New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresOct 6, 2018

FinalSaturday, Oct 6, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	1	1		NYR	14	10	20	44
BUF	1	1	1	3		BUF	7	8	14	29

: NYR 68BUF 58
: NYR 2.89BUF 3.10
PP goals: NYR 0BUF 2
Hits: NYR 18BUF 18
Blocks: NYR 13BUF 13
PIM: NYR 17BUF 13
: NYR 52%BUF 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 3–1 at home. Conor Sheary (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Ristolainen, Sheary, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:02 together.

Points
Conor Sheary had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:50.Sheary
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:45.Eichel
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Ristolainen, Sheary, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:02 together.Okposo Ristolainen Sheary Reinhart Eichel
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 44 shots and stopped 43 (.977), +13 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Hutton
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Berglund–Skinner skated 7:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Berglund Skinner
Usage
Jack Eichel (BUF) played 25:45, +5:23 up on his 20:22 season average over 76 games.Eichel
New line
New look for BUF: Girgensons–Thompson–Mittelstadt skated 5:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Girgensons Thompson Mittelstadt
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Elie–Rodrigues skated 6:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Elie Rodrigues

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 126 of 126 attempts · BUF 58 · NYR 68

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 38% of the game, BUF 27%.

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
	53	47
	2.49	1.66
	2.45	1.60
	11	6
	4	4
	6	10
	+0.013	−0.012
	38%	27%

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

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
7:3250% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hayes – Vesey
6:1329% CF
L3Spooner – Fast – Chytil
5:5162% CF
L4McLeod – Howden – Lettieri
3:0150% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Smith
13:4156% CF
D2McQuaid – Skjei
13:1558% CF
D3Staal – Pionk
10:0138% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Chytil
3:2492% CF
PP2Zuccarello – Spooner – Hayes – Vesey – Pionk
2:01100% CF
PK1FZuccarello – Zibanejad
1:09
PK2FVesey – Lettieri
0:42
PK1DStaal – Pionk
3:18
PK2DSmith – Skjei
0:51

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Sheary – Reinhart – Eichel
11:3043% CF
L2Okposo – Berglund – Skinner
7:1886% CF
L3Pominville – Elie – Rodrigues
6:1825% CF
L4Girgensons – Thompson – Mittelstadt
5:2356% CF
D1McCabe – Dahlin
14:5941% CF
D2Scandella – Ristolainen
12:1444% CF
D3Beaulieu – Nelson
10:2069% CF

PP1Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Reinhart – Eichel
4:02100% CF
PP2Skinner – Rodrigues – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
0:480% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Rodrigues
2:50
PK2FBerglund – Elie
1:50
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
4:02
PK2DMcCabe – Nelson
1:50

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
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	-1	8	0.23	0	1	2	23:04	—	—	54	64
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	2	0	2	17:12	—	—	53	66
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	1	0	15:19	—	—	57	68
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	1	2	19:42	—	—	48	63
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	2	17:06	—	—	50	65
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	35	33
Jesper Fast R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	2	0	0	17:39	—	—	56	72
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	64	66
Ryan Spooner C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.42	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	58	64
Brett Howden C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	0	1	0	12:31	—	—	61	62
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	7:53	—	—	50	39
Cody McLeod L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	0	5	5:23	—	—	50	25
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	1	0	22:23	—	—	56	54
Brendan Smith D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	57	53
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	3	2	0	21:18	—	—	57	64
Adam McQuaid D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	3	1	2	16:41	—	—	55	70
Neal Pionk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	3	0	21:16	—	—	48	65
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	41	60

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.24	57:43

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.99	1	2	2	25:45	—	—	41	37
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	54	39
Conor Sheary L	L1	2	0	2	-1	3	0.27	0	1	0	18:50	—	—	45	37
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	5	0	16:04	—	—	61	60
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	2	14:47	—	—	57	51
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	67	67
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	4	14:29	—	—	25	29
Remi Elie L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:47	—	—	39	45
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:54	—	—	14	14
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	13:52	—	—	40	32
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	11:06	—	—	47	19
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	9:48	—	—	57	43
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	1	0	21:21	—	—	40	21
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	46	34
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.13	2	0	0	26:57	—	—	45	47
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	21:58	—	—	41	37
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	14:05	—	—	63	57
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	5	11:26	—	—	61	49

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	44	43	1	.977	2.89	59:37

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 SabresOct 6, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 3–1

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

Box score

New York Rangers

Buffalo Sabres