New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresDec 11, 2024

FinalWednesday, Dec 11, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	2	3		NYR	11	12	5	28
BUF	0	0	2	2		BUF	7	8	16	31

: NYR 62BUF 76
: NYR 2.86BUF 3.27
PP goals: NYR 1BUF 0
Hits: NYR 33BUF 19
Blocks: NYR 20BUF 18
PIM: NYR 9BUF 13
: NYR 54%BUF 46%

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

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at BUF. Adam Fox (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:24 together.

Points
Adam Fox had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 24:14.Fox
Points
Owen Power had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:33.Power
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:24 together.Kreider Trocheck Zibanejad Panarin Fox
Usage
K'Andre Miller (NYR) played 13:42, −8:22 down on his 22:04 season average over 73 games.Miller
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Peyton Krebs (BUF) played 17:10, +3:17 up on his 13:53 season average over 80 games.Krebs
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Kaapo Kakko (NYR) played 12:22, −3:17 down on his 15:39 season average over 78 games.Kakko
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Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 15:58, −3:23 down on his 19:21 season average over 61 games.Samuelsson
Cats
Adam Fox (NYR) blocked 5 shots in 24:14.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 138 of 138 attempts · BUF 76 · NYR 62

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 29% of the game, BUF 38%.

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
	61	70
	2.45	2.53
	2.42	2.42
	16	14
	6	8
	17	24
	+0.027	−0.027
	29%	38%

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

L1Chytil – Kakko – Cuylle
10:1339% CF
L2Kreider – Smith – Zibanejad
9:4628% CF
L3Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
8:5973% CF
L4Carrick – Edstrom – Berard
7:1556% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
14:3456% CF
D2Jones – Mancini
10:2248% CF
D3Miller – Schneider
10:0244% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:2475% CF
PP2Smith – Chytil – Jones – Lafrenière – Cuylle
2:3475% CF
PK1FSmith – Trocheck
2:49
PK2FCarrick – Cuylle
0:47
PK1DMiller – Schneider
1:04
PK2DFox – Lindgren
0:52

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Cozens – Kulich – Benson
8:4273% CF
L2Zucker – Greenway – McLeod
8:2959% CF
L3Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
6:4354% CF
L4Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn – Krebs
4:1418% CF
D1Byram – Johnson
9:0343% CF
D2Clifton – Samuelsson
8:1454% CF
D3Jokiharju – Power
6:4553% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Krebs – Cozens – Power
2:34100% CF
PP2Krebs – Byram – Peterka – Kulich – Benson
1:04100% CF
PK1FGreenway – McLeod
1:42
PK2FTuch – Malenstyn
1:04
PK1DClifton – Byram
2:28
PK2DSamuelsson – Power
1:06

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:01
NYRMika ZibanejadPP (Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox)wrist0.07 xG
NYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, FoxBUF: Tuch, McLeod, Byram, Power
NYR 1 – 0 BUF

3rd period

13:29
NYRReilly Smith (Adam Fox, Sam Carrick)snap0.56 xG
NYR: Kreider, Smith, Carrick, Fox, JonesBUF: Zucker, McLeod, Byram, Power, Benson
NYR 2 – 0 BUF
15:09
BUFOwen Power (Peyton Krebs, Bowen Byram)wrist0.08 xG
NYR: Carrick, Lindgren, Edstrom, Berard, ManciniBUF: Zucker, Greenway, Krebs, Byram, Power
NYR 2 – 1 BUF
17:58
NYRAdam FoxEN (Vincent Trocheck)wrist0.18 xG
NYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Fox, LindgrenBUF: Greenway, McLeod, Krebs, Byram, Kulich, Benson
NYR 3 – 1 BUF
19:22
BUFTage Thompson (Owen Power, JJ Peterka)slap0.09 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, CuylleBUF: Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Cozens, Peterka, Power
NYR 3 – 2 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
Will Cuylle L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	4	3	0	16:56	—	—	44	37
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	13:58	—	—	38	30
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	0	12:22	—	—	41	36
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.65	2	2	0	17:53	—	—	33	57
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.40	2	0	2	17:47	—	—	35	42
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	3	1	0	16:01	—	—	36	65
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.38	2	1	5	21:59	—	—	57	62
Artemi Panarin L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	67	86
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	5	0	0	14:43	—	—	74	89
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	11:11	—	—	46	51
Brett Berard L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	10:38	—	—	48	26
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	1	0	9:57	—	—	42	18
Adam Fox D	D1	1	2	3	+1	1	0.18	1	5	0	24:14	—	—	63	74
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	22:26	—	—	44	31
Victor Mancini D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	44	45
Zac Jones D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	2	0	16:43	—	—	42	63
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	4	0	0	20:12	—	—	39	33
K'Andre Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	13:42	—	—	48	47

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.27	59:58

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	62	54
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	66	33
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	62	58
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	2	2	0	18:08	—	—	58	47
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	0	1	0	16:46	—	—	55	35
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	5	1	2	14:16	—	—	62	68
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.33	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	48	65
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.49	3	0	0	19:48	—	—	50	60
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.38	0	2	0	15:17	—	—	48	49
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	41	59
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:36	—	—	17	14
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	5	6:43	—	—	21	43
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.10	0	3	0	25:25	—	—	55	50
Ryan Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	4	17:25	—	—	49	65
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	2	16:39	—	—	44	40
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:58	—	—	53	42
Owen Power D	D3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.47	1	0	0	22:33	—	—	63	50
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	15:58	—	—	55	59

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.68	57:35

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mika Zibanejad (NYR PP) 1st 7:01 · assists Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Forecheck turnover · 66.3 mph shot.

Mika Zibanejad · 1st 7:01 · NYR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 66.3 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Reilly Smith · 3rd 13:29 · NYR

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 6.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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Owen Power · 3rd 15:09 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 64.4 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Adam Fox · 3rd 17:58 · NYR EN

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 0.0 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 19:22 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.