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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Feb 7, 2020 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 28
New York Rangers 2 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:26 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (10) Colin Miller (8) 1 - 0
2nd Period
15:16 BUF Sam Reinhart (20) Jack Eichel (36), Jimmy Vesey (9) 2 - 0
3rd Period
11:56 BUF Jimmy Vesey (8) Jack Eichel (37) 3 - 0
17:07 NYR Mika Zibanejad (22) Artemi Panarin (45), Marc Staal (6) 3 - 1
18:20 NYR Chris Kreider (20) PP Kaapo Kakko (11), Mika Zibanejad (25) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
10:21 NYR Artemi Panarin Holding 2
3rd Period
03:18 BUF Henri Jokiharju Holding 2
18:02 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 58 41 28 3 3.0 47.3
New York Rangers 67 49 39 2 3.6 52.7

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: 3.0 expected, 3 scored · New York Rangers: 3.6 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 10:26 of 1st, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 15:16 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 11:56 of 3rd, a 12% chanceNYR goal, 17:07 of 3rd, a 8% chanceNYR goal, 18:20 of 3rd, a 29% chanceNYR 3.6BUF 3.0

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
Jimmy Vesey · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel12:3952.259.22-0
Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson · Zemgus Girgensons10:3563.651.00-0
Michael Frolik · Marcus Johansson · Conor Sheary10:1526.120.80-0
Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar · Evan Rodrigues6:0553.852.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Brandon Montour19:1448.932.61-0
Jake McCabe · Henri Jokiharju17:2839.339.81-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin12:1251.940.71-1

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
26 Jimmy Vesey L 1 1 2 2 0 4 3 15:32 0.31 14-14 0.60-0.56
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 21:29 0.08 17-18 0.79-0.79
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 19:36 0.57 15-16 0.63-0.74
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 17:26 0.22 21-11 0.50-0.46
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:29 0.02 17-17 0.47-0.76
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 09:44 0.08 10-11 0.30-0.69
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:45 0.13 17-9 0.41-0.34
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:45 10-11 0.30-0.54
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 21:04 0.01 12-20 0.48-0.83
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:52 0.07 19-12 0.33-0.72
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:16 12-18 0.47-0.74
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:18 0.20 15-13 0.46-0.53
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:16 0.07 6-18 0.18-0.80
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:20 0.17 10-9 0.24-0.63
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 24:19 0.01 22-26 0.60-1.44
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 22:55 0.17 26-25 0.72-1.38
67 Michael Frolik R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:19 0.01 8-20 0.23-0.91
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:15 9-22 0.31-0.84
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton W 39 37 2 60:00 3.62 +1.62

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jesper Fast · Ryan Strome · Artemi Panarin11:1642.946.50-0
Chris Kreider · Mika Zibanejad · Pavel Buchnevich8:0566.771.30-0
Phillip Di Giuseppe · Brendan Lemieux · Filip Chytil5:5442.970.60-0
Greg McKegg · Brett Howden · Kaapo Kakko4:0540.063.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brady Skjei · Jacob Trouba17:4245.961.90-0
Adam Fox · Ryan Lindgren14:4962.572.91-1
Marc Staal · Tony DeAngelo11:0544.476.50-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
93 Mika Zibanejad C 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 20:47 0.53 12-15 0.72-0.55
22 Chris Kreider L 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 18:41 0.39 12-15 0.61-0.54
10 Artemi Panarin L 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 20:52 0.27 14-19 0.66-0.51
18 Marc Staal D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 3 15:23 0.01 8-17 0.75-0.57
84 Kaapo Kakko R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 14:29 0.30 18-8 0.92-0.32
14 Greg McKegg C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:13 0.59 10-10 0.65-0.27
21 Brett Howden C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:00 0.07 10-7 0.96-0.21
22 Ryan Strome C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:09 0.34 15-15 0.43-0.50
23 Adam Fox D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:12 0.06 29-17 1.16-0.50
28 Brendan Lemieux L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 13:52 0.22 18-13 0.86-0.25
34 Phillip Di Giuseppe L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 13:44 0.07 21-17 0.89-0.33
55 Ryan Lindgren D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:13 24-12 0.87-0.31
65 Jacob Trouba D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:10 0.03 20-23 0.99-0.61
71 Jesper Fast R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:12 0.08 14-17 0.43-0.67
72 Filip Chytil C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11:59 0.33 16-12 0.51-0.28
76 Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 19:29 0.14 18-21 0.81-0.65
77 Tony DeAngelo D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:02 0.02 17-12 0.91-0.37
89 Pavel Buchnevich L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:36 0.17 14-8 0.61-0.38
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Alexandar Georgiev L 28 25 3 57:57 2.12 -0.88