New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresApr 3, 2021

Final / SOSaturday, Apr 3, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	1	1	0	0	0	2		NYR	9	9	11	1	30
BUF	1	0	1	0	1	3		BUF	10	10	8	1	29

: NYR 51BUF 60
: NYR 3.02BUF 3.53
PP goals: NYR 1BUF 0
Hits: NYR 18BUF 4
Blocks: NYR 17BUF 7
PIM: NYR 4BUF 4
: NYR 46%BUF 54%

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 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 3–2 in a shootout at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:51 together.

Points
Artemi Panarin had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:59.Panarin
Points
Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 28:08.Fox
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:51 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Panarin Fox
New line
New look for NYR: Blackwell–Rooney–Gauthier skated 10:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Rooney Gauthier
Usage
Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 19:13, +5:30 up on his 13:43 season average over 34 games.Okposo
New line
New look for NYR: Chytil–Kravtsov–Lafrenière skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Chytil Kravtsov Lafrenière
Luck
BUF scored 2 goals on 3.53 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Adam Fox (NYR) played 28:08, +3:29 up on his 24:39 season average over 54 games.Fox

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 111 of 111 attempts · BUF 60 · NYR 51

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 24% of the game, BUF 46%.

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
	46	56
	2.47	3.66
	2.39	3.51
	10	16
	6	5
	5	14
	−0.064	+0.065
	24%	46%

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
11:1260% CF
L2Blackwell – Rooney – Gauthier
10:1344% CF
L3Strome – Panarin – Kakko
9:5136% CF
L4Chytil – Kravtsov – Lafrenière
8:4547% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
18:5952% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
18:1750% CF
D3Smith – Hajek
11:5214% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:51100% CF
PP2Blackwell – Trouba – Buchnevich – Miller – Kakko
1:26100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
2:26
PK2FBlackwell – Rooney
1:15
PK1DFox – Lindgren
2:40
PK2DSmith – Trouba
0:37

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Hall – Thompson – Mittelstadt
13:4336% CF
L2Okposo – Reinhart – Olofsson
10:2833% CF
L3Sheahan – Skinner – Asplund
9:0883% CF
L4Eakin – Rieder – Fogarty
8:5380% CF
D1Miller – Montour
17:2252% CF
D2Ristolainen – Bryson
15:5362% CF
D3Jokiharju – Dahlin
13:5838% CF

PP1Hall – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Dahlin
2:5289% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Miller – Thompson – Mittelstadt
0:5550% CF
PK1FOkposo – Sheahan
3:21
PK2FEakin – Rieder
1:00
PK1DRistolainen – Bryson
3:27
PK2DMontour – Jokiharju
0:54

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: 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
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.46	1	0	0	20:28	—	—	60	55
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.45	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	54	57
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.21	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	55	46
Colin Blackwell C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	2	0	17:59	—	—	39	24
Kevin Rooney C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	30	23
Julien Gauthier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	4	1	0	12:47	—	—	40	43
Artemi Panarin L	L3	2	0	2	-1	3	0.16	0	2	0	17:59	—	—	42	34
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	40	29
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	0	2	14:02	—	—	33	22
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	50	53
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	12:02	—	—	44	53
Vitali Kravtsov R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	10:45	—	—	55	62
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	2	2	23:33	—	—	53	47
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	4	4	0	22:36	—	—	52	47
Adam Fox D	D2	0	2	2	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	28:08	—	—	50	49
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	0	5	0	22:47	—	—	49	53
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:17	—	—	13	3
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	12:48	—	—	12	3

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	O	29	27	2	.931	3.53	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	1	1	2	19:48	—	—	39	41
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	35	39
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	37	35
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.49	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	52	58
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.52	0	1	0	19:13	—	—	48	61
Victor Olofsson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	44	52
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	75	79
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	77	64
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	71	70
Tobias Rieder L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	75	91
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	11:37	—	—	71	85
Steven Fogarty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	86	98
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	0	1	0	21:06	—	—	57	59
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	2	19:29	—	—	57	62
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.28	1	0	0	26:47	—	—	64	71
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	63	71
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.22	0	1	0	20:13	—	—	44	48
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	16:49	—	—	35	40

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.02	65:00

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.

New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresApr 3, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

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

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