New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresDec 10, 2021

FinalFriday, Dec 10, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	1	0	2		NYR	12	12	7	31
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	6	13	18	37

: NYR 48BUF 59
: NYR 2.48BUF 2.89
PP goals: NYR 1BUF 0
Hits: NYR 17BUF 5
Blocks: NYR 16BUF 10
PIM: NYR 11BUF 11
: NYR 53%BUF 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Buffalo Sabres 2–1

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 2–1 at BUF. Adam Fox (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:10 together.

Points
Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:01.Fox
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:10 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Panarin Fox
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +11 against a season average of 26.0; the win.Georgiev
New line
New look for BUF: Eakin–Girgensons–Hinostroza skated 8:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Girgensons Hinostroza
New line
New look for BUF: Jankowski–Hayden–Asplund skated 7:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (88.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski Hayden Asplund
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 2.89 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) played 9:53, −4:10 down on his 14:03 season average over 78 games.Lafrenière
Usage
Artemi Panarin (NYR) played 16:08, −3:07 down on his 19:15 season average over 74 games.Panarin

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 107 of 107 attempts · BUF 59 · NYR 48

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 23% of the game, BUF 37%.

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
	52	56
	1.96	3.06
	1.90	2.90
	12	13
	6	5
	2	10
	+0.007	−0.007
	23%	37%

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 – Kakko
14:4852% CF
L2Strome – Hunt – Panarin
11:4653% CF
L3Reaves – Goodrow – Rooney
9:4133% CF
L4Gauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière
7:3960% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
17:2159% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
16:0034% CF
D3Nemeth – Lundkvist
11:0156% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
1:10100% CF
PP2Trouba – Chytil – Lundkvist – Kakko – Lafrenière
1:07100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Rooney
2:02
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:15
PK1DFox – Lindgren
2:41
PK2DNemeth – Miller
0:45

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson
14:1553% CF
L2Okposo – Murray – Cozens
10:4969% CF
L3Eakin – Girgensons – Hinostroza
8:1530% CF
L4Jankowski – Hayden – Asplund
7:0089% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
18:5642% CF
D2Miller – Bryson
14:5457% CF
D3Pysyk – Butcher
12:2767% CF

PP1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
2:44100% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Asplund – Murray – Bryson
0:45
PK1FJankowski – Asplund
1:25
PK2FEakin – Girgensons
0:52
PK1DJokiharju – Dahlin
1:08
PK2DPysyk – Bryson
0:52

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	1	0	1	-1	3	0.55	0	0	0	20:26	—	—	48	40
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	52	43
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	52	43
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	50	29
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	50	34
Dryden Hunt L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	13:33	—	—	47	17
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	3	7	17:20	—	—	33	35
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	15:34	—	—	38	41
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	2	11:24	—	—	35	15
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	0	1	0	10:52	—	—	59	44
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	50	41
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.31	2	0	0	9:39	—	—	61	53
Adam Fox D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	24:01	—	—	67	54
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	23:04	—	—	53	36
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	3	0	21:08	—	—	32	23
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	3	2	20:26	—	—	31	22
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	17:24	—	—	48	56
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	57	49

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	2.89	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	49	47
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	0	1	0	20:30	—	—	53	47
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	8	0.71	1	0	0	19:58	—	—	53	47
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	0	1	2	19:40	—	—	44	66
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.09	0	0	2	18:14	—	—	57	65
Brett Murray L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.40	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	59	63
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	0	0	12:25	—	—	44	75
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:14	—	—	43	63
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:00	—	—	29	51
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.35	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	52	85
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	69	81
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	8:21	—	—	90	100
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	2	0	25:54	—	—	43	37
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:39	—	—	45	55
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	18:44	—	—	52	65
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	18:05	—	—	60	75
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	58	62
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	2	15:16	—	—	68	71

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.48	58:48

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 SabresDec 10, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers edge Buffalo Sabres 2–1

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