⚔️ Away Sabres 9-12-1
2–3
Final / SO
🗽 Home Rangers 9-8-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
⚔️ BUF 01102
🗽 NYR 00213

Sabres at Rangers

Rangers beat Sabres 3–2 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden on March 3, 2013.

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2012-13 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Rick Nash
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 21:29 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Marian Gaborik
2 A
18:00 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Derek Stepan
1 G
3 shots · 24:28 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Drew Stafford Go-ahead 2nd · 08:04
Assists: Mikhail Grigorenko · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–0
3rd period
🗽 Derek Stepan PP Tying 3rd · 03:35
Assists: Rick Nash, Marian Gaborik · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
🗽 Rick Nash PP Go-ahead 3rd · 04:18
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Michael Del Zotto · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
⚔️ Nathan Gerbe SH Tying 3rd · 08:19
Assists: Steve Ott · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–2
Shootout
🗽 Rick Nash Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Ott · Pominville · Ennis 21:06
L2 Hodgson · Gerbe · Porter 18:02
L3 Foligno · Flynn · Stafford 13:41
L4 Grigorenko · Hecht · Kaleta 9:46
D1 Ehrhoff · Regehr 25:13
D2 Myers · Sekera 20:40
D3 Weber · Pardy 15:31
🗽Rangers
L1 Stepan · Richards · Callahan 24:28
L2 Nash · Pyatt · Gaborik 18:00
L3 Hagelin · Boyle · Miller 13:44
L4 Powe · Halpern 6:18
D1 Staal · Girardi 27:14
D2 McDonagh · Del Zotto 21:40
D3 Stralman · Eminger 12:42
D4 Bickel 4:04

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF NYR🗽
30 Shots on goal 28
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
25 Hits 23
20 Blocked shots 15
3 Takeaways 9
4 Giveaways 7
19 Penalty minutes 10
BUF shooting 6.7% (2/30) NYR shooting 10.7% (3/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 64:36 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located
Drew Stafford · 2nd 08:04 · 1–0 Derek Stepan · 3rd 03:35 · 1–1 Rick Nash · 3rd 04:18 · 1–2 Nathan Gerbe · 3rd 08:19 · 2–2
BUF NYR
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 6-6-1 (46% win rate, 13 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Rangers lead the season series 1–0
Mar 232012 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–1 Feb 252012 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 2–3 OT Feb 12012 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 1–0 SO Dec 102011 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Mar 302011 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 0–1
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Who won Sabres vs Rangers on March 3, 2013?

Rangers won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Sabres 2, Rangers 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Drew Stafford, Nathan Gerbe.

Who scored for Rangers?

Derek Stepan, Rick Nash.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 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?

Rangers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 2 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 AfterMar 5 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 3–4
🗽 Rangers
BeforeFeb 28 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 1–4 AfterMar 5 🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR 2–4
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