New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresApr 1, 2021

Final / OTThursday, Apr 1, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	0	1	1	1	3		NYR	10	15	21	1	47
BUF	1	0	1	0	2		BUF	12	2	8	1	23

: NYR 82BUF 36
: NYR 5.37BUF 2.30
PP goals: NYR 0BUF 0
Hits: NYR 8BUF 17
Blocks: NYR 7BUF 13
PIM: NYR 2BUF 8
: NYR 58%BUF 42%

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 0G 2A. Dustin Tokarski (BUF) faced 47 shots and stopped 44 (.936), +13 against a season average of 34.4; the overtime loss.

Points
Artemi Panarin had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:50.Panarin
Goalie
Dustin Tokarski (BUF) faced 47 shots and stopped 44 (.936), +13 against a season average of 34.4; the overtime loss.Tokarski
Usage
Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) played 8:11, −5:48 down on his 13:59 season average over 55 games.Lafrenière
Luck
NYR scored 3 goals on 5.37 expected goals (82 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 25:22, +5:22 up on his 20:00 season average over 55 games.Zibanejad
New line
New look for BUF: Sheahan–Skinner–Asplund skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheahan Skinner Asplund
Usage
Artemi Panarin (NYR) played 23:50, +4:18 up on his 19:32 season average over 41 games.Panarin
Usage
Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 20:37, +6:56 up on his 13:41 season average over 34 games.Okposo

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 118 of 118 attempts · BUF 36 · NYR 82

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 51% of the game, BUF 16%.

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
	70	36
	3.92	2.28
	3.50	2.09
	23	10
	1	4
	6	18
	+0.023	−0.023
	51%	16%

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 – Panarin – Kakko
11:5974% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
11:1447% CF
L3Blackwell – Di Giuseppe – Rooney
7:1492% CF
L4Gauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière
6:1653% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
16:3769% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
15:4163% CF
D3Smith – Hajek
11:5352% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
6:13100% CF
PP2Blackwell – Trouba – Buchnevich – Miller – Kakko
1:35100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
1:15
PK2FBlackwell – Rooney
0:39
PK1DFox – Lindgren
0:59
PK2DTrouba – Miller
0:47

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Eakin – Rieder – Fogarty
11:0723% CF
L2Okposo – Reinhart – Olofsson
9:5250% CF
L3Hall – Thompson – Mittelstadt
9:5139% CF
L4Sheahan – Skinner – Asplund
7:5940% CF
D1Miller – Montour
15:4029% CF
D2Ristolainen – Bryson
14:2029% CF
D3Jokiharju – Dahlin
12:5535% CF

PP1Okposo – Skinner – Miller – Thompson – Mittelstadt
1:02100% CF
PP2Hall – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Dahlin
0:440% CF
PK1FOkposo – Sheahan
6:01
PK2FEakin – Rieder
1:59
PK1DRistolainen – Bryson
4:44
PK2DMiller – Montour
0:59

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	0	2	2	+2	7	0.54	0	0	0	23:50	—	—	67	76
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.82	0	0	0	22:22	—	—	78	91
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.71	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	79	86
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.81	0	0	0	25:22	—	—	42	51
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	22:15	—	—	50	60
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	0	0	0	21:05	—	—	61	69
Colin Blackwell C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.73	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	81	89
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	2	1	0	11:31	—	—	67	69
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	2	9:18	—	—	92	100
Filip Chytil C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	10:02	—	—	63	37
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:11	—	—	60	29
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	7:16	—	—	47	17
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	1	0	22:24	—	—	71	74
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.15	2	2	0	22:15	—	—	69	72
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	28:27	—	—	65	67
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	65	61
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	13:43	—	—	66	60
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:36	—	—	54	43

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.30	64:26

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	26	36
Tobias Rieder L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	2	1	0	14:39	—	—	20	14
Steven Fogarty C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	2	2	13:31	—	—	19	17
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	20:37	—	—	44	33
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	19:20	—	—	44	36
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	44	31
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	33	33
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	38	37
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	2	13:12	—	—	42	42
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	0	1	0	15:19	—	—	33	29
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	44	59
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.58	0	0	0	10:12	—	—	44	63
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	23:00	—	—	26	18
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	2	19:41	—	—	29	19
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	2	23:57	—	—	44	65
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	21:32	—	—	27	23
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	2	0	19:43	—	—	37	49
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:52	—	—	41	37

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	O	47	44	3	.936	5.37	62:39

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 SabresApr 1, 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