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NHL MATCHUP REPORT

January 8, 2026, 7:00 | Madison Square Garden

Buffalo Sabres (21-15-4) VS New York Rangers (20-18-5)

ODDS

	Bet365	5Dimes	BOL	bodog	pin
Moneyline
Spread
Total	o u	o u	o u	o u	o u

SMART CHART

BUF	NAME	NYR
3.13	OFFENSE	2.65
3.15	DEFENSE	2.72
18.03	POWER PLAY PERCENTAGES	21.15
85.19	PENALTY KILLS PERCENTAGES	80.31
28.68	SHOTS FOR	25.63
29.25	SHOTS AGAINST	28.51
-0.02	DIFFERENTIAL	-0.07

RECENT FORM

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Buffalo	21-15-4	$323	3.12	3.15	10-5	10-11	16-21-3
NY Rangers	20-18-5	$-439	2.65	2.72	11-11	9-11	15-27-1

TEAM RECORDS

Buffalo Sabres

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	21-15-4	12-5-2	9-10-2	10-5-2	10-11-2	16-21-3
Last 10	9-1	3-0	6-1	6-0	3-0	1-8-1
vs Div	7-2-2	5-0	2-2-2	2-0-1	4-2-1	5-4-2
vs WEST	9-7-1	3-3-1	6-4	5-2	4-4-1	6-10-1
vs EAST	12-8-3	9-2-1	3-6-2	5-1-2	6-5-1	10-11-2

New York Rangers

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	20-18-5	5-10-3	15-8-2	11-11-1	9-11-4	15-27-1
Last 10	4-5-1	1-2	3-3-1	2-3	2-2-1	4-6
vs Div	5-6-1	1-4	4-2-1	3-3	2-3-1	4-7-1
vs WEST	7-10-3	3-4-3	4-6	5-5-1	2-4-2	5-15
vs EAST	13-8-2	2-6	11-2-2	6-5	7-3-2	10-12-1

SUPERGRID

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.18	13	2.72	4
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	2.90	23	3.17	17
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	17.24	22	80.85	12
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	2.65	29	3.10	15
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	1.94	32	3.50	26
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	13.64	30	81.82	13

HEAD TO HEAD SUMMARY

Team	Record	O/U	AVG	Shots	Power Play Goals	Power Play Percentage	Penalty Kill Percentage	Power Play Chances
Buffalo	5-3-2	3-6	3.20	32.30	2.00	8.00	78.12	25.00
NY Rangers	5-3-2	3-6	2.60	29.20	7.00	21.88	92.00	32.00

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

Date	Away	Away Score	Home	Home Score	Line	Total	O/U	Away Shots	Home Shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Oct 9, 2025	NYR	4	BUF	0	100	6.5	U	33	37	0	0	3	4	0	0	100	100
Feb 22, 2025	NYR	2	BUF	8	116	6.5	O	28	33	1	1	4	3	25	33.3	66.7	75
Dec 11, 2024	NYR	3	BUF	2	130	6	U	28	31	1	0	4	2	25	0	100	75
Nov 7, 2024	BUF	6	NYR	1	-200	6.5	O	22	26	1	0	4	4	25	0	100	75
Dec 23, 2023	BUF	3	NYR	4	-165	6.5	O	30	33	0	1	1	4	0	25	75	100
Nov 27, 2023	BUF	5	NYR	1	-220	6	P	39	26	0	1	2	3	0	33.3	66.7	100
Oct 12, 2023	NYR	5	BUF	1	115	6.5	U	31	25	1	0	4	3	25	0	100	75
Apr 10, 2023	BUF	3	NYR	2	-220	6.5	U	39	28	0	1	2	2	0	50	50	100
Mar 31, 2023	NYR	2	BUF	3	130	6.5	U	33	34	0	0	1	2	0	0	100	100
Mar 11, 2023	NYR	2	BUF	1	140	6.5	U	26	33	1	0	3	2	33.3	0	100	66.7

BETTING ODDS TRENDS

New York Rangers

Buffalo Sabres

TEAM LAST 5 GAMES

Buffalo Sabres

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Jan 3, 2026	CLB	1-5	L	-110	33	35	0/5	1/1	Jet Greaves	A
Dec 31, 2025	DAL	4-1	W	130	31	29	0/2	2/2	Casey DeSmith	A
Dec 29, 2025	STL	4-2	W	-115	34	18	0/3	1/1	Joel Hofer	A
Dec 27, 2025	BOS	4-1	W	-135	34	22	0/3	1/1	Joonas Korpisalo	H
Dec 23, 2025	OTT	3-2	W	135	25	26	0/1	2/3	Linus Ullmark	A

New York Rangers

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Jan 2, 2026	FLA	5-1	W	120	20	37	2/3	5/6	Sergei Bobrovsky	A
Dec 31, 2025	WAS	3-6	L	120	25	27	1/1	2/3	Charlie Lindgren	A
Dec 29, 2025	CAR	2-3	L	145	20	35	1/2	2/4	Brandon Bussi	A
Dec 27, 2025	NYI	0-2	L	-115	27	26	0/3	5/5	David Rittich	A
Dec 23, 2025	WAS	7-3	W	130	21	32	1/4	2/3	Logan Thompson	A

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