New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresJan 28, 2021

Final / OTThursday, Jan 28, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	1	1	0	1	3		NYR	15	9	14	1	39
BUF	1	0	1	0	2		BUF	5	4	15	1	25

: NYR 64BUF 39
: NYR 3.04BUF 1.00
PP goals: NYR 0BUF 1
Hits: NYR 16BUF 16
Blocks: NYR 12BUF 14
PIM: NYR 10BUF 8
: NYR 47%BUF 53%

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. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:35 together.

Points
Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:06.Panarin
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:41.Reinhart
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:35 together.Hall Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +9 against a season average of 29.6; the overtime loss.Ullmark
New line
New look for NYR: Di Giuseppe–Lemieux–Rooney skated 4:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Di Giuseppe Lemieux Rooney
Usage
Kaapo Kakko (NYR) played 9:55, −4:32 down on his 14:27 season average over 47 games.Kakko
Usage
Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 10:12, −3:47 down on his 13:59 season average over 34 games.Okposo
Usage
Phillip Di Giuseppe (NYR) played 7:42, −3:30 down on his 11:12 season average over 30 games.Di Giuseppe

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 103 of 103 attempts · BUF 39 · NYR 64

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 46% of the game, BUF 19%.

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
	50	36
	2.03	0.98
	1.94	0.97
	8	4
	1	1
	10	6
	−0.025	+0.025
	46%	19%

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

L1Blackwell – Strome – Panarin
7:1163% CF
L2Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière
6:2050% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Lemieux – Rooney
4:3158% CF
L4Kreider – Howden – Kakko
3:4857% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
13:3643% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
12:3958% CF
D3Smith – DeAngelo
9:4458% CF

PP1Zibanejad – Buchnevich – DeAngelo – Panarin – Fox
5:1589% CF
PP2Kreider – Strome – Trouba – Miller – Lafrenière
0:21
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
2:14
PK2FKreider – Strome
1:18
PK1DSmith – Trouba
3:30
PK2DFox – Lindgren
1:14

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Sheahan – Skinner – Lazar
8:5435% CF
L2Okposo – Eakin – Rieder
8:5330% CF
L3Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
5:0080% CF
L4Staal – Hall – Cozens
3:0475% CF
D1Irwin – Montour
16:2547% CF
D2McCabe – Ristolainen
12:3430% CF
D3Miller – Dahlin
12:1850% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
3:35100% CF
PP2Staal – Skinner – Miller – Ristolainen – Cozens
2:2367% CF
PK1FEakin – Rieder
2:21
PK2FSheahan – Lazar
2:16
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
4:22
PK2DMiller – Montour
0:49

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
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.52	0	0	0	21:06	—	—	65	80
Colin Blackwell C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	2	15:53	—	—	54	66
Ryan Strome C	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.09	0	0	2	15:49	—	—	67	92
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	2	0	22:19	—	—	61	87
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.61	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	52	77
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.65	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	52	72
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	10:54	—	—	45	23
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	7:42	—	—	71	57
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	2	7:37	—	—	60	32
Chris Kreider L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:20	—	—	59	54
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	0	0	13:03	—	—	56	50
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	9:55	—	—	71	72
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	1	0	24:52	—	—	44	61
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	1	4	19:13	—	—	45	52
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	3	0	20:49	—	—	58	79
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	20:12	—	—	70	79
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	+2	5	0.12	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	76	71
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	53	53

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.00	62:47

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Riley Sheahan C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	32	29
Curtis Lazar C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:45	—	—	27	26
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	1	2	13:43	—	—	36	37
Tobias Rieder L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:16	—	—	15	5
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	17	6
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:12	—	—	25	9
Sam Reinhart C	L3	1	1	2	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	60	43
Jack Eichel C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.21	1	0	2	17:52	—	—	71	50
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.20	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	73	62
Taylor Hall L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	62	47
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:53	—	—	60	62
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:17	—	—	44	40
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	21:33	—	—	45	42
Matt Irwin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	1	2	17:42	—	—	47	43
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	0	23:41	—	—	32	10
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	5	2	18:40	—	—	28	9
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	50	50
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	18:29	—	—	52	50

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	O	39	36	3	.923	3.04	62:47

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 28, 2021

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