AfterJan 28 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 1–7

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