BUF @ NYI 5–0 · 2026-01-24

Team	1	2	3	SOG
BUF	0	2	3	21
NYI	0	0	0	26

Story

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Result BUF 5–0Call No lean · BUF 54%xG 3.29–2.43 · deserved BUF 65%Swing Zucker +21 2nd 0:33Method

Goals and penalties with NYI win probability
Time	Event	NYI win before	NYI win after
1st 11:17	BUF penalty · A. Lyon · hooking · 2 min
2nd 0:33	Goal BUF · J. Zucker	47%	26%
2nd 1:18	NYI penalty · A. Lee · tripping · 2 min
2nd 11:46	NYI penalty · M. Schaefer · hooking · 2 min
2nd 14:57	BUF penalty · M. Samuelsson · holding · 2 min
2nd 19:47	Goal BUF · T. Thompson	20%	6%
3rd 0:25	Goal BUF · J. Zucker	6%	1%
3rd 14:02	Goal BUF · R. Dahlin (EN)	1%	1%
3rd 14:38	Goal BUF · A. Tuch	1%	1%
3rd 15:24	BUF penalty · M. Kesselring · cross checking · 2 min
3rd 17:53	BUF penalty · Z. Benson · slashing · 2 min
3rd 17:53	NYI penalty · S. Mayfield · cross checking · 2 min

On ice · final horn

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
72T. ThompsonC	0:26	17:06	21	1	0	1	3	7	0	2	0	3-5
86N. OstlundC	0:25	16:56	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1-5
6Z. BensonL	0:07	17:32	23	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	–
4B. ByramD	0:34	21:18	27	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	–
23M. SamuelssonD	0:32	21:32	26	0	2	2	1	4	2	2	1	–
34A. LyonG		60:00	SA26GA0SV%1.000xGA2.43GSAx+2.43

NYI5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
44J. PageauC	0:32	16:58	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	9-3
49M. ShabanovR	0:29	14:43	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	–
24S. MayfieldD	0:07	19:26	26	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	–
48M. SchaeferD	0:27	23:14	25	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	1	–
77T. DeAngeloD	0:24	21:28	27	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	–
33D. RittichG		58:03	SA20GA4SV%.800xGA2.81GSAx−1.19

Goals

2nd
Jason Zucker(1)
J. Quinn (1), R. McLeod (1)
xG 0.12snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 BUF2nd 00:33+20.574%
Tage Thompson(1)
Z. Benson (1), M. Samuelsson (1)
xG 0.18snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 BUF2nd 19:47+14.194%
3rd
Jason Zucker(2)
R. McLeod (2)
xG 0.38snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–0 BUF3rd 00:25+4.699%
Rasmus Dahlin(1)EN
P. Krebs (1)
xG 0.48wristClip(opens nhl.com)
4–0 BUF3rd 14:02+0.099%
Alex Tuch(1)
M. Samuelsson (2), M. Kesselring (1)
xG 0.16deflectedClip(opens nhl.com)
5–0 BUF3rd 14:38+0.099%

Shots

BUF3.29 xG32 unblocked · 14 blocked32 unblocked · 14 blocked

NYI2.43 xG41 unblocked · 13 blocked41 unblocked · 13 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFNYI5Goals03.29xG2.4321Shots2632Unblocked4146Attempts545High danger20/2Power play0/313Faceoffs3716Hits2413Blocks147Takeaways514Giveaways168PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	24:44	1	0	1	3	6	0.79	+0.21	2	0	0	1	—	0	+4
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	24:30	0	0	0	1	4	0.14	−0.14	0	1	1	1	—	0	0
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	21:32	0	2	2	1	4	0.02	−0.02	2	1	1	2	—	2	+4
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	21:18	0	0	0	2	2	0.18	−0.18	0	0	0	2	—	0	+1
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	18:14	0	2	2	1	2	0.08	−0.08	0	0	1	1	21%	0	+2
89A. TuchAlex TuchR	17:57	1	0	1	1	3	0.22	+0.78	0	2	1	0	—	0	+2
6Z. BensonZach BensonL	17:32	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	—	2	+1
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	17:06	1	0	1	3	7	0.52	+0.48	2	0	2	0	38%	0	+1
86N. OstlundNoah OstlundC	16:56	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	−0.13	0	1	1	0	17%	0	0
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	15:19	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	0	0	—	0	+2
8M. KesselringMichael KesselringD	13:45	0	1	1	1	2	0.09	−0.09	0	3	0	0	—	2	+1
17J. ZuckerJason ZuckerL	13:44	2	0	2	3	3	0.61	+1.39	0	2	0	3	33%	0	+2
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	13:12	0	1	1	2	3	0.30	−0.30	0	0	0	0	—	0	+2
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	12:44	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	1	20%	0	+2
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	12:26	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	—	0	0
94K. HeleniusKonsta HeleniusC	11:03	0	0	0	2	3	0.19	−0.19	2	0	0	0	100%	0	0
73Z. MetsaZach MetsaD	10:14	0	0	0	1	3	0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	3	—	0	0
48T. KozakTyson KozakC	9:44	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	33%	0	+1
BUF total		5	8	13	21	46	3.29	+1.71	16	11	7	14	26%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Zucker+1.38

