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BUF

TD GARDEN

5FINAL3

April 8, 2026

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Ryan McLeod (13)

Jason Zucker (19), Conor Timmins (8)

1-0 BUF

Score

04:40

Time

Zach Benson (11)

Rasmus Dahlin (53), Bowen Byram (31)

2-0 BUF

Score

08:58

Time

Alexis Lafrenière (23) (pp)

Adam Fox (43), J.T. Miller (34)

2-1 BUF

Score

19:21

Time

2nd Period

Alexis Lafrenière (24)

Drew Fortescue (2)

2-2 Tied

Score

02:57

Time

Adam Fox (9) (pp)

Vincent Trocheck (37), Mika Zibanejad (43)

3-2 NYR

Score

14:44

Time

3rd Period

Alex Tuch (31)

Peyton Krebs (27), Tage Thompson (41)

3-3 Tied

Score

05:51

Time

Jason Zucker (24)

Ryan McLeod (40)

4-3 BUF

Score

07:14

Time

Zach Benson (12) (EN)

Josh Doan (26), Josh Norris (19)

5-3 BUF

Score

18:45

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	18:24	Ryan McLeod – tripping (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:23	Adam Fox – tripping (2 min)
	14:14	Peyton Krebs – hooking (2 min)
	16:31	Vincent Trocheck – slashing (2 min)
	17:35	Vladislav Gavrikov – cross-checking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	10:00	Will Borgen – holding-the-stick (2 min)
	10:44	Josh Norris – hooking (2 min)

NYR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	27	22:35	5	2	0	1
8	J.T. Miller	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11/18	61.11%	25	20:51	0	1	0	0
13	Alexis Lafreniere	L	2	0	2	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	19	15:07	0	0	1	0
16	Vincent Trocheck	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7/15	46.67%	23	18:48	3	1	1	1
17	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	24	15:24	1	1	0	0
22	Jonny Brodzinski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1/1	100.00%	15	12:03	1	0	0	0
23	Adam Fox	D	1	1	2	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	27	23:20	1	0	1	0
24	Tye Kartye	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	22	16:07	0	0	0	0
29	Matthew Robertson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	22	15:52	1	1	1	0
38	Adam Sykora	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	15	11:16	0	1	0	0
42	Noah Laba	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6/8	75.00%	21	13:33	1	1	2	0
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	16	12:28	0	0	2	1
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	27	24:41	1	0	0	0
45	Drew Fortescue	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	15	13:34	1	0	0	0
49	Jaroslav Chmelar	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	15	11:15	1	0	0	0
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/1	0.00%	22	15:46	8	1	2	0
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4/9	44.44%	24	18:44	1	1	1	0
94	Gabe Perreault	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	16	12:09	1	1	1	1

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
31	Igor Shesterkin	★	L				22	26	4	4	0	0	.846	4.11	58:27
32	Jonathan Quick						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00

BUF – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	23	22:07	0	1	0	0
6	Zach Benson	L	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0/0	0.00%	16	12:59	0	1	0	1
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	15	10:37	1	0	1	0
9	Josh Norris	C	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2/9	22.22%	17	14:46	0	2	0	0
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1/2	50.00%	20	18:14	0	1	0	0
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/4	0.00%	20	15:04	3	1	1	0
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	19	16:26	0	4	2	0
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	21	19:24	0	0	0	1
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	23	20:39	3	1	3	0
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	24	20:09	0	1	2	1
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	25	24:30	0	1	3	1
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	14	10:15	5	0	0	0
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2/8	25.00%	15	10:50	3	2	0	0
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	12	08:52	3	0	0	0
71	Ryan McLeod	C	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8/13	61.54%	21	17:10	0	1	1	0
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5/8	62.50%	22	22:18	1	1	0	0
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5/8	62.50%	25	19:05	0	2	0	1
91	Josh Doan	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	16	13:08	0	0	2	1

BUF – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	★	W				17	20	3	1	2	0	.850	3.00	60:00
92	Colten Ellis						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00

NYR

BUF

Game Stats

3	Goals	5
20	Shots	27
100.0% (2/2)	Power Play	0.0% (0/4)
55.8% (29/52)	Faceoffs	44.2% (23/52)
8	Penalty Minutes	6
26	Hits	19
11	Blocks	19
12	Giveaways	15
4	Takeaways	6

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	2	0	3	5
	1	2	0	3

Shots by Period

	1	2	3	T
	11	8	8	27
	12	7	1	20

Season Series: 1-2-0

BUF 0

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreOCT 9

BUF 5

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreJAN 8

BUF 5

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreAPR 8

As of April 8, 2026

All-Time vs BUF

Overall: 91-83-25-9
At NYR: 50-34-15-5

Last 10 vs BUF

Overall: 4-5-1
At NYR: 5-4-1