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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Apr 25, 2021 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 34
New York Rangers 6 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:49 NYR Mika Zibanejad (17) Alexis Lafrenière (8), Ryan Lindgren (15) 0 - 1
06:16 BUF Jeff Skinner (6) Colin Miller (6), Jacob Bryson (6) 1 - 1
12:02 NYR Kaapo Kakko (7) Adam Fox (39), Filip Chytil (12) 1 - 2
17:10 NYR Mika Zibanejad (18) PP Artemi Panarin (39), Adam Fox (40) 1 - 3
2nd Period
02:05 NYR Mika Zibanejad (19) Pavel Buchnevich (23), Adam Fox (41) 1 - 4
14:47 BUF Victor Olofsson (13) PP Sam Reinhart (14), Casey Mittelstadt (8) 2 - 4
3rd Period
07:06 NYR Kaapo Kakko (8) PP Pavel Buchnevich (24), Zac Jones (1) 2 - 5
10:34 BUF Sam Reinhart (21) Rasmus Dahlin (18), Dustin Tokarski (1) 3 - 5
19:05 NYR Kevin Rooney (8) SH Brett Howden (6) 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:17 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Interference 2
2nd Period
10:49 NYR Ryan Strome Tripping 2
12:53 NYR Pavel Buchnevich High sticking 2
16:11 BUF Tobias Rieder Hooking 2
3rd Period
05:52 BUF Anders Bjork Tripping 2
14:29 NYR Vitali Kravtsov Tripping 2
18:28 NYR Ryan Strome Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 59 48 34 3 2.4 60.8
New York Rangers 47 44 29 6 4.2 39.2

How the game went

1210864202Start2nd3rdNew 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: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · New York Rangers: 4.2 expected, 6 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:16 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 14:47 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 10:34 of 3rd, a 4% chanceNYR goal, 4:49 of 1st, a 2% chanceNYR goal, 12:02 of 1st, a 7% chanceNYR goal, 17:10 of 1st, a 13% chanceNYR goal, 2:05 of 2nd, a 5% chanceNYR goal, 7:06 of 3rd, a 23% chanceNYR goal, 19:05 of 3rd, a 50% chanceNYR 4.2BUF 2.4

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
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson11:5266.741.82-0
Anders Bjork · Dylan Cozens · Arttu Ruotsalainen10:5872.272.00-0
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt10:0046.750.70-2
Riley Sheahan · Tobias Rieder · Drake Caggiula5:3188.996.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin19:3373.564.21-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Mattias Samuelsson12:2340.040.70-2
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson11:1168.861.11-1

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 1 2 0 0 3 0 21:02 0.11 13-8 0.39-0.57
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:40 0.15 14-10 0.48-0.86
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:13 0.31 12-10 0.38-0.69
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:55 0.12 11-7 0.42-0.55
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 -3 0 2 0 18:36 0.28 8-9 0.41-0.32
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 27:17 0.24 26-9 0.98-0.50
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:54 11-5 0.42-0.27
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:38 0.02 10-1 0.41-0.01
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:05 0.13 11-4 0.41-0.08
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 08:53 0.09 9-2 0.32-0.03
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 22:18 0.09 25-10 0.89-0.50
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:24 0.03 9-15 0.43-0.78
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:52 0.27 15-9 0.64-0.37
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:42 0.14 13-11 0.52-0.65
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:33 0.09 15-7 0.65-0.49
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 18:32 0.06 8-12 0.34-0.50
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 14:11 0.23 7-8 0.31-0.30
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:33 0.05 8-8 0.32-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski L 28 23 5 58:23 3.23 -1.77

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Colin Blackwell · Ryan Strome · Artemi Panarin11:0431.316.40-0
Chris Kreider · Filip Chytil · Kaapo Kakko8:5260.072.51-0
Mika Zibanejad · Pavel Buchnevich · Alexis Lafrenière8:4250.067.32-1
Kevin Rooney · Brett Howden · Vitali Kravtsov6:0840.048.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brendan Smith · K'Andre Miller16:0636.024.71-0
Adam Fox · Libor Hajek9:5345.059.20-1
Ryan Lindgren · Zac Jones8:5621.433.00-1

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
93 Mika Zibanejad C 3 0 3 1 0 7 1 17:41 0.64 8-9 0.55-0.30
23 Adam Fox D 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 24:45 0.24 14-14 1.01-0.52
84 Kaapo Kakko R 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 13:05 0.38 10-10 0.52-0.45
89 Pavel Buchnevich L 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 15:36 0.10 9-11 0.55-0.46
25 Kevin Rooney C 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 12:14 0.13 4-6 0.31-0.15
6 Zac Jones D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 12:10 0.05 4-12 0.17-0.33
10 Artemi Panarin L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:45 0.28 7-21 0.16-0.98
13 Alexis Lafrenière L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:03 0.22 8-9 0.55-0.28
21 Brett Howden C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10:56 2-4 0.03-0.11
55 Ryan Lindgren D 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 21:05 8-12 0.44-0.32
72 Filip Chytil C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 13:19 0.36 11-12 0.58-0.47
7 Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 21:36 9-22 0.28-0.94
15 Colin Blackwell C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:27 0.03 5-14 0.11-0.74
19 K'Andre Miller D 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 18:35 0.01 12-16 0.41-0.86
22 Chris Kreider L 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 16:31 0.41 12-11 0.81-0.30
22 Ryan Strome C 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 19:33 0.30 6-18 0.11-0.83
25 Libor Hajek D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:34 11-14 0.80-0.52
91 Vitali Kravtsov R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:43 0.06 5-10 0.37-0.17
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Igor Shesterkin W 34 31 3 59:56 2.45 -0.55