New York Rangers vs. Buffalo SabresOct 9, 2025

FinalThursday, Oct 9, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	3	4		NYR	16	5	12	33
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	11	14	12	37

: NYR 60BUF 68
: NYR 2.45BUF 2.37
PP goals: NYR 0BUF 0
Hits: NYR 28BUF 24
Blocks: NYR 16BUF 12
PIM: NYR 10BUF 8
: NYR 65%BUF 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–0 at BUF. Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Vincent Trocheck (NYR) played 7:48, −12:57 down on his 20:45 season average over 66 games.

Points
Alexis Lafrenière had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:54.Lafrenière
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:52.Miller
Usage
Vincent Trocheck (NYR) played 7:48, −12:57 down on his 20:45 season average over 66 games.Trocheck
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.37 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Igor Shesterkin (NYR) faced 37 shots and stopped 37 (.1000), +9 against a season average of 27.9; the win.Shesterkin
Luck
NYR scored 4 goals on 2.45 expected goals (60 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Carson Soucy (NYR) played 19:40, +3:11 up on his 16:29 season average over 75 games.Soucy
Usage
Jason Zucker (BUF) played 19:23, +3:49 up on his 15:34 season average over 61 games.Zucker

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 128 of 128 attempts · BUF 68 · NYR 60

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 33% of the game, BUF 32%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against NYR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYR	BUF
	49	60
	1.65	1.45
	1.62	1.41
	5	4
	1	4
	16	18
	+0.111	−0.111
	33%	32%

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

L1Sheary – Raddysh – Laba
5:3887% CF
L2Carrick – Edstrom – Rempe
5:3364% CF
L3Zibanejad – Miller – Cuylle
5:1460% CF
L4Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
4:4333% CF
D1Gavrikov – Fox
13:3558% CF
D2Vaakanainen – Schneider
13:2646% CF
D3Soucy – Borgen
12:0033% CF

PP1Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
3:5283% CF
PP2Sheary – Panarin – Schneider – Cuylle – Rempe
1:49100% CF
PK1FMiller – Sheary
1:26
PK2FCarrick – Raddysh
1:16
PK1DGavrikov – Fox
3:21
PK2DSoucy – Borgen
2:30

Current NYR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Quinn – Kulich
5:4460% CF
L2Zucker – Thompson – Norris
5:2563% CF
L3Malenstyn – Danforth – Krebs
2:1060% CF
L4Geertsen – McLeod – Doan
0:00
D1Dahlin – Byram
15:0777% CF
D2Timmins – Samuelsson
12:5552% CF
D3Bryson – Johnson
9:1628% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin
4:47100% CF
PP2McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Doan – Kulich
2:5375% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
3:06
PK2FMalenstyn – Danforth
1:16
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
3:36
PK2DDahlin – Byram
1:36

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:43
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Vincent Trocheck, Artemi Panarin)wrist0.21 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Soucy, Panarin, Borgen, LafrenièreBUF: Geertsen, Malenstyn, Bryson, McLeod, Johnson
NYR 1 – 0 BUF

3rd period

14:46
NYRCarson Soucy (Will Borgen, J.T. Miller)wrist0.06 xG
NYR: Miller, Soucy, Panarin, Borgen, RempeBUF: McLeod, Dahlin, Krebs, Byram, Doan
NYR 2 – 0 BUF
17:11
NYRJ.T. Miller (Braden Schneider, Alexis Lafrenière)tip-in0.09 xG
NYR: Miller, Panarin, Gavrikov, Schneider, LafrenièreBUF: Malenstyn, Danforth, Timmins, Samuelsson, Krebs
NYR 3 – 0 BUF
17:25
NYRAdam FoxEN (Sam Carrick)wrist0.33 xG
NYR: Carrick, Miller, Gavrikov, Fox, CuylleBUF: Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, McLeod, Dahlin, Byram
NYR 4 – 0 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
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:21	—	—	60	29
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	59	39
Noah Laba C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	0	13:21	—	—	53	39
Sam Carrick C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	12:36	—	—	46	78
Adam Edstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	58	69
Matt Rempe C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	5	1	0	9:30	—	—	58	83
J.T. Miller C	L3	1	1	2	+3	1	0.25	4	0	0	19:52	—	—	39	58
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	18:57	—	—	40	53
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	2	2	4	16:24	—	—	39	39
Artemi Panarin L	L4	0	1	1	+3	2	0.18	0	0	0	21:10	—	—	28	57
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	1	1	2	+2	5	0.56	1	0	0	15:54	—	—	27	58
Vincent Trocheck C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	2	0	7:48	—	—	31	56
Adam Fox D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.40	0	4	0	23:17	—	—	54	49
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	0	0	21:23	—	—	59	54
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	6	0	2	18:49	—	—	47	53
Urho Vaakanainen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	2	15:00	—	—	45	47
Carson Soucy D	D3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.06	1	0	0	19:40	—	—	33	60
Will Borgen D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	2	1	2	16:23	—	—	33	61

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	37	37	0	.1000	2.37	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	-1	6	0.09	0	0	0	22:32	—	—	60	43
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	59	54
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	16:42	—	—	61	37
Tage Thompson C	L2	-1	5	0.55	1	0	2	19:34	—	—	48	74
Jason Zucker L	L2	-1	5	0.24	3	0	2	19:23	—	—	63	57
Josh Norris C	L2	0	4	0.30	1	0	0	18:51	—	—	50	78
Peyton Krebs C	L3	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:55	—	—	47	37
Justin Danforth R	L3	-1	2	0.05	0	2	2	9:33	—	—	60	22
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	-2	1	0.00	4	0	0	8:24	—	—	44	1
Ryan McLeod C	L4	-3	2	0.37	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	48	28
Josh Doan R	L4	-1	2	0.30	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	60	51
Mason Geertsen L	L4	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	4:26	—	—	38	1
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-2	4	0.34	3	1	0	25:06	—	—	68	69
Bowen Byram D	D1	-2	1	0.03	3	0	0	24:46	—	—	76	61
Conor Timmins D	D2	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:38	—	—	56	51
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	-1	1	0.01	3	2	0	19:26	—	—	53	54
Jacob Bryson D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:58	—	—	23	9
Ryan Johnson D	D3	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	11:16	—	—	29	20

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	2.12	59:51

Goal anatomy

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

Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) 1st 11:43 · assists Vincent Trocheck, Artemi Panarin · Forecheck turnover · 4.4 mph shot.

Alexis Lafrenière · 1st 11:43 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Adam Fox · 3rd 17:25 · NYR EN

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.0 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Carson Soucy · 3rd 14:46 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 62.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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J.T. Miller · 3rd 17:11 · NYR

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s
Type: deflection

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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.