New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresMar 11, 2023

Final / OTSaturday, Mar 11, 2023· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	0	1	0	1	2		NYR	7	5	11	3	26
BUF	0	1	0	0	1		BUF	6	13	14	0	33

: NYR 52BUF 65
: NYR 2.10BUF 3.25
PP goals: NYR 1BUF 0
Hits: NYR 24BUF 19
Blocks: NYR 22BUF 14
PIM: NYR 4BUF 4
: NYR 61%BUF 39%

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 (OT)

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 2–1 in overtime at BUF. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BUF: Cozens–Quinn–Peterka skated 11:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for BUF: Cozens–Quinn–Peterka skated 11:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cozens Quinn Peterka
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 3.25 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Girgensons–Krebs skated 10:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Girgensons Krebs
New line
New look for BUF: Olofsson–Jost–Mittelstadt skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Olofsson Jost Mittelstadt
Usage
Jimmy Vesey (NYR) played 9:53, −3:46 down on his 13:39 season average over 80 games.Vesey
Usage
Niko Mikkola (NYR) played 21:23, +4:00 up on his 17:23 season average over 80 games.Mikkola
Usage
Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) played 12:27, −3:19 down on his 15:46 season average over 81 games.Mittelstadt
Usage
Chris Kreider (NYR) played 15:01, −3:26 down on his 18:27 season average over 78 games.Kreider

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 117 of 117 attempts · BUF 65 · NYR 52

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 18% 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
	44	74
	1.18	3.83
	1.16	3.55
	6	14
	2	1
	13	13
	+0.083	−0.083
	18%	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

L1Kane – Trocheck – Panarin
11:2826% CF
L2Goodrow – Vesey – Motte
7:4850% CF
L3Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
7:1731% CF
L4Kreider – Tarasenko – Zibanejad
7:0444% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
18:3947% CF
D2Mikkola – Fox
17:4533% CF
D3Harpur – Schneider
11:1432% CF

PP1Kreider – Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Fox – Chytil
2:11100% CF
PP2Kane – Trocheck – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
1:28100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Vesey
1:24
PK2FZibanejad – Motte
1:10
PK1DMikkola – Fox
2:06
PK2DTrouba – Miller
0:47

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Greenway – Thompson
13:2753% CF
L2Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
11:2970% CF
L3Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs
10:1152% CF
L4Olofsson – Jost – Mittelstadt
9:2168% CF
D1Jokiharju – Power
15:4756% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
14:0860% CF
D3Stillman – Lyubushkin
7:1053% CF

PP1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
2:1467% CF
PP2Mittelstadt – Krebs – Quinn – Peterka – Power
1:22
PK1FOkposo – Krebs
2:17
PK2FGreenway – Jost
1:21
PK1DSamuelsson – Lyubushkin
2:39
PK2DJokiharju – Power
0:51

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:52
BUFJeff Skinner (Ilya Lyubushkin, Tage Thompson)slap0.06 xG
NYR: Goodrow, Trouba, Vesey, Motte, MillerBUF: Skinner, Greenway, Thompson, Lyubushkin, Power
NYR 0 – 1 BUF
11:28
NYRPatrick Kane (K'Andre Miller, Jacob Trouba)backhand0.01 xG
NYR: Kane, Trocheck, Trouba, Panarin, MillerBUF: Skinner, Greenway, Thompson, Jokiharju, Power
NYR 1 – 1 BUF

OT period

2:02
NYRArtemi PanarinPP (Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad)wrist0.08 xG
NYR: Kane, Zibanejad, Panarin, FoxBUF: Girgensons, Samuelsson, Lyubushkin
NYR 2 – 1 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
Patrick Kane R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	1	0	0	22:00	—	—	27	16
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	20:31	—	—	38	24
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.29	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	25	18
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	11:12	—	—	44	21
Tyler Motte C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	10:10	—	—	50	43
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	9:53	—	—	50	43
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	30	22
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	2	0	15:27	—	—	31	26
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	1	0	12:52	—	—	39	30
Mika Zibanejad C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	38	22
Chris Kreider L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	2	15:01	—	—	52	26
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	45	25
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	22:03	—	—	49	28
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	3	3	2	21:45	—	—	46	26
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	1	4	0	26:29	—	—	32	23
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	8	5	0	21:23	—	—	33	24
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	14:21	—	—	33	22
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:37	—	—	28	17

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	3.25	61:53

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.32	2	0	0	18:46	—	—	57	74
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	57	72
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	3	0	0	17:02	—	—	52	68
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	2	0	0	15:46	—	—	71	74
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.64	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	72	75
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	73	76
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	16:14	—	—	54	73
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	15:22	—	—	52	74
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	2	12:50	—	—	52	67
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	67	89
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	13:11	—	—	70	89
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	12:27	—	—	68	89
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	21:43	—	—	62	84
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:53	—	—	58	75
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	2	2	27:01	—	—	69	86
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	5	0	22:17	—	—	63	81
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	59	51
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:13	—	—	64	60

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	O	26	24	2	.923	2.10	62:02

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.