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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Rangers

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1

Rangers beat Sabres 5–3 at Madison Square Garden on March 21, 2009.

BUF – NYR
40–31
Shots on goal
0/5–1/2
Power play
26–32
Hits
14–21
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Ryan Callahan
2 G
3 shots · 14:47 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Nik Antropov
2 A
1 shots · 13:20 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Henrik Lundqvist
37 saves
0.925 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Markus Naslund Go-ahead 1st · 09:01
Assists: Marc Staal, Nik Antropov · beat Patrick Lalime
0–1
2nd period
🗽 Chris Drury PP 2nd · 02:25
Assists: Paul Mara, Nik Antropov · beat Patrick Lalime
0–2
⚔️ Daniel Paille 2nd · 02:52
Assists: Dominic Moore, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–2
🗽 Ryan Callahan 2nd · 05:25
Assists: Brandon Dubinsky · beat Patrick Lalime
1–3
🗽 Nikolay Zherdev 2nd · 17:26
Assists: Scott Gomez, Sean Avery · beat Patrick Lalime
1–4
3rd period
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur 3rd · 00:18
Assists: Paul Gaustad, Patrick Kaleta · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–4
⚔️ Toni Lydman 3rd · 18:39
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville · beat Henrik Lundqvist
3–4
🗽 Ryan Callahan Empty net 3rd · 19:35
Assists: Fredrik Sjostrom, Dan Girardi
3–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Gaustad · Roy 17:36
L2 Vanek · Stafford · Pominville 15:07
L3 Hecht · Moore · Afinogenov 13:57
L4 MacArthur · Paille · Kaleta 12:14
D1 Lydman · Spacek 23:10
D2 Tallinder · Rivet 19:24
D3 Sekera · Butler 15:58
🗽Rangers
L1 Gomez · Drury · Zherdev 17:35
L2 Avery · Sjostrom · Callahan 14:47
L3 Naslund · Dubinsky · Antropov 13:20
L4 Korpikoski · Betts · Orr 10:45
D1 Rozsival · Staal 21:06
D2 Redden · Girardi 19:57
D3 Mara · Morris 18:57

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF NYR🗽
40 Shots on goal 31
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
26 Hits 32
14 Blocked shots 21
4 Takeaways 13
6 Giveaways 2
20 Penalty minutes 24
BUF shooting 7.5% (3/40) NYR shooting 16.1% (5/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
15/19
.789 SV% · 4 GA · 39:54 TOI
Mikael Tellqvist Shutout
11/11
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 18:54 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
37/40
.925 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-8-1 (40% win rate, 15 games)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-4-2 (60% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 3–1
Feb 212009 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Jan 92009 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 SO Oct 152008 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 3–1 Mar 102008 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 SO Feb 232008 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 4–3
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Who won Sabres vs Rangers on March 21, 2009?

Rangers won 5–3. The final score was Sabres 3, Rangers 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Clarke MacArthur, Daniel Paille, Toni Lydman.

Who scored for Rangers?

Ryan Callahan (2), Chris Drury, Markus Naslund, Nikolay Zherdev.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 15 saves on 19 shots (.789 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 37 saves on 40 shots (.925 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 20 🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF 6–4 AfterMar 25 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 3–5
🗽 Rangers
BeforeMar 17 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 AfterMar 22 🏛️OTT @ 🗽NYR 2–1
Also on March 21
⭐DAL 2–5 🦈SJS 🍁TOR 5–2 🇨🇦MTL 🏝️NYI 2–5 🏛️OTT 🦅WSH 1–4 🌪️CAR 🧥CBJ 3–1 🐆FLA 🐦ATL 4–3 ⚡TBL 🐋VAN 1–5 🌵PHX
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