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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Jan 18, 2018 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 37
New York Rangers 4 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:24 NYR Rick Nash (12) Pavel Buchnevich (17) 0 - 1
18:41 BUF Kyle Okposo (8) PP Sam Reinhart (7), Jack Eichel (24) 1 - 1
2nd Period
08:26 NYR J.T. Miller (10) David Desharnais (17) 1 - 2
17:10 BUF Justin Falk (1) Evan Rodrigues (4), Sam Reinhart (8) 2 - 2
3rd Period
06:49 NYR Rick Nash (13) Ryan McDonagh (21), Nick Holden (6) 2 - 3
14:59 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (3) PP Kyle Okposo (18), Jack Eichel (25) 3 - 3
16:02 NYR Pavel Buchnevich (12) Mika Zibanejad (12), Rick Nash (10) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:13 BUF Casey Nelson Cross checking 2
17:49 NYR Brendan Smith Tripping 2
2nd Period
06:08 BUF Casey Nelson Holding 2
11:21 NYR Mats Zuccarello High sticking 2
14:56 NYR Kevin Shattenkirk Cross checking 2
14:56 BUF Sam Reinhart Embellishment 2
16:52 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Roughing 2
16:52 NYR Brendan Smith Roughing 2
3rd Period
13:43 NYR Brendan Smith Delaying game puck over glass 2
19:21 NYR Mats Zuccarello Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 70 51 37 3 2.8 47.9
New York Rangers 61 47 34 4 3.2 52.1

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdNew 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: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · New York Rangers: 3.2 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 18:41 of 1st, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 17:10 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 14:59 of 3rd, a 4% chanceNYR goal, 1:24 of 1st, a 20% chanceNYR goal, 8:26 of 2nd, a 8% chanceNYR goal, 6:49 of 3rd, a 27% chanceNYR goal, 16:02 of 3rd, a 15% chanceNYR 3.2BUF 2.8

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
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Jack Eichel11:0843.522.00-2
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues11:0517.62.90-0
Jason Pominville · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane11:0376.246.40-0
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson7:3044.470.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen17:1247.242.40-1
Justin Falk · Jake McCabe16:4538.726.51-2
Josh Gorges · Casey Nelson9:4557.133.00-0

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
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 1 2 -2 0 1 0 19:24 0.20 12-15 0.32-1.10
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 -2 0 6 3 21:18 0.50 17-16 0.62-1.09
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 18:24 0.40 5-16 0.04-0.66
42 Justin Falk D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 17:00 0.03 12-19 0.42-1.16
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 -1 2 5 4 26:18 0.25 17-19 0.56-0.76
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:27 7-14 0.06-0.43
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:07 0.02 13-12 0.28-0.46
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 23:48 0.15 21-20 0.81-0.79
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 12:46 0.02 13-11 0.21-0.44
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:21 0.05 8-10 0.48-0.20
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 09:21 0.40 8-13 0.48-0.28
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 22:40 16-21 0.60-1.25
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:24 0.00 3-15 0.01-0.48
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:15 0.01 20-6 0.60-0.34
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 14:06 0.22 12-16 0.29-1.12
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 07:38 0.14 8-11 0.48-0.20
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:12 0.21 16-7 0.29-0.59
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 7 3 17:17 0.24 22-9 0.64-0.59
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner L 34 30 4 58:03 2.94 -1.06

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael Grabner · Peter Holland · Jesper Fast11:3482.696.50-0
Rick Nash · Mika Zibanejad · Pavel Buchnevich10:0447.879.93-0
Mats Zuccarello · J.T. Miller · Vinni Lettieri9:310.00.00-0
David Desharnais · Paul Carey · Jimmy Vesey5:0566.730.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan McDonagh · Nick Holden15:2845.240.21-0
Steven Kampfer · Brady Skjei14:1137.970.11-0
Kevin Shattenkirk · Brendan Smith13:1276.094.21-0

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
61 Rick Nash L 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 15:36 0.70 12-15 0.96-0.29
89 Pavel Buchnevich L 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 13:41 0.15 11-12 0.96-0.24
10 J.T. Miller C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:34 0.08 6-21 0.32-0.71
5 Nick Holden D 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 20:23 0.12 15-17 0.73-1.01
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 22:30 0.15 17-17 0.86-1.01
51 David Desharnais C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:29 0.02 14-6 0.32-0.43
93 Mika Zibanejad C 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 17:04 0.23 13-14 1.06-0.27
7 Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 1 6 4 3 18:29 0.18 21-10 0.78-0.12
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:17 20-7 0.81-0.06
12 Peter Holland C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:45 0.13 19-5 0.77-0.04
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:06 14-8 0.32-0.50
34 Paul Carey C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:37 0.04 12-6 0.42-0.42
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 20:08 0.16 6-24 0.16-0.74
40 Michael Grabner L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:59 0.14 19-4 0.77-0.03
44 Steven Kampfer D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 18:03 12-23 0.78-0.39
71 Jesper Fast R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:58 0.39 19-4 0.77-0.03
76 Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:40 0.03 14-19 0.82-0.32
95 Vinni Lettieri C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:54 0.37 6-18 0.34-0.61
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist W 37 34 3 60:00 2.90 -0.10