Sabres 4–1 Rangers — Final Score & Stats (Jan 3, 2017)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Sam Reinhart

2 A

2 shots · 17:19 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Zemgus Girgensons

1 G

2 shots · 15:31 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Justin Bailey

1 G

2 shots · 10:29 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Zemgus Girgensons Go-ahead 1st · 12:17

Assists: William Carrier, Brian Gionta · beat Henrik Lundqvist

1–0

⚔️ Evander Kane 1st · 19:21

Assists: Sam Reinhart, Kyle Okposo · beat Henrik Lundqvist

2–0

2nd period

⚔️ Justin Bailey 2nd · 01:03

Unassisted · beat Henrik Lundqvist

3–0

🗽 Nick Holden 2nd · 15:55

Assists: J.T. Miller, Oscar Lindberg · beat Anders Nilsson

3–1

3rd period

⚔️ Jack Eichel PP 3rd · 01:10

Assists: Sam Reinhart, Matt Moulson · beat Henrik Lundqvist

4–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Kane · Eichel · Gionta 19:49

L2 Foligno · Reinhart · Okposo 17:19

L3 Moulson · Girgensons · Grant 13:09

L4 Carrier · Deslauriers · Bailey 10:29

D1 Ristolainen · Bogosian 24:12

D2 Franson · McCabe 21:12

D3 Fedun · Falk 12:24

🗽Rangers

L1 Kreider · Stepan · Zuccarello 19:15

L2 Grabner · Hayes · Fast 15:06

L3 Vesey · Miller · Pirri 13:09

L4 Hrivik · Lindberg · Jensen 10:27

D1 McDonagh · Klein 22:10

D2 Holden · Staal 19:20

D3 Girardi · Skjei 18:13

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF NYR🗽

19 Shots on goal 25

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1

18 Hits 24

12 Blocked shots 15

1 Takeaways 4

7 Giveaways 19

2 Penalty minutes 10

BUF shooting 21.1% (4/19) NYR shooting 4.0% (1/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Anders Nilsson

24/25

.960 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

🗽Rangers

Henrik Lundqvist

15/19

.789 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

BUF NYR

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Rangers

Rangers — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Rangers

Rangers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 2–0

Dec 12016 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Apr 22016 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–3 Mar 82016 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Jan 252016 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 3–6 Mar 142015 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 2–0

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Who won Sabres vs Rangers on January 3, 2017?

Sabres won 4–1. The final score was Sabres 4, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Evander Kane, Jack Eichel, Justin Bailey, Zemgus Girgensons.

Who scored for Rangers?

Nick Holden.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Anders Nilsson made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 15 saves on 19 shots (.789 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 31 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 AfterJan 5 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 3–4

🗽 Rangers

BeforeDec 31 🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL 6–2 AfterJan 4 🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI 5–2

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