Rangers 2–3 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Apr 3, 2021)

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

Artemi Panarin

2 G

3 shots · 17:59 TOI

2nd star 🗽 NYR

Adam Fox

2 A

1 shots · 28:08 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Victor Olofsson

1 G

1 shots · 16:14 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🗽 Artemi Panarin PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:02

Assists: Chris Kreider, Adam Fox · beat Linus Ullmark

1–0

⚔️ Casey Mittelstadt Tying 1st · 13:01

Assists: Taylor Hall, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Igor Shesterkin

1–1

2nd period

🗽 Artemi Panarin Go-ahead 2nd · 17:52

Assists: Adam Fox, Ryan Lindgren · beat Linus Ullmark

2–1

3rd period

⚔️ Victor Olofsson Tying 3rd · 16:19

Assists: Kyle Okposo, Sam Reinhart · beat Igor Shesterkin

2–2

Shootout

⚔️ Tage Thompson Go-ahead SO · 00:00

Unassisted

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🗽Rangers

L1 Kreider · Buchnevich · Zibanejad 18:15

L2 Panarin · Blackwell · Strome 17:59

L3 Chytil · Rooney · Kakko 14:02

L4 Lafrenière · Gauthier · Kravtsov 12:02

D1 Fox · Miller 25:50

D2 Lindgren · Trouba 22:42

D3 Smith · Hajek 13:02

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hall · Reinhart · Okposo 19:36

L2 Olofsson · Mittelstadt · Thompson 16:37

L3 Rieder · Sheahan · Skinner 14:10

L4 Asplund · Eakin · Fogarty 11:37

D1 Ristolainen · Montour 23:56

D2 Dahlin · Bryson 19:58

D3 Miller · Jokiharju 18:09

Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR BUF⚔️

30 Shots on goal 29

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

18 Hits 4

17 Blocked shots 7

0 Takeaways 9

6 Giveaways 6

4 Penalty minutes 6

NYR shooting 6.7% (2/30) BUF shooting 10.3% (3/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Igor Shesterkin

27/29

.931 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Linus Ullmark

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located

NYR BUF

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

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 1st: 2-5 (29% win rate, 7 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 2-7-2 (18% win rate, 11 games)

After 2nd — 2–1

Rangers

Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-2-2 (56% win rate, 9 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-6-1 (0% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 4–2

Apr 12021 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 OT Mar 222021 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 3–5 Mar 22021 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 2–3 Jan 282021 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 OT Jan 262021 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 2–3

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Who won Rangers vs Sabres on April 3, 2021?

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

Who scored for Rangers?

Artemi Panarin (2).

Who scored for Sabres?

Casey Mittelstadt, Victor Olofsson.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 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 4–2 after 6 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🗽 Rangers

BeforeApr 1 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 AfterApr 6 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 4–8

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeApr 1 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 AfterApr 6 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 5–3

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