New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresJan 26, 2021

FinalTuesday, Jan 26, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	2	0	0	2		NYR	7	8	15	30
BUF	1	2	0	3		BUF	8	14	2	24

: NYR 43BUF 47
: NYR 2.93BUF 3.14
PP goals: NYR 0BUF 2
Hits: NYR 24BUF 17
Blocks: NYR 8BUF 6
PIM: NYR 8BUF 4
: NYR 30%BUF 70%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge New York Rangers 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 3–2 at home. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:02 together.

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BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:02 together.Hall Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
New line
New look for NYR: Strome–Di Giuseppe–Panarin skated 7:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Di Giuseppe Panarin
New line
New look for NYR: Howden–Kakko–Lafrenière skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Howden Kakko Lafrenière
New line
New look for NYR: Blackwell–Lemieux–Rooney skated 4:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Lemieux Rooney
Usage
Dylan Cozens (BUF) played 10:12, −4:16 down on his 14:28 season average over 40 games.Cozens
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Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 17:17, −4:24 down on his 21:41 season average over 55 games.Dahlin
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K'Andre Miller (NYR) played 17:41, −3:30 down on his 21:11 season average over 52 games.Miller
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Kevin Rooney (NYR) played 6:28, −6:00 down on his 12:28 season average over 53 games.Rooney

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 90 of 90 attempts · BUF 47 · NYR 43

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 29% of the game, BUF 40%.

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
	37	38
	2.04	1.89
	1.94	1.79
	7	13
	5	0
	10	8
	−0.188	+0.188
	29%	40%

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

L1Strome – Di Giuseppe – Panarin
7:1140% CF
L2Howden – Kakko – Lafrenière
5:5017% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
5:3675% CF
L4Blackwell – Lemieux – Rooney
4:3763% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
14:3833% CF
D2Johnson – DeAngelo
14:1553% CF
D3Trouba – Miller
14:0348% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:07100% CF
PP2Trouba – Buchnevich – DeAngelo – Kakko – Lafrenière
1:37
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
3:32
PK2FDi Giuseppe – Howden
1:23
PK1DJohnson – Trouba
2:06
PK2DFox – Lindgren
0:51

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Hall – Reinhart – Eichel
12:2753% CF
L2Okposo – Eakin – Rieder
12:0638% CF
L3Sheahan – Skinner – Lazar
8:3555% CF
L4Staal – Olofsson – Cozens
8:1663% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
17:0155% CF
D2Irwin – Montour
15:1953% CF
D3Miller – Dahlin
12:2245% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
4:02100% CF
PP2Staal – Skinner – Miller – Ristolainen – Cozens
1:19100% CF
PK1FSheahan – Lazar
1:58
PK2FEakin – Rieder
1:56
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
2:06
PK2DIrwin – Montour
1:48

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:28
NYRChris Kreider (Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.13 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Buchnevich, MillerBUF: Hall, Miller, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
NYR 1 – 0 BUF
12:50
BUFDylan CozensPP (Eric Staal, Rasmus Ristolainen)snap0.14 xG
NYR: Di Giuseppe, Trouba, Howden, MillerBUF: Staal, Skinner, Miller, Ristolainen, Cozens
NYR 1 – 1 BUF
19:53
NYRK'Andre Miller (Colin Blackwell, Brendan Lemieux)slap0.03 xG
NYR: Blackwell, Strome, DeAngelo, Lemieux, MillerBUF: Hall, Miller, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
NYR 2 – 1 BUF

2nd period

6:03
BUFTobias Rieder (Matt Irwin)wrist0.15 xG
NYR: Trouba, Buchnevich, DeAngelo, Kakko, LafrenièreBUF: Eakin, Irwin, Rieder, Montour, Cozens
NYR 2 – 2 BUF
7:31
BUFJack EichelPP (Victor Olofsson, Rasmus Dahlin)snap0.19 xG
NYR: Johnson, Zibanejad, Trouba, BuchnevichBUF: Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel, Dahlin
NYR 2 – 3 BUF

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
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	23:14	—	—	50	33
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.40	1	0	0	18:54	—	—	52	35
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	10:57	—	—	40	1
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	16:09	—	—	39	29
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	33	42
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.42	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	28	49
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.45	1	1	0	19:05	—	—	67	91
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	55	63
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.42	1	0	2	14:38	—	—	55	48
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.44	2	0	0	12:43	—	—	72	81
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:21	—	—	69	81
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	0	0	6:28	—	—	56	83
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	1	2	21:43	—	—	43	52
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	33	26
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	3	0	20:43	—	—	62	78
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	2	18:03	—	—	56	82
Jacob Trouba D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	1	0	19:57	—	—	48	41
K'Andre Miller D	D3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.05	0	1	2	17:41	—	—	52	41

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	3.14	57:41

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.43	1	0	2	18:04	—	—	50	64
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.51	0	1	0	17:48	—	—	53	64
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.60	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	53	64
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:54	—	—	39	34
Tobias Rieder L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.50	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	41	34
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	33	27
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	55	57
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:31	—	—	55	57
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	54	62
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	56	54
Eric Staal C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	58	60
Dylan Cozens C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	0	0	0	10:12	—	—	67	72
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	3	0	23:20	—	—	55	45
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	21:50	—	—	55	45
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	20:07	—	—	53	56
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	17:57	—	—	53	56
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	-2	4	0.20	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	46	43
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	15:50	—	—	46	43

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.93	60:00

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.