Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersMar 24, 2018

FinalSaturday, Mar 24, 2018· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	21	9	14	44
NYR	2	3	0	5		NYR	10	7	6	23

: BUF 67NYR 47
: BUF 3.44NYR 3.42
PP goals: BUF 1NYR 2
Hits: BUF 19NYR 16
Blocks: BUF 10NYR 7
PIM: BUF 11NYR 11
: BUF 56%NYR 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–1 at home. Jimmy Vesey (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:41 together.

Points
Jimmy Vesey had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:53.Vesey
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Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:14.Kreider
Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:39.Zibanejad
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Neal Pionk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:24.Pionk
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Kevin Hayes had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:37.Hayes
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:41 together.Okposo O'Reilly Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Namestnikov, Buchnevich and Pionk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:52 together.Kreider Zibanejad Namestnikov Buchnevich Pionk
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Girgensons–Eichel skated 9:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Girgensons Eichel

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

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · NYR 47 · BUF 67

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 33% of the game, NYR 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYR

BUF

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	BUF	NYR
	67	53
	3.16	3.81
	2.87	3.71
	14	12
	6	7
	12	24
	+0.037	−0.037
	33%	39%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Girgensons – Eichel
9:4731% CF
L2Pouliot – Baptiste – Rodrigues
9:2978% CF
L3Pominville – Nolan – Larsson
7:3262% CF
L4O'Reilly – Wilson – Reinhart
7:2648% CF
D1Gorges – Antipin
14:5472% CF
D2Scandella – Ristolainen
11:1963% CF
D3Guhle – Nelson
10:5535% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
2:41100% CF
PP2Pominville – Scandella – Girgensons – Ristolainen – Eichel
1:06100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Larsson
0:41
PK2FPouliot – Wilson
0:39
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
1:41
PK2DGorges – Nelson
0:39

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Spooner – Namestnikov – Buchnevich
13:4250% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hayes – Vesey
11:5757% CF
L3Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad
9:5759% CF
L4McLeod – Carey – Holland
8:4313% CF
D1Staal – Pionk
17:0132% CF
D2O'Gara – Skjei
11:2669% CF
D3Sproul – Gilmour
7:3936% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Namestnikov – Buchnevich – Pionk
1:5267% CF
PP2Zuccarello – Spooner – Hayes – Skjei – Vesey
1:4950% CF
PK1FHayes – Fast
2:20
PK2FZuccarello – Zibanejad
1:29
PK1DStaal – Pionk
3:18
PK2DO'Gara – Skjei
1:51

Current NYR 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.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.61	3	2	2	19:16	—	—	42	33
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.07	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	36	12
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	48	32
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	81	95
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	76	94
Nick Baptiste R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	77	78
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	1	0	15:23	—	—	62	56
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	64	87
Jordan Nolan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	1	4	13:05	—	—	60	74
Sam Reinhart C	L4	1	0	1	-1	4	0.24	2	1	0	16:12	—	—	52	51
Ryan O'Reilly C	L4	0	1	1	-1	5	0.60	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	43	34
Scott Wilson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	13:24	—	—	43	39
Josh Gorges D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	5	2	0	17:34	—	—	72	80
Victor Antipin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:25	—	—	76	80
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.20	0	0	0	25:34	—	—	58	42
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	5	18:45	—	—	53	34
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	0	2	0	19:40	—	—	35	19
Brendan Guhle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	43	50

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark	—	11	10	1	.909	1.35	31:15
Robin Lehner(start)	L	12	8	4	.667	2.07	28:45

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Spooner C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	17:54	—	—	48	31
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	50	31
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	0	0	16:10	—	—	46	23
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.54	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	52	77
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	0	1	0	16:35	—	—	50	75
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	2	1	3	+2	3	0.73	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	52	79
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.31	0	1	2	15:39	—	—	55	62
Jesper Fast R	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.68	2	0	0	13:51	—	—	55	63
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.38	0	0	2	13:14	—	—	55	63
Paul Carey C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:48	—	—	11	5
Peter Holland C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	5	11:15	—	—	10	4
Cody McLeod L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:00	—	—	12	7
Neal Pionk D	D1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.38	2	1	0	23:24	—	—	32	36
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	21:32	—	—	32	36
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	1	0	0	22:58	—	—	65	86
Rob O'Gara D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	55	84
John Gilmour D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	39	56
Ryan Sproul D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	1	0	2	14:25	—	—	46	48

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	44	43	1	.977	3.44	59:57

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersMar 24, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

New York Rangers