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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Jan 3, 2017 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 19
New York Rangers 1 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:17 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (4) William Carrier (2), Brian Gionta (10) 1 - 0
19:21 BUF Evander Kane (9) Sam Reinhart (15), Kyle Okposo (14) 2 - 0
2nd Period
01:03 BUF Justin Bailey (1) Unassisted 3 - 0
15:55 NYR Nick Holden (8) J.T. Miller (15), Oscar Lindberg (5) 3 - 1
3rd Period
01:10 BUF Jack Eichel (8) PP Sam Reinhart (16), Matt Moulson (8) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:27 NYR Brady Skjei Interference 2
2nd Period
06:34 NYR Dan Girardi Slashing 2
09:33 BUF William Carrier Interference 2
3rd Period
00:18 NYR Jimmy Vesey Hooking 2
04:07 NYR Nick Holden Delaying game puck over glass 2
17:31 NYR Brady Skjei Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 45 30 19 4 2.2 42.9
New York Rangers 52 40 25 1 2.0 57.1

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdNew 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: 2.2 expected, 4 scored · New York Rangers: 2.0 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 12:17 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 19:21 of 1st, a 25% chanceBUF goal, 1:03 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 1:10 of 3rd, a 14% chanceNYR goal, 15:55 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF 2.2NYR 2.0

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
Kyle Okposo · Marcus Foligno · Jack Eichel10:0928.655.80-1
Evander Kane · Justin Bailey · Sam Reinhart8:0150.034.61-0
Brian Gionta · Zemgus Girgensons · William Carrier7:4944.444.21-0
Matt Moulson · Derek Grant · Nicolas Deslauriers5:4950.037.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen18:5943.330.51-0
Cody Franson · Zach Bogosian17:3240.056.51-1
Justin Falk · Taylor Fedun8:4750.043.50-0

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 17:19 0.14 11-11 0.61-0.69
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 19:49 0.20 7-12 0.37-0.30
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:31 0.20 6-13 0.26-0.34
90 Justin Bailey R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:29 0.21 10-9 0.29-0.56
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 20:46 0.30 13-12 0.66-0.69
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:49 0.06 8-11 0.69-0.28
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:13 0.06 6-12 0.24-0.35
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 13:09 0.15 9-7 0.14-0.18
28 William Carrier L 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 10:35 0.03 5-8 0.13-0.21
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:11 0.01 7-7 0.17-0.22
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21:30 0.08 13-18 0.91-0.64
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:46 0.27 5-12 0.38-0.39
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20:54 0.02 14-17 0.38-0.67
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:08 0.09 12-20 0.83-0.65
38 Derek Grant C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:09 0.08 11-15 0.25-0.43
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:36 0.01 7-9 0.17-0.24
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:54 8-10 0.11-0.20
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 26:17 13-17 0.29-0.67
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anders Nilsson 25 24 1 59:55 1.93 +0.93

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider · Mats Zuccarello14:4562.170.50-1
Michael Grabner · Kevin Hayes · Jimmy Vesey9:2933.39.10-1
Brandon Pirri · Marek Hrivik · Nicklas Jensen9:1462.556.90-0
Oscar Lindberg · Jesper Fast · J.T. Miller8:0769.278.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marc Staal · Nick Holden13:0752.928.60-1
Kevin Klein · Ryan McDonagh12:1852.456.90-1
Dan Girardi · Brady Skjei9:0776.978.30-1

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
5 Nick Holden D 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 19:25 0.06 10-9 0.25-0.49
10 J.T. Miller C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:45 0.01 11-4 0.21-0.03
24 Oscar Lindberg L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:51 0.10 11-5 0.27-0.04
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 18:56 0.04 17-8 0.65-0.43
8 Kevin Klein D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 20:40 16-13 0.63-0.43
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:30 3-7 0.02-0.53
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:15 9-11 0.19-0.49
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 19:56 0.16 19-14 0.76-0.42
22 Chris Kreider L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 17:48 0.41 20-11 0.83-0.32
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 13:09 0.11 3-10 0.02-0.63
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:39 0.13 19-17 0.69-0.64
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 19:15 0.33 19-14 0.83-0.64
39 Nicklas Jensen R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:27 0.17 11-7 0.49-0.37
40 Michael Grabner L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:06 3-7 0.02-0.32
46 Marek Hrivik L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:32 0.24 11-7 0.49-0.38
71 Jesper Fast R 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:46 0.03 9-6 0.12-0.06
73 Brandon Pirri C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:38 0.10 12-7 0.58-0.38
76 Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 17:30 0.05 17-8 0.69-0.27
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist 19 15 4 60:00 1.91 -2.09