BUF @ NYR 5–2 · 2026-01-08

Team	1	2	3	SOG
BUF	1	2	2	21
NYR	0	1	1	32

Story

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Result BUF 5–2Call No lean · BUF 53%xG 3.95–2.89 · deserved BUF 67%Swing Doan +19 1st 4:07Method

Goals and penalties with NYR win probability
Time	Event	NYR win before	NYR win after
1st 4:07	Goal BUF · J. Doan	47%	28%
2nd 6:58	Goal BUF · A. Tuch	24%	9%
2nd 6:58	NYR penalty · V. Trocheck · abuse of officials · 2 min
2nd 9:34	Goal NYR · M. Zibanejad	9%	23%
2nd 11:53	NYR penalty · M. Robertson · holding · 2 min
2nd 12:34	Goal BUF · J. Zucker (PP)	22%	8%
2nd 18:28	BUF penalty · N. Ostlund · tripping · 2 min
3rd 0:51	Goal NYR · V. Trocheck	5%	19%
3rd 14:24	BUF penalty · P. Krebs · high sticking double minor · 4 min
3rd 14:38	Goal BUF · M. Samuelsson (SH)	8%	1%
3rd 18:30	Goal BUF · R. McLeod (EN)	1%	1%

On ice · final horn

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
71R. McLeodC	0:41	17:30	24	1	1	2	2	5	0	0	0	10-9
6Z. BensonL	0:32	16:04	19	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1-0
22J. QuinnR	0:37	14:12	18	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	–
73Z. MetsaD	1:30	12:39	14	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	–
78J. BrysonD	1:30	10:55	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
92C. EllisG		60:00	SA32GA2SV%.938xGA2.89GSAx+0.89

NYR5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
22J. BrodzinskiC	1:01	14:12	16	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	3-5
14T. RaddyshR	1:01	16:30	18	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0-1
94G. PerreaultR	0:55	15:11	17	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	1-0
24C. SoucyD	0:32	14:30	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	–
60S. MorrowD	0:32	16:51	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–
32J. QuickG		58:25	SA20GA4SV%.800xGA2.97GSAx−1.03

Goals

1st
Josh Doan(1)
M. Samuelsson (1), J. Zucker (1)
xG 0.17wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 BUF1st 04:07+18.672%
2nd
Alex Tuch(1)
B. Byram (1), J. Norris (1)
xG 0.05snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 BUF2nd 06:58+14.791%
Mika Zibanejad(1)
A. Panarin (1)
xG 0.19slapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 BUF2nd 09:34+14.723%
Jason Zucker(1)PP
R. Dahlin (1), T. Thompson (1)
xG 0.19deflectedClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 BUF2nd 12:34+14.692%
3rd
Vincent Trocheck(1)
J. Miller (1), A. Panarin (2)
xG 0.05wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 BUF3rd 00:51+13.719%
Mattias Samuelsson(1)SH
R. McLeod (1)
xG 0.07snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–2 BUF3rd 14:38+7.199%
Ryan McLeod(1)EN
Unassisted
xG 0.49wristClip(opens nhl.com)
5–2 BUF3rd 18:30+0.099%

Shots

BUF3.95 xG36 unblocked · 12 blocked36 unblocked · 12 blocked

NYR2.89 xG45 unblocked · 21 blocked45 unblocked · 21 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFNYR5Goals23.95xG2.8921Shots3236Unblocked4548Attempts667High danger31/2Power play0/320Faceoffs3116Hits3221Blocks129Takeaways517Giveaways136PIM4

