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New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 20, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
New York Rangers 3 43
Buffalo Sabres 1 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:14 BUF Matt Moulson (9) Torrey Mitchell (7), Brian Gionta (10) 0 - 1
05:51 NYR Carl Hagelin (14) J.T. Miller (8), Dan Boyle (7) 1 - 1
2nd Period
00:37 NYR Rick Nash (37) Derick Brassard (33), Marc Staal (11) 2 - 1
08:05 NYR Mats Zuccarello (12) Rick Nash (21), Derick Brassard (34) 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:35 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
14:50 BUF Tyson Strachan Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd Period
15:31 NYR Lee Stempniak High sticking 2
3rd Period
03:11 NYR Rick Nash Hooking 2
07:03 BUF Tyson Strachan Fighting 5
07:03 NYR Tanner Glass Fighting 5
13:43 BUF Chris Stewart Slashing 2
15:36 BUF Zach Bogosian Misconduct 10
15:36 NYR J.T. Miller Misconduct 10
17:06 BUF Marcus Foligno Slashing 2
18:21 NYR Derek Stepan Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Rangers 75 62 43 3 4.9 64.9
Buffalo Sabres 43 36 25 1 2.9 35.1

How the game went

3020100Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNew York Rangers 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Rangers had.

Expected goals

New York Rangers: 4.9 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 1 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndNYR goal, 5:51 of 1st, a 10% chanceNYR goal, 0:37 of 2nd, a 4% chanceNYR goal, 8:05 of 2nd, a 24% chanceBUF goal, 0:14 of 1st, a 11% chanceNYR 4.9BUF 2.9

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Martin St. Louis · Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider11:3261.543.30-0
Rick Nash · Derick Brassard · Mats Zuccarello10:0066.774.52-1
Carl Hagelin · Kevin Hayes · J.T. Miller8:3772.761.81-0
Dominic Moore · Lee Stempniak · Tanner Glass7:5172.763.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh17:0458.849.71-0
Dan Boyle · Matt Hunwick14:3171.465.01-0
Kevin Klein · Marc Staal13:4963.258.01-1

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
61 Rick Nash L 1 1 2 1 2 5 0 16:15 0.30 18-13 0.86-0.60
61 Derick Brassard C 0 2 2 1 0 10 2 17:40 0.53 20-11 0.97-0.41
36 Mats Zuccarello R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:52 0.27 18-9 0.87-0.39
62 Carl Hagelin L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:46 0.16 10-6 0.24-0.34
10 J.T. Miller C 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 10:49 10-3 0.34-0.14
18 Marc Staal D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:26 0.02 13-7 0.49-0.34
22 Dan Boyle D 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 16:49 0.28 27-10 0.96-0.50
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:29 21-14 0.98-0.97
8 Kevin Klein D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:01 0.09 14-9 0.55-0.45
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:39 0.01 10-6 0.34-0.34
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 09:45 9-3 0.36-0.16
18 Lee Stempniak R 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 12:05 0.31 13-7 0.51-0.44
20 Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:23 0.05 13-7 0.52-0.37
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:43 0.21 18-10 0.64-0.81
22 Chris Kreider L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:23 0.21 24-11 1.00-0.82
26 Martin St. Louis R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:03 0.39 20-13 0.74-0.93
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 25:25 0.17 20-16 0.96-1.08
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 15:51 0.09 27-10 1.00-0.50
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Mackenzie Skapski 25 24 1 59:57 2.89 +1.89

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Torrey Mitchell10:2026.126.21-3
Chris Stewart · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons9:5857.173.50-0
Matt Ellis · Cody Hodgson · Johan Larsson4:01100.0100.00-0
Cody Hodgson · Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn3:4137.542.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andre Benoit · Zach Bogosian16:3928.127.61-2
Tyson Strachan · Andrej Meszaros8:1230.859.80-0
Andrej Meszaros · Mike Weber4:1745.564.90-0

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 Matt Moulson L 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 18:23 0.30 10-18 0.91-1.00
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 21:19 0.11 10-23 0.91-1.23
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 16:26 6-24 0.31-1.14
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:23 5-8 0.23-0.23
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:35 0.20 10-10 0.42-0.43
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:19 0.25 9-21 0.36-0.79
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 08:24 0.11 5-11 0.22-0.37
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 12 1 3 26:05 0.03 14-28 0.64-1.40
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -1 7 0 2 13:53 5-16 0.58-0.57
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:26 0.38 10-8 0.56-0.30
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:37 0.37 12-19 0.93-0.58
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:38 4-3 0.12-0.09
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:08 0.04 16-19 1.09-0.60
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 19:32 0.80 9-19 0.42-0.68
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:44 0.04 7-15 0.21-0.41
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:00 0.01 9-15 0.48-0.52
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:33 12-27 0.62-1.34
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:31 0.28 12-21 0.57-0.66
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth 43 40 3 59:04 3.61 +0.61