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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Rangers

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Rangers 3–1 at Madison Square Garden on October 15, 2008.

BUF – NYR
19–20
Shots on goal
2/5–0/5
Power play
11–16
Hits
18–9
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
2 G
7 shots · 18:10 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Ales Kotalik
1 G
3 shots · 16:49 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
1 A
3 shots · 21:47 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Scott Gomez Go-ahead 1st · 06:32
Assists: Michal Rozsival, Ryan Callahan · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Ales Kotalik PP Tying 2nd · 05:03
Assists: Clarke MacArthur, Teppo Numminen · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–1
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:30
Assists: Derek Roy, Jason Pominville · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–1
3rd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek SH 3rd · 01:10
Assists: Daniel Paille, Toni Lydman · beat Henrik Lundqvist
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 MacArthur · Roy · Pominville 19:12
L2 Vanek · Paille · Kotalik 17:34
L3 Mair · Afinogenov · Stafford 13:58
L4 Ellis · Peters · Kaleta 6:45
D1 Sekera · Spacek 21:54
D2 Rivet · Numminen 21:00
D3 Lydman · Tallinder 17:07
🗽Rangers
L1 Gomez · Drury · Zherdev 20:39
L2 Naslund · Voros · Dubinsky 14:11
L3 Sjostrom · Callahan · Prucha 12:11
L4 Korpikoski · Betts · Orr 9:41
D1 Redden · Rozsival 25:12
D2 Girardi · Staal 21:53
D3 Kalinin · Mara 13:08

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF NYR🗽
19 Shots on goal 20
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
11 Hits 16
18 Blocked shots 9
10 Takeaways 9
1 Giveaways 6
15 Penalty minutes 26
BUF shooting 15.8% (3/19) NYR shooting 5.0% (1/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 59:52 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
16/19
.842 SV% · 3 GA · 57:48 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 102008 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 SO Feb 232008 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 Feb 162008 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 1–5 Jan 162008 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 1–2 May 62007 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 5–4
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Who won Sabres vs Rangers on October 15, 2008?

Sabres won 3–1. The final score was Sabres 3, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek (2), Ales Kotalik.

Who scored for Rangers?

Scott Gomez.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 13 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 7–1 AfterOct 17 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 2–5
🗽 Rangers
BeforeOct 13 😈NJD @ 🗽NYR 1–4 AfterOct 17 🍁TOR @ 🗽NYR 0–1
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