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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Mar 24, 2018 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 44
New York Rangers 5 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:29 NYR Chris Kreider (15) Mika Zibanejad (19), Jesper Fast (18) 0 - 1
18:02 NYR Jimmy Vesey (16) Mats Zuccarello (35) 0 - 2
2nd Period
03:59 NYR Neal Pionk (1) Jimmy Vesey (8), Kevin Hayes (17) 0 - 3
08:45 NYR Mika Zibanejad (27) PP Chris Kreider (21), Neal Pionk (13) 0 - 4
14:47 NYR Jimmy Vesey (17) PP Ryan Spooner (28), Kevin Hayes (18) 0 - 5
3rd Period
15:26 BUF Sam Reinhart (20) PP Kyle Okposo (28), Ryan O'Reilly (33) 1 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
08:23 BUF Jordan Nolan Holding 2
09:17 BUF Marco Scandella Fighting 5
09:17 NYR Peter Holland Fighting 5
10:25 NYR Chris Kreider Holding 2
13:28 BUF Jack Eichel Slashing 2
3rd Period
04:50 NYR Ryan Sproul Hooking 2
14:13 NYR Mika Zibanejad Tripping 2
15:33 BUF Jordan Nolan Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 67 60 44 1 3.7 56.0
New York Rangers 47 37 23 5 2.6 44.0

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdNew 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: 3.7 expected, 1 scored · New York Rangers: 2.6 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 15:26 of 3rd, a 12% chanceNYR goal, 16:29 of 1st, a 25% chanceNYR goal, 18:02 of 1st, a 13% chanceNYR goal, 3:59 of 2nd, a 9% chanceNYR goal, 8:45 of 2nd, a 9% chanceNYR goal, 14:47 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF 3.7NYR 2.6

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 · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel9:4730.810.70-2
Benoit Pouliot · Nick Baptiste · Evan Rodrigues9:2977.896.00-0
Jason Pominville · Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson7:3261.594.40-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Scott Wilson · Sam Reinhart7:2647.636.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Victor Antipin14:5472.486.50-0
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen11:1962.555.50-0
Brendan Guhle · Casey Nelson10:5535.039.90-1

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

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 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 16:12 0.29 16-15 0.72-0.94
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 17:02 0.05 8-14 0.20-1.02
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 15:53 0.25 13-17 0.41-1.22
2 Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:21 0.07 12-16 0.69-0.68
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 17:34 0.07 23-9 1.55-0.24
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 18:45 0.12 17-15 0.72-1.08
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 19:40 0.03 13-24 0.37-1.36
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 2 4 3 19:16 0.48 10-14 0.77-0.91
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:27 0.33 17-5 1.20-0.17
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:30 0.55 17-4 1.18-0.04
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:24 0.14 13-17 0.44-1.16
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:23 0.28 18-11 0.70-0.43
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:05 0.19 12-13 0.74-0.81
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13:56 0.30 16-9 0.89-0.13
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 25:34 0.17 22-16 1.07-1.11
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:47 0.19 16-5 1.18-0.05
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 13:05 0.13 12-8 0.54-0.18
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:25 0.03 25-8 1.58-0.24
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 11 10 1 31:15 1.19 +0.19
90 Robin Lehner 12 8 4 28:45 1.45 -2.55

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Spooner · Vladislav Namestnikov · Pavel Buchnevich13:4250.026.50-0
Mats Zuccarello · Kevin Hayes · Jimmy Vesey11:5757.166.02-0
Chris Kreider · Jesper Fast · Mika Zibanejad9:5759.373.91-0
Cody McLeod · Paul Carey · Peter Holland8:4312.54.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marc Staal · Neal Pionk16:5532.424.91-0
Rob O'Gara · Brady Skjei11:2668.894.40-0
Ryan Sproul · John Gilmour7:3935.78.60-0

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
26 Jimmy Vesey L 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 15:53 0.59 13-12 0.90-0.53
4 Neal Pionk D 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 23:24 0.20 12-26 0.68-2.08
22 Chris Kreider L 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 13:14 0.26 16-13 1.13-0.42
93 Mika Zibanejad C 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 15:39 0.34 16-13 1.13-0.44
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 18:37 0.15 12-11 0.81-0.56
15 Ryan Spooner C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 17:54 0.13 14-15 0.37-0.82
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16:35 0.08 12-12 0.81-0.59
71 Jesper Fast R 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 13:51 0.58 16-13 1.13-0.45
7 Vladislav Namestnikov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:10 0.09 13-15 0.29-0.82
12 Peter Holland C 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 11:15 0.04 2-18 0.04-1.31
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:32 0.03 12-26 0.68-2.08
25 Ryan Sproul D 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 14:25 0.05 13-15 0.53-0.65
34 Paul Carey C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:48 2-16 0.04-1.13
46 Rob O'Gara D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:56 18-15 1.14-0.29
55 Cody McLeod L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:00 2-15 0.04-1.06
58 John Gilmour D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:36 0.01 13-20 0.55-0.69
76 Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 22:58 0.03 20-11 1.14-0.23
89 Pavel Buchnevich L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:03 0.01 14-14 0.37-0.80
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Alexandar Georgiev 44 43 1 59:57 3.75 +2.75