Skaters

Player

Player
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	23:56	1	1	2	1	3	0.12	+0.88	2	4	0	1	—	0	+1
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	23:45	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	−0.01	0	2	1	1	—	0	+3
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	23:41	0	1	1	3	4	0.11	−0.11	1	3	0	2	—	0	-2
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	22:15	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	−0.03	0	1	1	2	—	0	+1
89A. TuchAlex TuchR	17:30	1	0	1	1	4	0.13	+0.87	0	0	1	0	—	0	+2
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	17:30	1	1	2	2	5	1.10	−0.10	0	0	0	1	53%	0	+2
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	16:39	0	1	1	2	7	0.46	−0.46	1	1	1	0	29%	0	-1
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	16:09	1	0	1	2	3	0.30	+0.70	3	0	0	2	0%	0	0
6Z. BensonZach BensonL	16:04	0	0	0	1	2	0.13	−0.13	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0
17J. ZuckerJason ZuckerL	15:00	1	1	2	3	6	0.69	+0.31	1	0	0	0	0%	0	+2
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	14:12	0	0	0	3	5	0.50	−0.50	0	0	0	4	—	0	0
12J. GreenwayJordan GreenwayL	13:49	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	−0.07	2	1	0	1	—	0	0
9J. NorrisJosh NorrisC	13:27	0	1	1	1	2	0.15	−0.15	1	1	0	0	57%	0	+2
86N. OstlundNoah OstlundC	12:59	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	1	2	0	0%	2	0
73Z. MetsaZach MetsaD	12:39	0	0	0	1	1	0.04	−0.04	0	2	0	0	—	0	0
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	12:01	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	2	1	2	0%	0	-1
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	11:29	0	0	0	1	2	0.12	−0.12	4	1	1	1	25%	4	-1
78J. BrysonJacob BrysonD	10:55	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	—	0	+1
BUF total		5	7	12	21	48	3.95	+1.05	16	20	9	17	39%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Zucker+0.72

Doan+0.49

Tuch+0.33

McLeod+0.22

Norris+0.02

Thompson−0.09

Benson−0.10

Quinn−0.23

Malenstyn−0.31

Greenway−0.40

Ostlund−0.54

Krebs−0.67

Defence

Samuelsson+0.96

Dahlin+0.42

Byram+0.12

Metsa+0.04

Bryson−0.06

Power−0.34

Goalie

Ellis+0.91

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Benson·McLeod·Quinn	11:49	17	10	5	66.7%	4	2	0	0	0.61	0.07	89.7%	+0.54	2	3	40%
Zucker·Norris·Tuch	9:53	18	10	11	47.6%	4	4	1	0	0.46	0.37	55.2%	+0.09	2	0	100%
Krebs·Thompson·Doan	9:08	16	5	6	45.5%	2	2	0	1	0.20	0.20	49.8%	−0.00	2	4	33%
Greenway·Malenstyn·Ostlund	7:46	14	3	14	17.6%	0	7	0	0	0.08	0.46	14.5%	−0.38	0	0	—
Occasional · 8 groups
Thompson·Ostlund·Doan	1:24	2	1	1	50.0%	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	0	0	—
Zucker·Thompson·Tuch	1:20	9	3	2	60.0%	1	2	0	0	0.44	0.14	76.0%	+0.30	0	0	—
Greenway·Ostlund·Doan	1:07	4	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
Greenway·Thompson·Doan	0:50	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	1	0	100%
Benson·Ostlund·Quinn	0:42	7	0	4	0.0%	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.25	0.0%	−0.25	0	0	—
Malenstyn·Krebs·Ostlund	0:42	3	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.07	0.0%	−0.07	0	0	—
Krebs·Thompson·Tuch	0:39	5	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Zucker·Thompson·Doan	0:30	2	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.02	0.0%	−0.02	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	51:13		36	54	40.0%	13	25	2	2	2.07	1.94	51.5%	+0.12

Goalies

Colten Ellis

BUF · 60:00

Saves: 30/32
SV%: .938
xGA: 2.89
GSAx: +0.89

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/25	.920	1.94	−0.06
Power play	7/7	1.000	0.95	+0.95
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/3	.667	0.68	−0.32

Jonathan Quick

NYR · 58:25

Saves: 16/20
SV%: .800
xGA: 2.97
GSAx: −1.03

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	11/13	.846	2.07	+0.07
Power play	5/6	.833	0.83	−0.17
Shorthanded	0/1	.000	0.07	−0.93
High danger	3/5	.600	0.94	−1.06

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

23:56Samuelsson
23:45Byram
23:41Dahlin
22:15Power
12:39Metsa
10:55Bryson

17:30Tuch
17:30McLeod
16:39Thompson
16:09Doan
16:04Benson
15:00Zucker
14:12Quinn
13:49Greenway
13:27Norris
12:59Ostlund
12:01Malenstyn
11:29Krebs

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFNYR

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

BrysonD0 O1
MetsaD0 O1
PowerD3 O2
ByramD4 O2
SamuelssonD7 O1
DahlinD7 O1
ZuckerD0 O3
NorrisD0 O3
TuchD2 O2
GreenwayD1 O1
ThompsonD3 O3
QuinnD2 O2
DoanD4 O4
OstlundD0 O0
BensonD2 O2
MalenstynD1 O0
KrebsD4 O2
McLeodD5 O2

Shift starts · darker = later period