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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Jan 3, 2015 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 25
New York Rangers 6 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:46 NYR Derick Brassard (10) PP Martin St. Louis (17), Dan Boyle (4) 0 - 1
09:53 NYR Chris Kreider (7) PP J.T. Miller (2), Ryan McDonagh (11) 0 - 2
11:18 NYR Rick Nash (24) PP Martin St. Louis (18), Derick Brassard (20) 0 - 3
12:34 NYR Dan Boyle (3) Rick Nash (14), Mats Zuccarello (14) 0 - 4
2nd Period
02:26 NYR Carl Hagelin (8) Matt Hunwick (8), Kevin Klein (6) 0 - 5
02:48 BUF Drew Stafford (6) Andre Benoit (4) 1 - 5
15:00 NYR Jesper Fast (3) Kevin Hayes (9) 1 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:32 BUF Andrej Meszaros Tripping 2
08:46 BUF Team Abusive language 2
09:53 BUF Cody McCormick Hooking 2
13:15 NYR Chris Kreider Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
13:15 BUF Cody McCormick Roughing 2
13:15 NYR Chris Kreider Roughing 2
2nd Period
12:18 BUF Mike Weber Boarding 2
3rd Period
02:25 NYR Lee Stempniak Tripping 2
09:15 NYR Carl Hagelin Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 39 30 25 1 2.4 33.3
New York Rangers 74 56 39 6 4.4 66.7

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdNew 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: 2.4 expected, 1 scored · New York Rangers: 4.4 expected, 6 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 2:48 of 2nd, a 11% chanceNYR goal, 8:46 of 1st, a 12% chanceNYR goal, 9:53 of 1st, a 12% chanceNYR goal, 11:18 of 1st, a 24% chanceNYR goal, 12:34 of 1st, a 4% chanceNYR goal, 2:26 of 2nd, a 10% chanceNYR goal, 15:00 of 2nd, a 11% chanceNYR 4.4BUF 2.4

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
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons11:3744.440.60-1
Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson · Mikhail Grigorenko10:1613.04.10-2
Cody McCormick · Drew Stafford · Brian Flynn9:5347.671.81-0
Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers · Johan Larsson8:4933.348.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen15:3948.046.10-1
Mike Weber · Nikita Zadorov15:0040.051.80-2
Andre Benoit · Andrej Meszaros12:2330.045.61-0

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 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 18:55 0.36 14-14 0.88-0.43
61 Andre Benoit D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:32 0.01 7-15 0.49-0.68
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:54 0.02 12-20 0.40-0.73
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 19:09 10-22 0.59-0.89
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 13:38 0.41 11-17 0.78-0.50
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:36 0.02 3-21 0.05-1.06
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:23 6-9 0.23-0.19
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 14:54 3-22 0.05-1.06
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:58 0.48 8-11 0.38-0.60
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:33 0.28 9-10 0.42-0.55
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:08 0.12 12-16 0.88-0.37
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:57 4-8 0.18-0.19
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 16:23 0.04 6-20 0.43-0.56
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:06 3-25 0.05-1.12
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:12 0.17 6-10 0.18-0.27
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:27 0.12 13-18 0.46-0.79
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:28 0.16 8-11 0.38-0.55
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 22:01 0.19 10-21 0.59-0.95
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 30 28 2 47:26 3.22 +1.22
30 Michal Neuvirth L 9 5 4 12:34 1.13 -2.87

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rick Nash · Derick Brassard · Mats Zuccarello11:3264.785.41-0
Martin St. Louis · Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider10:0150.042.40-0
Carl Hagelin · Kevin Hayes · Jesper Fast9:2177.888.12-0
Dominic Moore · Lee Stempniak · J.T. Miller9:0072.257.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kevin Klein · Matt Hunwick13:3771.456.91-0
Dan Boyle · Marc Staal12:5164.056.41-0
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh12:2475.074.70-1

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
22 Dan Boyle D 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 21:12 0.43 21-14 1.01-0.90
61 Rick Nash L 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 17:31 0.66 13-6 0.49-0.06
61 Derick Brassard C 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 16:03 0.68 12-6 0.38-0.06
26 Martin St. Louis R 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 15:55 0.45 13-13 0.79-0.90
22 Chris Kreider L 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 12:59 0.55 11-9 0.59-0.67
62 Carl Hagelin L 1 0 1 2 2 5 0 14:49 0.26 18-7 0.61-0.20
71 Jesper Fast R 1 0 1 2 0 1 6 13:39 0.11 16-4 0.35-0.04
8 Kevin Klein D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 21:15 0.10 25-11 0.75-0.40
10 J.T. Miller C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 13:37 0.22 16-7 0.62-0.55
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 12:53 0.01 18-5 0.63-0.14
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 20:06 0.07 14-6 0.62-0.37
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:58 0.20 13-7 0.43-0.10
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 17:49 0.07 25-11 0.77-0.52
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:33 0.07 12-4 0.54-0.18
18 Lee Stempniak R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 11:19 0.24 16-5 0.73-0.43
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:50 0.02 19-12 0.91-0.60
20 Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:25 0.18 17-6 0.75-0.47
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:22 0.05 11-12 0.54-0.80
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist W 25 24 1 59:45 2.37 +1.37