New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresJan 1, 2018

Final / OTMonday, Jan 1, 2018· Citi Field

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	2	0	0	1	3		NYR	16	10	12	4	42
BUF	0	1	1	0	2		BUF	13	11	8	1	33

: NYR 61BUF 58
: NYR 2.85BUF 2.54
PP goals: NYR 1BUF 1
Hits: NYR 27BUF 32
Blocks: NYR 10BUF 11
PIM: NYR 8BUF 6
: NYR 45%BUF 55%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Rangers edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime at BUF. Rasmus Ristolainen (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 6:13 together.

Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:30.Miller
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:00.Ristolainen
Points
Kyle Okposo had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:55.Okposo
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 6:13 together.Okposo O'Reilly Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel
Goalie
Robin Lehner (BUF) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +13 against a season average of 29.4; the overtime loss.Lehner
New line
New look for NYR: Carey–Fast–Nieves skated 8:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carey Fast Nieves
Usage
Marc Staal (NYR) played 22:34, +4:05 up on his 18:29 season average over 71 games.Staal
Usage
Nathan Beaulieu (BUF) played 11:52, −4:09 down on his 16:01 season average over 58 games.Beaulieu

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NYR attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · BUF 58 · NYR 61

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
NYR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 30% of the game, BUF 24%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

NYR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYR	BUF
	56	46
	2.79	1.53
	2.70	1.51
	14	7
	6	10
	11	18
	+0.028	−0.028
	30%	24%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New York Rangers

L1Grabner – Hayes – Miller
10:4363% CF
L2Nash – Zuccarello – Zibanejad
10:0725% CF
L3Desharnais – Vesey – Buchnevich
9:3959% CF
L4Carey – Fast – Nieves
8:2468% CF
D1McDonagh – Holden
12:4150% CF
D2Staal – Skjei
12:3073% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Smith
11:5042% CF

PP1Desharnais – McDonagh – Miller – Skjei – Vesey
2:1750% CF
PP2Nash – Shattenkirk – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
1:29100% CF
PK1FGrabner – Hayes
3:48
PK2FNash – Fast
2:46
PK1DStaal – McDonagh
5:13
PK2DSmith – Holden
1:02

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – O'Reilly – Kane
11:1767% CF
L2Girgensons – Reinhart – Eichel
9:4829% CF
L3Pominville – Pouliot – Rodrigues
7:4350% CF
L4Josefson – Nolan – Larsson
7:0238% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
15:3150% CF
D2Bogosian – McCabe
15:1152% CF
D3Gorges – Beaulieu
10:1750% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
6:1386% CF
PP2Pominville – Bogosian – Scandella – Kane – Rodrigues
2:5367% CF
PK1FJosefson – Larsson
1:17
PK2FO'Reilly – Kane
1:03
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
2:09
PK2DGorges – McCabe
1:44

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.50	0	0	2	18:11	—	—	52	62
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.05	2	0	0	17:30	—	—	57	67
Michael Grabner L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.53	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	58	66
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.15	1	1	0	18:31	—	—	43	62
Rick Nash L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	3	0	0	16:41	—	—	25	69
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	15:41	—	—	39	83
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	60	77
David Desharnais C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	54	69
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.46	0	2	0	11:31	—	—	57	82
Jesper Fast R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	2	1	0	12:29	—	—	62	51
Boo Nieves C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	2	0	0	10:50	—	—	70	56
Paul Carey C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	3	0	0	9:50	—	—	59	50
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	1	2	25:15	—	—	50	61
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	19:13	—	—	44	62
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	1	0	22:34	—	—	75	98
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	3	2	0	20:34	—	—	60	58
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.06	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	44	45
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	2	15:41	—	—	53	51

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.54	62:43

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.30	1	0	0	22:12	—	—	65	61
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	4	0	0	20:19	—	—	64	61
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	2	2	+1	5	0.35	3	0	0	18:55	—	—	64	57
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.34	1	1	0	21:38	—	—	30	32
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.23	2	1	0	18:06	—	—	32	19
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	2	0	0	13:06	—	—	29	28
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	50	20
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	48	31
Benoit Pouliot L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:19	—	—	44	25
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	3	1	0	11:39	—	—	39	23
Jacob Josefson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	2	11:14	—	—	36	35
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:46	—	—	36	12
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.26	1	3	0	26:00	—	—	48	56
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	4	2	0	25:08	—	—	41	64
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	19:49	—	—	47	23
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	4	19:44	—	—	43	32
Josh Gorges D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	1	0	15:15	—	—	40	32
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	43	17

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	O	42	39	3	.929	2.85	62:43

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresJan 1, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

New York Rangers

Buffalo Sabres