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2016-17 regular season

Rangers at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Rangers beat Sabres 2–1 in overtime at KeyBank Center on February 2, 2017.

NYR – BUF
44–37
Shots on goal
1/3–0/3
Power play
22–20
Hits
8–8
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

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 🗽 NYR
J.T. Miller
2 A
4 shots · 17:38 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Mats Zuccarello
1 G
6 shots · 19:44 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Henrik Lundqvist
36 saves
0.973 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🗽 Mats Zuccarello PP Go-ahead 2nd · 17:50
Assists: Ryan McDonagh, J.T. Miller · beat Robin Lehner
1–0
3rd period
⚔️ Cody Franson Tying 3rd · 14:29
Assists: Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Ennis · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–1
Overtime
🗽 Chris Kreider Go-ahead OT · 03:56
Assists: J.T. Miller, Mika Zibanejad · beat Robin Lehner
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Nash · Stepan · Zuccarello 19:56
L2 Kreider · Zibanejad · Miller 18:43
L3 Grabner · Vesey · Fast 15:59
L4 Lindberg · Buchnevich · Puempel 7:10
D1 McDonagh · Holden 25:50
D2 Staal · Girardi 20:22
D3 Klein · Skjei 14:36
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · O'Reilly · Eichel 23:16
L2 Foligno · Reinhart · Okposo 17:15
L3 Girgensons · Gionta · Ennis 15:54
L4 Moulson · Carrier · Deslauriers 6:02
D1 Ristolainen · Kulikov 29:56
D2 Franson · Falk 20:34
D3 Fedun · Bogosian 9:46

Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR BUF⚔️
44 Shots on goal 37
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
22 Hits 20
8 Blocked shots 8
2 Takeaways 8
5 Giveaways 7
8 Penalty minutes 8
NYR shooting 4.5% (2/44) BUF shooting 2.7% (1/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
36/37
.973 SV% · 1 GA · 63:39 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
42/44
.955 SV% · 2 GA · 63:56 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Mats Zuccarello · 2nd 17:50 · 1–0 Cody Franson · 3rd 14:29 · 1–1 Chris Kreider · OT 03:56 · 2–1
NYR BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 11-8 (58% win rate, 19 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 6-5-4 (40% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-6-2 (33% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 2–1
Jan 32017 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–1 Dec 12016 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Apr 22016 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–3 Mar 82016 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Jan 252016 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 3–6
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Who won Rangers vs Sabres on February 2, 2017?

Rangers won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Rangers 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Rangers?

Chris Kreider, Mats Zuccarello.

Who scored for Sabres?

Cody Franson.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 42 saves on 44 shots (.955 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?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeJan 31 🧥CBJ @ 🗽NYR 6–4 AfterFeb 5 🔥CGY @ 🗽NYR 3–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 31 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5 AfterFeb 4 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 0–4
Also on February 2
🇨🇦MTL 1–3 🔔PHI 🏛️OTT 5–2 ⚡TBL 🛢️EDM 0–2 🐯NSH ✈️WPG 4–3 ⭐DAL 🍁TOR 1–5 🎵STL 🪶CHI 4–3 🌵ARI 🦈SJS 4–1 🐋VAN
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