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New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 1, 2018 · Citi Field

Team Goals Shots
New York Rangers 3 42
Buffalo Sabres 2 33

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:09 NYR Paul Carey (5) Jesper Fast (10), Boo Nieves (7) 1 - 0
08:20 NYR Michael Grabner (18) Kevin Hayes (8), J.T. Miller (19) 2 - 0
2nd Period
00:56 BUF Sam Reinhart (6) PP Kyle Okposo (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (11) 2 - 1
3rd Period
00:27 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (2) Ryan O'Reilly (16), Kyle Okposo (13) 2 - 2
Overtime
02:43 NYR J.T. Miller (8) PP Kevin Shattenkirk (18), Mats Zuccarello (22) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:38 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
13:59 NYR Brendan Smith Tripping 2
17:27 NYR Kevin Hayes Hooking 2
19:37 NYR Nick Holden Hooking 2
2nd Period
03:39 BUF Zach Bogosian Holding 2
08:44 NYR Team Too many men on the ice 2
13:57 NYR Ryan McDonagh Tripping 2
Overtime
02:15 BUF Jacob Josefson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Rangers 61 50 42 3 3.1 55.3
Buffalo Sabres 58 48 33 2 2.7 44.7

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 3.1 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTNYR goal, 4:09 of 1st, a 12% chanceNYR goal, 8:20 of 1st, a 38% chanceNYR goal, 2:43 of overtime, a 28% chanceBUF goal, 0:56 of 2nd, a 29% chanceBUF goal, 0:27 of 3rd, a 1% chanceNYR 3.1BUF 2.7

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
Michael Grabner · Kevin Hayes · J.T. Miller10:4362.569.51-0
Rick Nash · Mats Zuccarello · Mika Zibanejad10:0725.077.20-1
David Desharnais · Jimmy Vesey · Pavel Buchnevich9:3959.169.50-0
Paul Carey · Jesper Fast · Boo Nieves8:2468.468.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marc Staal · Brady Skjei12:3072.798.21-0
Ryan McDonagh · Nick Holden12:2750.074.91-1
Kevin Shattenkirk · Brendan Smith11:5042.156.90-0

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

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
10 J.T. Miller C 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 17:30 0.30 17-13 0.88-0.41
34 Paul Carey C 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 09:50 0.12 13-9 0.62-0.36
40 Michael Grabner L 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:04 0.57 15-11 0.84-0.41
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 18:11 0.11 10-13 0.64-0.48
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 18:11 0.33 15-14 0.84-0.49
15 Boo Nieves C 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 10:50 0.14 14-6 0.65-0.28
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 18:31 0.11 6-8 0.34-0.12
71 Jesper Fast R 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 12:29 0.20 13-8 0.62-0.35
5 Nick Holden D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:13 11-14 0.54-0.27
7 Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:41 0.14 16-14 0.78-0.61
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 22:34 0.09 24-8 1.16-0.05
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:17 0.30 15-10 0.70-0.30
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 25:15 0.03 15-15 0.71-0.56
51 David Desharnais C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:15 0.12 13-11 0.58-0.33
61 Rick Nash L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:41 0.21 2-6 0.19-0.06
76 Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 20:34 0.09 18-12 0.94-0.32
89 Pavel Buchnevich L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:31 0.15 13-10 0.58-0.27
93 Mika Zibanejad C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:41 0.12 5-8 0.30-0.08
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist 33 31 2 62:43 2.75 +0.75

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane11:1766.770.51-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel9:4829.415.30-1
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Evan Rodrigues7:4350.017.10-1
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson7:0237.58.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe15:1152.238.50-1
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen14:2158.354.31-0
Josh Gorges · Nathan Beaulieu10:1750.027.80-1

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
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 26:00 0.19 15-16 0.45-0.59
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 2 2 1 0 5 3 18:55 0.49 14-8 0.46-0.28
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 18:06 0.44 6-13 0.17-0.84
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 22:12 0.32 17-9 0.60-0.21
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:15 0.02 10-15 0.23-0.86
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 25:08 0.06 16-23 0.46-0.79
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 21:38 0.25 9-21 0.37-1.09
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:14 0.10 5-9 0.11-0.56
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:15 0.15 9-9 0.19-0.53
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:39 0.16 5-8 0.04-0.29
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:49 0.02 14-16 0.48-0.94
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 19:44 0.04 13-17 0.54-0.89
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:52 0.09 9-12 0.22-0.84
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:06 0.13 8-20 0.34-0.99
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:52 0.04 10-11 0.26-0.73
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:19 7-9 0.20-0.72
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:46 5-9 0.06-0.39
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 20:19 0.20 18-10 0.57-0.39
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 42 39 3 62:43 3.21 +0.21