Match Info

NHL

Date: 8 April 2026, Wednesday

Location: Madison Square Garden (New York, NY)

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	New York Rangers		Buffalo Sabres

	1	X	2
	2.95	4.2	2.05	Watch
	2.85	4.05	2.18
	2.82	4.22	2.18
	2.88	4.42	2.09	Watch
	2.8	4	2.05
	2.89	4.32	2.2
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.87 ↓ (2.99)	4.2 ↓ (4.28)	2.13 ↑ (2.04)

The most likely Over/Under: 6.00

The best margin for this event is 3.2%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

New York Rangers
33%

Draw
22.5%

Buffalo Sabres
44.5%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

31.6%

22.1%

46.3%

Our Initial ML Estimation

29.8%

23.4%

49.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

New York Rangers has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.4%)

Buffalo Sabres has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.8%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for New York Rangers than the current prediction. (-3.2%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Buffalo Sabres than the current prediction. (+4.6%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
10%	30%	60%

New York Rangers - Buffalo Sabres Predictions

Users Predictions: 10 users predict this event. NY Rangers will win (votes: 1 - 10%). Buffalo will win (votes: 6 - 60%). It will Tie (votes: 3 - 30%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Buffalo: 29.6% – 90.4%.

Expected Score (Market Odds): 3:4

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Lineups

Line 1
31. Shesterkin I. (G)	1. Luukkonen U. (G)
23. Fox A.	23. Samuelsson M.
44. Gavrikov V.	26. Dahlin R. (C)
13. Lafreniere A.	89. Tuch A. (A)
93. Zibanejad M. (A)	72. Thompson T. (A)
94. Perreault G.	19. Krebs P.
Line 2
4. Schneider B.	25. Power O.
45. Fortescue D.	4. Byram B.
43. Sheary C.	22. Quinn J.
8. Miller J.T. (C)	71. McLeod R.
24. Kartye T.	17. Zucker J.
Line 3
17. Borgen W.	5. Schenn L.
29. Robertson M.	64. Stanley L.
22. Brodzinski J.	91. Doan J.
16. Trocheck V. (A)	9. Norris J.
50. Cuylle W.	6. Benson Z.
Line 4
49. Chmelar J.	29. Malenstyn B.
42. Laba N.	48. Kozak T.
38. Sykora A.	44. Dunne J.
Substitutes
32. Quick J. (G)	92. Ellis C. (G)
Coaches
. Sullivan M.	. Ruff L.

Key Events of the Match

1st Period (1 - 2)
04:40, 0 - 1, McLeod R. (G), Zucker J. (A), Timmins C. (A2)
08:58, 0 - 2, Benson Z. (G), Dahlin R. (A), Byram B. (A2)
18:24, McLeod R. (2 min),
19:21, 1 - 2, Lafreniere A. (G), Fox A. (A), Miller J.T. (A2)
2nd Period (2 - 0)
00:23, Fox A. (2 min),
02:57, 2 - 2, Lafreniere A. (G), Fortescue D. (A),
14:14, Krebs P. (2 min),
14:44, 3 - 2, Fox A. (G), Trocheck V. (A), Zibanejad M. (A2)
16:31, Trocheck V. (2 min),
17:35, Gavrikov V. (2 min),
3rd Period (0 - 3)
05:51, 3 - 3, Tuch A. (G), Krebs P. (A), Thompson T. (A2)
07:14, 3 - 4, Zucker J. (G), McLeod R. (A),
10:00, Borgen W. (2 min),
10:44, Norris J. (2 min),
18:45, 3 - 5, Benson Z. (G), Doan J. (A),

Preview

This match will feature an outsider and one of the leaders (ranked 16 and 3 in the zone Promotion ~ NHL (Play Offs: )).

Buffalo is Qualified for NHL (Play Offs )

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, NY Rangers won 2.

NY Rangers is showing really good form (last 5 games: 4 wins).

Buffalo has been playing with ups and downs recently (in the last 5 games, wins – 3).

Recently, NY Rangers has had a series of home games.

Buffalo could have a small edge in this match.

There will not play in NY Rangers: Rempe M. (Finger Injury) Vaakanainen U. (Upper-Body Injury)

There will not play in Buffalo: Carrick S. (Arm Injury) Danforth J. (Lower-Body Injury) Kulich J. (Health problems)

There are questionable in Buffalo: Ostlund N. (Upper-Body Injury)

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, NY Rangers won 13 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 7 matches, and goals 62:60. (average 3.1:3).

Including home matches between the teams, NY Rangers won 7 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 4 matches, and goals 37:39. (average 3.4:3.5).

Outrights of NHL for now

Buffalo Sabres: 2.48% New York Rangers: 1.2%

Last Results with these Odds

New York Rangers - the odds 2.99 are the expected chance of winning is 31.6%, but this team recently wins 67% of matches with these odds.

Buffalo Sabres - the odds 2.04 are the expected chance of winning is 46.32%, but this team recently wins 62% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- New York Rangers
NHL
05.04.26	New York Rangers - Washington Capitals	8:1 ✺
04.04.26	New York Rangers - Detroit Red Wings	4:1 ✺
02.04.26	New York Rangers - Montreal Canadiens	2:3 ✺
31.03.26	New York Rangers - New Jersey Devils	4:1 ✺
29.03.26	New York Rangers - Florida Panthers	3:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 15.6 WWLWW
- Buffalo Sabres
NHL
06.04.26	Buffalo Sabres - Tampa Bay Lightning	4:2 ✺
04.04.26	Washington Capitals - Buffalo Sabres	6:2 ✺
02.04.26	Ottawa Senators - Buffalo Sabres	4:1 ✺
31.03.26	Buffalo Sabres - New York Islanders	4:3 ✺
28.03.26	Buffalo Sabres - Seattle Kraken	3:2 penalties ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8.8 WLLWW

Latest Head to Head

NHL
08.01.26	New York Rangers - Buffalo Sabres	2:5
09.10.25	Buffalo Sabres - New York Rangers	0:4
22.02.25	Buffalo Sabres - New York Rangers	8:2
11.12.24	Buffalo Sabres - New York Rangers	2:3
07.11.24	New York Rangers - Buffalo Sabres	1:6
23.12.23	New York Rangers - Buffalo Sabres	4:3 OT
27.11.23	New York Rangers - Buffalo Sabres	1:5

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