🗽 Away Rangers 14-14-0
3–1
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 6-20-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🗽 NYR 1023
⚔️ BUF 0011

Rangers at Sabres

Rangers beat Sabres 3–1 at KeyBank Center on December 5, 2013.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2013-14 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Mats Zuccarello
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:37 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Brad Richards
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:34 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Ryan McDonagh
2 A
2 shots · 23:41 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Rick Nash Go-ahead 1st · 17:47
Assists: Derek Stepan, Ryan McDonagh · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
3rd period
🗽 Brad Richards PP 3rd · 08:29
Assists: Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello · beat Ryan Miller
2–0
🗽 Mats Zuccarello 3rd · 14:47
Assists: Brad Richards, Ryan McDonagh · beat Ryan Miller
3–0
⚔️ Tyler Ennis 3rd · 17:54
Assists: Zemgus Girgensons · beat Henrik Lundqvist
3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Richards · Callahan · Zuccarello 17:37
L2 Nash · Stepan · Brassard 15:08
L3 Hagelin · Kreider · Moore 13:59
L4 Pyatt · Pouliot · Boyle 12:39
D1 Girardi · McDonagh 24:32
D2 Stralman · Staal 21:32
D3 Moore · Del Zotto 13:08
⚔️Sabres
L1 Leino · Ott · Stafford 20:06
L2 Moulson · Hodgson · D'Agostini 18:19
L3 Adam · Girgensons · Ennis 13:15
L4 Foligno · Scott · McCormick 6:42
D1 Ehrhoff · McBain 24:17
D2 Myers · Tallinder 18:46
D3 Weber · Pysyk 16:03

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR BUF⚔️
31 Shots on goal 28
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
22 Hits 31
16 Blocked shots 15
10 Takeaways 7
4 Giveaways 8
4 Penalty minutes 4
NYR shooting 9.7% (3/31) BUF shooting 3.6% (1/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 58:28 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Rick Nash · 1st 17:47 · 1–0 Brad Richards · 3rd 08:29 · 2–0 Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 14:47 · 3–0 Tyler Ennis · 3rd 17:54 · 3–1
NYR BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-9 (36% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Rangers lead the season series 2–0
Oct 312013 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 0–2 Apr 192013 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 8–4 Mar 122013 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Mar 32013 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 2–3 SO Mar 232012 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–1
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❓ NYR vs BUF, answered

Who won Rangers vs Sabres on December 5, 2013?

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

Who scored for Rangers?

Brad Richards, Mats Zuccarello, Rick Nash.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tyler Ennis.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Sabres season series?

Rangers lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeDec 2 ✈️WPG @ 🗽NYR 5–2 AfterDec 7 😈NJD @ 🗽NYR 4–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 30 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 0–1 AfterDec 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
Also on December 5
⭐DAL 2–3 🍁TOR 🦈SJS 1–5 🐧PIT 🐻BOS 1–2 🇨🇦MTL 🏛️OTT 1–3 ⚡TBL ✈️WPG 2–5 🐆FLA 🏝️NYI 1–5 🎵STL 🌪️CAR 5–2 🐯NSH 🪶CHI 3–4 🌲MIN
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