Tuch+0.48

Quinn+0.37

Thompson+0.33

McLeod+0.33

Krebs+0.26

Benson+0.24

Helenius+0.01

Ostlund−0.15

Kozak−0.19

Malenstyn−0.25

Doan−0.28

Defence

Samuelsson+0.24

Kesselring+0.14

Power−0.06

Byram−0.08

Dahlin−0.09

Metsa−0.15

Goalie

Lyon+2.45

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Zucker·McLeod·Quinn	9:21	14	9	11	45.0%	7	3	2	0	1.13	0.54	67.9%	+0.59	2	4	33%
Benson·Ostlund·Helenius	7:34	12	12	4	75.0%	4	3	0	0	0.51	0.21	70.2%	+0.29	2	2	50%
Thompson·Tuch·Doan	5:58	9	4	9	30.8%	3	7	0	0	0.41	0.41	49.8%	−0.00	2	0	100%
Benson·Thompson·Ostlund	4:57	8	2	3	40.0%	1	0	0	0	0.02	0.06	24.6%	−0.04	0	1	0%
Malenstyn·Krebs·Kozak	4:45	8	9	4	69.2%	1	3	0	0	0.23	0.10	69.0%	+0.13	1	3	25%
Krebs·Tuch·Doan	4:06	6	3	2	60.0%	2	1	1	0	0.22	0.13	62.6%	+0.09	0	0	—
Malenstyn·Kozak·Helenius	2:06	5	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.06	0.0%	−0.06	0	0	—
Occasional · 2 groups
Krebs·Thompson·Doan	0:51	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Krebs·Thompson·Ostlund	0:36	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	46:03		43	40	51.8%	20	22	4	0	2.81	1.68	62.6%	+1.13

Goalies

Alex Lyon

BUF · 60:00

Saves: 26/26
SV%: 1.000
xGA: 2.43
GSAx: +2.43

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/23	1.000	1.89	+1.89
Power play	0/0	—	0.14	+0.14
Shorthanded	3/3	1.000	0.40	+0.40
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.31	+0.31

David Rittich

NYI · 58:03

Saves: 16/20
SV%: .800
xGA: 2.81
GSAx: −1.19

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	16/20	.800	2.81	−1.19
Power play	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	1/4	.250	0.92	−2.08

Lines

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

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

24:44Dahlin
24:30Power
21:32Samuelsson
21:18Byram
13:45Kesselring
10:14Metsa

18:14McLeod
17:57Tuch
17:32Benson
17:06Thompson
16:56Ostlund
15:19Doan
13:44Zucker
13:12Quinn
12:44Krebs
12:26Malenstyn
11:03Helenius
9:44Kozak

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFNYI

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

SamuelssonD2 O2
KesselringD1 O1
PowerD4 O3
MetsaD3 O2
DahlinD5 O2
ByramD4 O1
ThompsonD1 O4
DoanD1 O4
OstlundD2 O2
HeleniusD2 O2
BensonD3 O2
ZuckerD5 O3
TuchD4 O2
MalenstynD3 O1
KozakD3 O1
KrebsD4 O1
QuinnD5 O2
McLeodD8 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period