New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 22, 2025

FinalSaturday, Feb 22, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	2	0	2		NYR	8	10	10	28
BUF	5	0	3	8		BUF	16	10	7	33

: NYR 66BUF 53
: NYR 2.48BUF 3.26
PP goals: NYR 1BUF 1
Hits: NYR 28BUF 29
Blocks: NYR 11BUF 19
PIM: NYR 6BUF 8
: NYR 49%BUF 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout New York Rangers 8–2

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 8–2 at home. Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:07 together.

Points
Rasmus Dahlin had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 20:42.Dahlin
Points
Tage Thompson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:16.Thompson
Points
Jason Zucker had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 11:47.Zucker
Points
Ryan McLeod had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:18.McLeod
Points
J.T. Miller had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:45.Miller
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:07 together.Zucker Thompson Dahlin Quinn Peterka
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:52 together.Kreider Zibanejad Miller Panarin Fox
Luck
BUF scored 8 goals on 3.26 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 119 of 119 attempts · BUF 53 · NYR 66

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 34%.

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	52
	1.84	2.80
	1.74	2.77
	13	7
	4	5
	23	18
	−0.015	+0.015
	29%	34%

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

L1Trocheck – Lafrenière – Cuylle
10:2267% CF
L2Smith – Miller – Panarin
7:5053% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Kaliyev
6:3133% CF
L4Carrick – Brodzinski – Rempe
5:1050% CF
D1Borgen – Miller
16:2950% CF
D2Vaakanainen – Schneider
13:2830% CF
D3Fox – Lindgren
12:0462% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Fox
3:52100% CF
PP2Smith – Trocheck – Miller – Kaliyev – Lafrenière
2:14100% CF
PK1FTrocheck – Miller
1:51
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:36
PK1DFox – Miller
1:30
PK2DBorgen – Lindgren
1:21

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Thompson – Peterka – Kulich
13:1659% CF
L2Greenway – Cozens – Quinn
8:2467% CF
L3Zucker – Tuch – McLeod
6:4838% CF
L4Malenstyn – Krebs – Benson
6:0757% CF
D1Dahlin – Byram
14:5555% CF
D2Samuelsson – Power
13:2633% CF
D3Gilbert – Jokiharju
12:3750% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Peterka
2:07100% CF
PP2Tuch – Cozens – Power – Kulich – Benson
1:5486% CF
PK1FGreenway – McLeod
3:12
PK2FMalenstyn – Krebs
1:13
PK1DSamuelsson – Byram
3:51
PK2DGilbert – Power
1:28

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
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	5	1	0	18:04	—	—	66	51
Will Cuylle L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	5	0	0	16:48	—	—	63	38
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	66	51
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.44	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	58	35
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:45	—	—	52	34
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.22	2	0	4	14:49	—	—	55	35
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	54	49
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.46	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	48	50
Arthur Kaliyev R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:30	—	—	52	49
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	3	1	2	12:26	—	—	35	34
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	50	52
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:20	—	—	47	39
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	2	0	0	23:41	—	—	60	40
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	3	0	20:11	—	—	54	40
Urho Vaakanainen D	D2	0	0	0	-4	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	36	28
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:07	—	—	36	34
Adam Fox D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	62	40
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	1	2	0	17:42	—	—	68	40

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick	—	17	14	3	.824	1.84	41:39
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	16	11	5	.688	1.42	18:21

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.35	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	62	72
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.11	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	59	73
Tage Thompson C	L1	2	1	3	+2	4	0.70	3	0	0	17:16	—	—	52	69
Jack Quinn R	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.20	2	1	0	15:40	—	—	39	50
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.23	2	0	0	15:34	—	—	52	71
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	6	1	0	14:39	—	—	71	87
Ryan McLeod C	L3	2	0	2	+3	2	0.19	1	0	0	16:18	—	—	39	54
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	2	0	13:19	—	—	45	55
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	3	3	+2	3	0.22	4	1	0	11:47	—	—	38	48
Zach Benson L	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.31	0	0	4	14:02	—	—	47	64
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	30	35
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	4	11:50	—	—	26	20
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	1	2	0	21:16	—	—	52	70
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	2	2	4	+3	5	0.36	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	58	73
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	1	3	0	20:46	—	—	33	31
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	20:03	—	—	33	36
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	3	0	16:52	—	—	42	53
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	56	62

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.48	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Chris Kreider (NYR PP) 2nd 5:29 · assists Artemi Panarin, J.T. Miller · Deflection · 34.7 mph shot.

Chris Kreider · 2nd 5:29 · NYR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 34.7 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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Jack Quinn · 1st 1:46 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.5 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Tage Thompson · 1st 15:32 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Ryan McLeod · 1st 17:33 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 11:58 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.5 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: deflection

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Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 18:21 · BUF PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 61.9 mph
Distance: 42 ft

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Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 11:25 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 3
Shot: 8.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 3:47 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.1 mph
Distance: 54 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Ryan McLeod · 3rd 5:40 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 38.2 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Henri Jokiharju · 3rd 19:24 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.2 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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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.

New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 22, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres rout New York Rangers 8–2

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

Goal anatomy

Chris Kreider · 2nd 5:29 · NYR PP

Jack Quinn · 1st 1:46 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 1st 15:32 · BUF

Ryan McLeod · 1st 17:33 · BUF

Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 11:58 · BUF

Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 18:21 · BUF PP

Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 11:25 · NYR

Tage Thompson · 3rd 3:47 · BUF

Ryan McLeod · 3rd 5:40 · BUF

Henri Jokiharju · 3rd 19:24 · BUF