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2022-23 regular season

Rangers at Sabres

🗓 Fri, Mar 31, 2023 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Sabres beat Rangers 3–2 in overtime at KeyBank Center on March 31, 2023.

NYR – BUF
33–34
Shots on goal
30–14
Hits
15–12
Blocked shots
5–4
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Casey Mittelstadt
2 A
1 shots · 17:07 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
JJ Peterka
1 G
5 shots · 15:20 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Devon Levi
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ JJ Peterka Go-ahead 1st · 11:20
Assists: Dylan Cozens, Jack Quinn · beat Jaroslav Halak
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Jordan Greenway 2nd · 07:39
Assists: Casey Mittelstadt, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Jaroslav Halak
0–2
🗽 Kaapo Kakko 2nd · 12:17
Assists: Filip Chytil, Alexis Lafrenière · beat Devon Levi
1–2
3rd period
🗽 Adam Fox Tying 3rd · 09:45
Assists: Barclay Goodrow, Tyler Motte · beat Devon Levi
2–2
Overtime
⚔️ Jeff Skinner Go-ahead OT · 01:50
Assists: Casey Mittelstadt, Owen Power · beat Jaroslav Halak
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Panarin · Chytil · Zibanejad 17:06
L2 Lafrenière · Trocheck · Tarasenko 16:02
L3 Kreider · Kakko · Kane 14:32
L4 Vesey · Goodrow · Motte 12:54
D1 Fox · Miller 23:15
D2 Trouba · Mikkola 19:54
D3 Schneider · Harpur 16:52
⚔️Sabres
L1 Mittelstadt · Skinner · Tuch 17:07
L2 Cozens · Krebs · Quinn 15:45
L3 Girgensons · Peterka · Okposo 14:38
L4 Olofsson · Greenway · Jost 13:32
D1 Dahlin · Power 26:02
D2 Jokiharju · Samuelsson 22:36
D3 Lyubushkin · Bryson 10:32

Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR BUF⚔️
33 Shots on goal 34
30 Hits 14
15 Blocked shots 12
5 Takeaways 4
1 Giveaways 11
4 Penalty minutes 2
NYR shooting 6.1% (2/33) BUF shooting 8.8% (3/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Jaroslav Halak
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 61:50 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Devon Levi
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 61:50 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
JJ Peterka · 1st 11:20 · 0–1 Jordan Greenway · 2nd 07:39 · 0–2 Kaapo Kakko · 2nd 12:17 · 1–2 Adam Fox · 3rd 09:45 · 2–2 Jeff Skinner · OT 01:50 · 2–3
NYR BUF
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-9-3 (29% win rate, 17 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-2-1 (70% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-7-2 (36% win rate, 14 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-0-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Mar 112023 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 OT Mar 272022 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–5 OT Dec 102021 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Nov 212021 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–5 Apr 272021 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 1–3
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Who won Rangers vs Sabres on March 31, 2023?

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

Who scored for Rangers?

Adam Fox, Kaapo Kakko.

Who scored for Sabres?

JJ Peterka, Jeff Skinner, Jordan Greenway.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Devon Levi made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeMar 30 🗽NYR @ 😈NJD 1–2 AfterApr 2 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 5–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 27 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 AfterApr 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 6–3
Also on March 31
🐙DET 2–6 ✈️WPG 🔥CGY 5–4 🐋VAN ⭐DAL 5–2 🌵ARI
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