New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 5, 2013 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Rangers	3	31
Buffalo Sabres	1	28

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
17:47	NYR	Rick Nash (1)	Derek Stepan (1), Ryan McDonagh (1)	1 - 0
3rd Period
08:29	NYR	Brad Richards (1) PP	Derick Brassard (1), Mats Zuccarello (1)	2 - 0
14:47	NYR	Mats Zuccarello (1)	Brad Richards (1), Ryan McDonagh (2)	3 - 0
17:54	BUF	Tyler Ennis (1)	Zemgus Girgensons (1)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:02	NYR	Carl Hagelin	Interference	2
2nd Period
04:34	BUF	Mark Pysyk	Tripping	2
19:56	NYR	Benoit Pouliot	Tripping	2
3rd Period
07:11	BUF	Cody Hodgson	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Rangers	61	46	31	3	2.8	50.5
Buffalo Sabres	53	37	28	1	2.0	49.5

How the game went

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Rangers had.

Expected goals

New York Rangers: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 1 scored

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

New York Rangers

Buffalo Sabres

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.

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brad Richards · Ryan Callahan · Mats Zuccarello	11:11	66.7	85.8	0-1
Rick Nash · Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider	11:00	54.2	37.0	1-0
Taylor Pyatt · Derick Brassard · Carl Hagelin	10:53	30.4	34.7	0-0
Dominic Moore · Brian Boyle · Benoit Pouliot	8:22	43.8	47.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh	18:31	53.1	70.1	1-0
Marc Staal · Anton Stralman	18:19	46.3	34.1	0-1
Michael Del Zotto · John Moore	11:36	43.5	39.8	0-0

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
17	Brad Richards	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	16:34	0.15	16-9	0.64-0.11
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	17:37	0.56	17-10	0.64-0.13
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	23:41	0.02	19-15	1.02-0.41
61	Rick Nash	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	14:59	0.26	16-11	0.69-0.98
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	15:48	0.19	14-11	0.58-0.98
61	Derick Brassard	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	15:08	0.07	10-16	0.28-0.44
5	Dan Girardi	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25:23		18-15	0.99-0.41
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	12:39	0.18	9-12	0.31-0.34
15	Michael Del Zotto	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:58	0.03	12-13	0.30-0.39
17	Taylor Pyatt	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	12:41	0.11	10-18	0.30-0.45
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	20:49		19-22	0.57-1.11
20	Dominic Moore	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13:59	0.21	11-14	0.42-0.38
22	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	13:49	0.15	16-12	0.69-1.00
24	Ryan Callahan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	20:00	0.19	16-11	0.60-0.15
27	John Moore	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:19	0.01	11-13	0.28-0.39
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	14:23	0.11	9-17	0.27-0.45
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	09:59	0.01	9-9	0.32-0.31
86	Anton Stralman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:14	0.05	23-22	0.67-1.11

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Henrik Lundqvist	W	28	27	1	60:00	1.98	+0.98

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Steve Ott · Matt D'Agostini · Ville Leino	14:41	73.3	82.7	0-1
Matt Moulson · Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson	14:41	47.2	36.2	0-1
Tyler Ennis · Luke Adam · Zemgus Girgensons	9:55	40.0	34.9	1-0
Cody McCormick · John Scott · Marcus Foligno	4:32	11.1	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Jamie McBain	19:18	41.9	32.8	1-0
Mike Weber · Mark Pysyk	14:35	64.5	57.9	0-0
Henrik Tallinder · Tyler Myers	14:04	47.4	69.9	0-1

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
63	Tyler Ennis	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	16:32	0.08	9-12	0.21-0.47
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	12:43		6-11	0.18-0.50
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	16:36	0.04	20-14	0.52-0.54
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	06:42		2-12	0.02-0.33
11	Cody Hodgson	C	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0	18:19	0.36	17-20	0.55-0.96
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	15:30	0.06	20-11	0.52-0.38
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:53	0.02	4-14	0.03-0.35
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	20:21	0.01	17-20	0.55-0.98
20	Henrik Tallinder	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	17:05		12-11	0.90-0.36
21	Jamie McBain	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	23:50	0.04	21-26	0.66-1.06
22	John Scott	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	05:14		2-9	0.02-0.06
23	Ville Leino	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:29	0.26	22-9	1.14-0.26
25	Luke Adam	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13:15	0.09	9-10	0.21-0.36
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	18:37	0.19	17-20	0.55-0.98
27	Matt D'Agostini	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	16:52	0.10	22-8	1.14-0.24
55	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	24:44	0.06	18-26	0.49-1.01
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	20:26	0.52	9-14	0.73-0.47
92	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	20:06	0.15	23-8	1.16-0.24

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	L	31	28	3	58:28	2.29	-0.71