Buffalo Sabres @ New York Rangers

11-25-9, 5-14-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Sabres BUF	1	1	1	3
Rangers NYR	1	1	2	4

New York RangersRangersNYR

24-17-5, 17-8-3 Home

Buchnevich scores go-ahead goal, Rangers hold off Sabres 4-3

Pavel Buchnevich scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period, lifting the New York Rangers over the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Thursday night.

Jan 19, 2018, 05:43 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Sabres	1	1	1	3
	Rangers	1	1	2	4

1st Period			BUF	NYR
1:24		Rick Nash (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Pavel Buchnevich (17)	0	1
18:41		Kyle Okposo (8) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Sam Reinhart (7), Jack Eichel (24)	1	1

2nd Period			BUF	NYR
8:26		J.T. Miller (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: David Desharnais (17)	1	2
17:10		Justin Falk (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Evan Rodrigues (4), Sam Reinhart (8)	2	2

3rd Period		BUF	NYR
6:49	Rick Nash (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ryan McDonagh (21), Nick Holden (6)	2	3
14:59	Rasmus Ristolainen (3) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Kyle Okposo (18), Jack Eichel (25)	3	3
16:02	Pavel Buchnevich (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mika Zibanejad (12), Rick Nash (10)	3	4

SABRES

RANGERS

Regular Season Series

NYR lead 2-0

Rangers
3
Sabres
2

Game 1

1/1

Sabres
3
Rangers
4

Game 2

19/1

Sabres
1
Rangers
5

Game 3

24/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	16	11	3	35
Tampa Bay	16	11	2	34
Boston	17	13	0	34
Montreal	15	10	3	33
Toronto	14	11	4	32
Florida	14	12	2	30
Ottawa	13	11	4	30
Buffalo	11	14	4	26

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	18	9	3	39
Carolina	17	9	2	36
NY Islanders	16	11	3	35
Pittsburgh	14	7	6	34
NY Rangers	15	12	4	34
Philadelphia	15	9	3	33
New Jersey	16	12	1	33
Columbus	13	10	6	32

NHL projects this season's revenue to around $6.8 billion

At the NHL Board of Governor meetings on Tuesday, commissioner Gary Bettman told reporters is league projects that revenue for this season will be about $6.8 billion, which is on track with what was expected and should not change the salary cap figures.

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Penguins place veteran Evgeni Malkin on IR, upper-body injury

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Buffalo Sabres @ New York Rangers

Stars of the Game

Rick NashLW - NYR

Pavel BuchnevichLW - NYR

Kyle OkposoRW - BUF

Game Information

Buchnevich scores go-ahead goal, Rangers hold off Sabres 4-3

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

NYR lead 2-0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

NHL News

NHL projects this season's revenue to around $6.8 billion

Meet the fantasy hockey heavy-hitters who earn their points with hits and blocks

Penguins place veteran Evgeni Malkin on IR, upper-body injury