New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 11, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Rangers	3	28
Buffalo Sabres	2	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
07:01	NYR	Mika Zibanejad (6) PP	Artemi Panarin (20), Adam Fox (23)	1 - 0
3rd Period
13:29	NYR	Reilly Smith (6)	Adam Fox (24), Sam Carrick (5)	2 - 0
15:09	BUF	Owen Power (4)	Peyton Krebs (7), Bowen Byram (12)	2 - 1
17:58	NYR	Adam Fox (1)	Vincent Trocheck (10)	3 - 1
19:22	BUF	Tage Thompson (16)	Owen Power (15), JJ Peterka (10)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:20	NYR	Mika Zibanejad	Tripping	2
06:53	BUF	Connor Clifton	Interference	2
11:02	BUF	Ryan Johnson	Tripping	2
2nd Period
14:11	BUF	Jordan Greenway	Tripping	2
18:27	NYR	Ryan Lindgren	Holding	2
3rd Period
02:07	BUF	Ryan Johnson	Hooking	2
09:36	BUF	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Fighting	5
09:36	NYR	Vincent Trocheck	Fighting	5

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Rangers	65	44	28	3	3.2	49.5
Buffalo Sabres	73	53	31	2	3.2	50.5

How the game went

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: 3.2 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.2 expected, 2 scored

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.

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Filip Chytil · Kaapo Kakko · Will Cuylle	10:13	43.5	40.4	0-0
Chris Kreider · Reilly Smith · Mika Zibanejad	9:46	36.0	31.9	0-0
Vincent Trocheck · Artemi Panarin · Alexis Lafrenière	8:59	72.7	86.6	0-0
Sam Carrick · Adam Edstrom · Brett Berard	7:15	55.6	32.1	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Adam Fox · Ryan Lindgren	14:29	56.3	58.3	0-0
Zac Jones · Victor Mancini	10:16	56.5	69.2	0-0
K'Andre Miller · Braden Schneider	10:00	44.4	33.6	0-0

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
23	Adam Fox	D	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	24:14		24-14	1.43-0.49
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	17:53	0.57	12-18	0.76-0.62
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	1	0	1	1	2	5	2	17:47	0.42	12-17	0.37-0.53
10	Sam Carrick	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	11:11	0.04	12-14	0.65-0.68
10	Artemi Panarin	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	18:32	0.18	18-9	0.62-0.10
16	Vincent Trocheck	C	0	1	1	0	5	4	2	21:59	0.43	20-15	0.65-0.44
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	20:12	0.06	16-25	0.41-0.89
6	Zac Jones	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:43	0.05	17-16	0.86-0.53
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	14:43	0.17	20-7	0.68-0.09
19	K'Andre Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:42	0.03	14-15	0.33-0.51
22	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	16:01	0.10	12-16	0.79-0.53
50	Will Cuylle	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	16:56	0.18	13-14	0.59-0.75
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	22:26		20-23	0.71-1.31
65	Brett Berard	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	10:38	0.07	11-12	0.16-0.36
72	Filip Chytil	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:58	0.39	10-14	0.50-0.82
84	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:22	0.06	12-15	0.57-0.82
84	Adam Edstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	09:57	0.02	10-14	0.16-0.68
90	Victor Mancini	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	16:48	0.07	17-17	0.60-0.55

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Igor Shesterkin	W	31	29	2	59:58	3.26	+1.26

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dylan Cozens · Jiri Kulich · Zach Benson	8:42	59.1	51.8	0-0
Jason Zucker · Jordan Greenway · Ryan McLeod	8:29	59.1	67.9	0-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · JJ Peterka	6:43	53.8	47.4	0-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs	5:10	37.5	56.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Bowen Byram · Ryan Johnson	8:57	34.8	40.4	0-0
Connor Clifton · Mattias Samuelsson	8:11	50.0	39.6	0-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	7:40	65.4	56.5	1-1

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
25	Owen Power	D	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	22:33	0.51	29-19	1.27-1.14
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	20:26	0.30	15-16	0.62-0.46
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	15:17	0.36	12-13	0.35-0.39
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	17:10	0.14	12-17	0.75-0.71
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	25:25	0.12	26-27	1.02-1.06
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	16:02		18-14	0.46-0.87
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	14:16	0.36	21-13	0.94-0.31
16	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	06:43		3-11	0.16-0.32
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	18:08	0.19	21-15	1.06-0.99
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:58	0.01	17-14	0.79-0.48
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	12:49	0.42	15-14	0.45-0.43
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:58	0.02	10-9	0.29-0.45
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17:18	0.15	15-14	0.40-0.45
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	07:36		2-10	0.02-0.29
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	17:25	0.03	20-25	0.70-0.60
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	16:46	0.06	17-14	0.66-0.96
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	16:39	0.11	10-13	0.31-0.54
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	19:48	0.43	12-12	0.46-0.41

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	27	25	2	57:35	2.86	+0.86