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2005-06 regular season

Sabres at Rangers

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Sabres beat Rangers 2–1 at Madison Square Garden on January 24, 2006.

BUF – NYR
26–24
Shots on goal
1/6–1/5
Power play
21–20
Hits
14–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

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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

AI
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

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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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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
Also on January 24
🐻BOS 3–2 🐦ATL 😈NJD 4–0 🏝️NYI 🐋VAN 5–6 🧥CBJ 🐆FLA 3–2 ⚡TBL 🐯NSH 2–1 🐙DET 🌵PHX 2–3 🌲MIN 🔥CGY 4–7 🏔️COL 👑LAK 1–4 🦈SJS
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