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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Mar 1, 2011 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 26
New York Rangers 2 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:15 BUF Tyler Myers (1) PP Drew Stafford (1), Tim Connolly (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
13:00 BUF Brad Boyes (1) PP Paul Gaustad (1), Andrej Sekera (1) 2 - 0
13:45 NYR Erik Christensen (1) PP Bryan McCabe (1), Vinny Prospal (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
04:45 BUF Jochen Hecht (1) Andrej Sekera (2), Steve Montador (1) 3 - 1
06:05 NYR Artem Anisimov (1) Ryan Callahan (1), Wojtek Wolski (1) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
17:00 NYR Michael Sauer Interference 2
2nd Period
01:51 NYR Wojtek Wolski Boarding 2
04:59 BUF Mike Weber Interference 2
11:24 NYR Wojtek Wolski Tripping 2
13:11 BUF Mike Weber Kneeing 2
16:09 BUF Cody McCormick Roughing 2
16:09 NYR Artem Anisimov Roughing 2
16:51 BUF Steve Montador Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 48 36 26 3 3.2 48.6
New York Rangers 56 40 31 2 4.0 51.4

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdNew York Rangers aheadBuffalo Sabres ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while New York Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.2 expected, 3 scored · New York Rangers: 4.0 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 17:15 of 1st, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 13:00 of 2nd, a 33% chanceBUF goal, 4:45 of 3rd, a 11% chanceNYR goal, 13:45 of 2nd, a 7% chanceNYR goal, 6:05 of 3rd, a 28% chanceNYR 4.0BUF 3.2

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres
New York Rangers

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tim Connolly · Brad Boyes · Tyler Ennis10:2453.840.70-0
Rob Niedermayer · Paul Gaustad · Jason Pominville9:2450.044.00-0
Jochen Hecht · Thomas Vanek · Drew Stafford8:1142.930.81-0
Mike Grier · Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta7:2857.135.20-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Butler · Tyler Myers17:2540.045.10-0
Steve Montador · Andrej Sekera14:2450.030.71-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber12:4752.935.80-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 18:22 14-14 0.54-1.22
28 Brad Boyes R 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 14:54 0.33 9-9 0.39-0.58
55 Jochen Hecht C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:49 0.28 12-10 0.55-0.73
57 Tyler Myers D 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 24:46 0.06 10-13 0.52-0.59
5 Steve Montador D 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 17:06 13-12 0.47-1.05
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:40 0.21 8-6 0.35-0.50
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 16:19 0.60 11-9 0.40-0.71
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:46 0.07 10-12 0.38-0.84
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 16:26 0.07 12-11 0.57-1.19
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 12:15 0.11 5-9 0.28-0.76
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:42 0.28 8-13 0.35-0.92
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:20 0.13 5-8 0.38-0.90
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23:34 0.27 10-15 0.59-0.92
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14:07 0.13 9-11 0.34-0.73
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:33 0.08 11-9 0.44-0.71
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:13 0.14 15-12 0.60-0.66
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:09 0.09 4-4 0.28-0.55
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:29 0.34 9-8 0.39-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 31 29 2 59:56 4.03 +2.03

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Wojtek Wolski · Derek Stepan · Mats Zuccarello11:4160.065.60-0
Brandon Dubinsky · Ryan Callahan · Artem Anisimov11:3569.296.20-0
Vinny Prospal · Erik Christensen · Brian Boyle6:4440.044.50-0
Sean Avery · Kris Newbury · Brandon Prust3:3066.772.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh19:0857.775.21-0
Bryan McCabe · Michael Sauer15:0445.845.20-1
Steve Eminger · Matt Gilroy8:2764.376.00-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
26 Erik Christensen C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 17:25 0.16 7-13 0.30-0.65
51 Artem Anisimov C 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 16:03 0.38 11-4 1.32-0.04
17 Wojtek Wolski L 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 17:09 0.22 15-12 1.07-0.59
22 Vinny Prospal L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 12:49 0.19 5-10 0.24-0.57
24 Ryan Callahan R 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 21:50 1.20 13-10 1.33-0.30
28 Bryan McCabe D 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 23:32 0.36 11-14 0.50-0.71
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:10 0.09 16-14 1.51-0.58
9 Brandon Prust L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:47 7-5 0.55-0.19
11 Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:22 0.01 8-11 0.43-0.52
16 Sean Avery L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:10 0.11 8-4 0.61-0.17
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:36 9-9 0.92-0.33
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:32 0.10 12-14 0.65-0.68
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 24:44 0.04 15-14 1.44-0.59
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:58 0.53 12-11 0.65-0.48
38 Michael Sauer D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 21:24 12-17 0.53-0.73
44 Steve Eminger D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:54 0.16 9-5 0.80-0.25
45 Kris Newbury C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 04:00 0.32 4-2 0.43-0.17
97 Matt Gilroy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:11 0.16 11-6 0.90-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist L 26 23 3 58:33 3.20 +0.20