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New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 1, 2016 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
New York Rangers 3 25
Buffalo Sabres 4 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:18 BUF Johan Larsson (4) Jake McCabe (4), Brian Gionta (5) 0 - 1
16:15 NYR Ryan McDonagh (1) PP Derek Stepan (11) 1 - 1
2nd Period
08:15 NYR Rick Nash (11) PP Jimmy Vesey (7), Adam Clendening (3) 2 - 1
09:48 BUF Brian Gionta (5) Marcus Foligno (3) 2 - 2
11:42 NYR Marc Staal (2) Jesper Fast (9), Chris Kreider (10) 3 - 2
3rd Period
12:45 BUF Jack Eichel (2) PP Kyle Okposo (9), Rasmus Ristolainen (12) 3 - 3
14:28 BUF Jack Eichel (3) Sam Reinhart (8), Evander Kane (4) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:10 BUF Marcus Foligno Hooking 2
2nd Period
06:42 BUF Cody Franson Cross checking 2
3rd Period
02:31 NYR Brandon Pirri Hooking 2
12:21 NYR Adam Clendening Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Rangers 48 39 25 3 2.6 35.4
Buffalo Sabres 71 50 34 4 2.5 64.6

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndNYR goal, 16:15 of 1st, a 3% chanceNYR goal, 8:15 of 2nd, a 25% chanceNYR goal, 11:42 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 0:18 of 1st, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 9:48 of 2nd, a 36% chanceBUF goal, 12:45 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 14:28 of 3rd, a 12% chanceNYR 2.6BUF 2.5

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
Rick Nash · Kevin Hayes · Jimmy Vesey12:1930.420.80-1
Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider · Jesper Fast8:5440.063.40-0
Mats Zuccarello · J.T. Miller · Matt Puempel6:2341.719.80-1
Michael Grabner · Mats Zuccarello · J.T. Miller5:0650.045.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marc Staal · Nick Holden18:4554.360.91-1
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh18:3819.623.00-2
Adam Clendening · Brady Skjei11:1954.558.40-0

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 Marc Staal D 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 21:29 0.28 20-19 1.03-0.81
27 Ryan McDonagh D 1 0 1 -2 0 3 2 25:00 0.12 9-37 0.40-1.33
61 Rick Nash L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 17:45 0.33 8-21 0.24-0.79
6 Adam Clendening D 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 14:21 6-10 0.19-0.28
21 Derek Stepan C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:25 0.00 11-19 0.52-0.39
22 Chris Kreider L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 16:35 0.20 10-17 0.32-0.37
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:50 0.12 14-19 0.86-0.69
71 Jesper Fast R 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 14:51 0.32 11-15 0.60-0.17
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 21:00 10-38 0.40-1.33
5 Nick Holden D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:33 0.14 19-18 1.03-0.67
10 J.T. Miller C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:42 9-20 0.36-0.90
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:55 0.67 13-18 0.72-0.72
24 Oscar Lindberg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:57 2-7 0.02-0.26
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:08 0.03 14-13 0.81-0.89
40 Michael Grabner L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:11 0.14 5-17 0.23-0.56
54 Matt Puempel L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:47 0.05 5-8 0.14-0.63
73 Brandon Pirri C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:50 0.15 3-18 0.03-0.45
76 Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:06 0.01 6-6 0.19-0.13
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist L 34 30 4 59:11 2.51 -1.49

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel13:3062.542.81-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson11:1660.961.82-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · William Carrier6:5850.021.90-0
Matt Moulson · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly6:1078.673.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen20:0844.734.11-1
Josh Gorges · Cody Franson18:0386.478.50-0
Justin Falk · Taylor Fedun11:2976.274.91-0

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
9 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 19:57 0.31 22-13 0.50-0.58
12 Brian Gionta R 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 15:08 0.41 15-9 0.82-0.43
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 15:13 0.06 15-10 0.74-0.45
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 19:15 0.28 20-11 0.82-0.57
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:36 23-13 0.50-0.58
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 15:45 0.10 14-10 0.70-0.45
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 24:04 0.20 28-26 1.19-1.28
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 26:32 0.09 22-26 0.67-1.28
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 18:10 0.21 23-15 0.38-0.59
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 21:01 0.04 19-3 0.46-0.13
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:33 0.02 19-5 0.64-0.20
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 21:12 0.08 23-4 0.96-0.14
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:48 0.51 17-4 0.93-0.26
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:40 0.04 9-3 0.29-0.12
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:58 7-5 0.10-0.23
38 Derek Grant C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 06:41 0.09 7-1 0.25-0.02
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:26 0.03 17-6 0.62-0.22
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:23 0.06 20-11 0.79-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anders Nilsson W 25 22 3 60:00 2.54 -0.46