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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Mar 23, 2012 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 26
New York Rangers 1 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
03:14 BUF Travis Turnbull (1) Brad Boyes (1) 1 - 0
09:32 NYR Brian Boyle (1) Artem Anisimov (1), Tim Erixon (1) 1 - 1
13:43 BUF Drew Stafford (1) Tyler Ennis (1), Marcus Foligno (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
14:00 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Drew Stafford (1), Marcus Foligno (2) 3 - 1
16:09 BUF Drew Stafford (2) Tyler Ennis (2) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
04:08 NYR Dan Girardi Holding 2
10:33 BUF Tyler Ennis Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd Period
02:42 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 57 40 26 4 3.8 53.4
New York Rangers 56 41 27 1 3.7 46.6

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdNew 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: 3.8 expected, 4 scored · New York Rangers: 3.7 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:14 of 2nd, a 46% chanceBUF goal, 13:43 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 14:00 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 16:09 of 3rd, a 10% chanceNYR goal, 9:32 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF 3.8NYR 3.7

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
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Ville Leino16:1960.071.00-0
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno12:5946.440.43-0
Thomas Vanek · Corey Tropp · Cody Hodgson11:4560.747.90-0
Brad Boyes · Cody McCormick · Travis Turnbull3:0520.070.11-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Alexander Sulzer18:0458.359.80-0
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers16:2257.152.92-1
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera13:0352.066.32-0

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

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
18 Drew Stafford R 2 1 3 3 0 5 2 16:50 0.43 13-16 0.65-0.98
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 15:02 0.19 14-17 0.65-1.01
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 15:04 0.02 14-17 0.65-0.96
65 Travis Turnbull C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 03:27 0.46 1-5 0.46-0.19
28 Brad Boyes R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 06:13 8-6 0.92-0.19
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18:24 0.02 16-18 1.95-1.20
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:11 0.17 20-14 1.42-0.74
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:43 5-5 0.49-0.19
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:30 0.38 17-13 0.65-0.77
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:20 1.10 19-12 1.82-0.62
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:49 0.17 19-12 0.68-0.86
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:30 0.37 15-14 1.35-0.65
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21:03 0.06 17-17 0.74-0.95
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:04 0.29 20-13 1.08-0.89
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 15:55 0.03 13-14 1.60-0.83
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:25 0.05 21-16 0.98-0.68
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 23:04 0.08 23-17 0.98-0.90
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:38 0.02 20-14 0.96-0.80
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 27 26 1 59:48 3.68 +2.68

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Dubinsky · Ryan Callahan · Derek Stepan13:0936.426.20-0
Brad Richards · Marian Gaborik · Carl Hagelin11:2655.051.30-0
Brian Boyle · Brandon Prust · Artem Anisimov5:4733.337.31-0
Brandon Dubinsky · Ryan Callahan · Artem Anisimov5:4453.852.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh19:4045.947.50-0
Marc Staal · Michael Del Zotto16:4326.730.70-3
Stu Bickel · Tim Erixon13:0965.452.11-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
11 Brian Boyle C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 15:09 0.44 11-20 0.92-0.94
33 Tim Erixon D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:17 0.06 18-9 0.90-0.80
51 Artem Anisimov C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:38 0.03 14-21 0.92-0.94
4 Stu Bickel D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:38 0.04 18-10 0.87-0.94
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 23:30 0.19 19-23 1.15-1.60
7 John Mitchell C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 04:32 3-3 0.06-0.53
9 Brandon Prust L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:23 0.51 13-13 1.05-0.63
12 Marian Gaborik R 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 18:37 0.94 18-13 0.78-1.14
15 Michael Del Zotto D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 22:19 0.15 11-22 0.67-1.06
17 Brad Richards C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:14 0.22 18-13 0.78-0.83
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 24:07 0.11 21-23 1.05-1.75
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 19:07 10-26 0.48-1.58
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:18 0.04 15-17 0.67-1.14
24 Ryan Callahan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 23:37 0.21 15-21 0.76-1.33
27 Mike Rupp L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 05:04 1-4 0.00-0.60
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:36 0.34 20-20 1.31-1.23
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:08 0-3 0.00-0.00
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:46 0.42 15-14 1.06-0.98
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist L 26 22 4 60:00 3.81 -0.19