Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersNov 4, 2018

FinalSunday, Nov 4, 2018· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	15	15	10	40
NYR	0	2	1	3		NYR	5	10	7	22

: BUF 72NYR 43
: BUF 4.59NYR 1.79
PP goals: BUF 0NYR 0
Hits: BUF 18NYR 24
Blocks: BUF 9NYR 17
PIM: BUF 2NYR 8
: BUF 50%NYR 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at home. Jimmy Vesey (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF scored 1 goal on 4.59 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Jimmy Vesey had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:59.Vesey
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 4.59 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 40 shots and stopped 39 (.975), +7 against a season average of 32.7; the win.Lundqvist
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Hayes–Buchnevich skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Hayes Buchnevich
Usage
Brett Howden (NYR) played 8:02, −7:01 down on his 15:03 season average over 65 games.Howden
Usage
Brady Skjei (NYR) played 24:50, +3:39 up on his 21:11 season average over 77 games.Skjei
Usage
Jason Pominville (BUF) played 17:36, +5:12 up on his 12:24 season average over 72 games.Pominville
Usage
Filip Chytil (NYR) played 9:53, −3:57 down on his 13:50 season average over 74 games.Chytil

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 115 of 115 attempts · NYR 43 · BUF 72

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 41% of the game, NYR 15%.

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
	58	49
	3.03	1.82
	2.84	1.79
	12	10
	1	5
	26	24
	−0.024	+0.024
	41%	15%

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

L1Pominville – Skinner – Eichel
12:2557% CF
L2Sobotka – Okposo – Rodrigues
10:4765% CF
L3Berglund – Larsson – Girgensons
9:4143% CF
L4Sheary – Reinhart – Mittelstadt
8:5450% CF
D1Bogosian – Scandella
14:1850% CF
D2McCabe – Ristolainen
10:3457% CF
D3Nelson – Dahlin
7:4847% CF

PP1Okposo – Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
4:51100% CF
PP2Pominville – Okposo – Sheary – Rodrigues – Dahlin
2:51100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
1:11
PK2FBerglund – Eichel
0:26
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
1:09
PK2DMcCabe – Nelson
0:51

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Namestnikov
9:3843% CF
L2Kreider – Hayes – Buchnevich
6:3777% CF
L3McLeod – Lettieri – Chytil
5:4813% CF
L4Fast – Vesey – Howden
5:1060% CF
D1Skjei – DeAngelo
15:4645% CF
D2Staal – Pionk
11:4461% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Smith
11:0445% CF

PP1Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Pionk
1:07
PP2Shattenkirk – Hayes – Namestnikov – Vesey – DeAngelo
0:40100% CF
PK1FHayes – Fast
3:02
PK2FVesey – Howden
1:07
PK1DStaal – Pionk
3:28
PK2DSmith – Skjei
1:30

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:41
NYRNeal Pionk (Vladislav Namestnikov, Mika Zibanejad)wrist0.04 xG
BUF: Pominville, Skinner, McCabe, Ristolainen, EichelNYR: Staal, Zuccarello, Zibanejad, Namestnikov, Pionk
BUF 0 – 1 NYR
1:00
NYRJimmy Vesey (Brett Howden, Jesper Fast)wrist0.07 xG
BUF: Sheary, Reinhart, Nelson, Mittelstadt, DahlinNYR: Fast, Skjei, Vesey, DeAngelo, Howden
BUF 0 – 2 NYR

3rd period

6:07
BUFConor Shearybackhand0.32 xG
BUF: Bogosian, Scandella, Sheary, Reinhart, MittelstadtNYR: Shattenkirk, Smith, Vesey, Buchnevich, Chytil
BUF 1 – 2 NYR
18:09
NYRJimmy VeseyEN (Brady Skjei)wrist0.24 xG
BUF: Pominville, Bogosian, Skinner, Ristolainen, Eichel, RodriguesNYR: Namestnikov, Skjei, Vesey, DeAngelo, Lettieri
BUF 1 – 3 NYR

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	-2	5	0.65	0	0	0	22:14	—	—	55	51
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	-2	2	0.18	3	0	0	21:32	—	—	52	51
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	58	54
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	4	0.44	1	0	0	17:46	—	—	61	77
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	70	86
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	62	75
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	3	0.15	2	0	0	12:50	—	—	50	85
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	2	0	12:36	—	—	50	85
Patrik Berglund C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	1	0	11:23	—	—	41	79
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	46	52
Conor Sheary L	L4	1	1	0	3	0.73	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	52	55
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.37	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	50	52
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	18:52	—	—	49	64
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	17:01	—	—	52	75
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	-2	2	0.30	4	0	0	25:13	—	—	52	61
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.49	1	2	0	18:13	—	—	63	78
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	-1	4	0.26	2	1	0	18:45	—	—	57	42
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	48	31

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	1.55	58:06

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	2	1	0	20:27	—	—	47	51
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	18:15	—	—	42	48
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	1	1	2	14:18	—	—	42	45
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	44	34
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	17:04	—	—	64	28
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	14:06	—	—	78	48
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	1	0	0	10:52	—	—	38	42
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	1	0	9:53	—	—	42	13
Cody McLeod L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:59	—	—	17	28
Jesper Fast R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:16	—	—	36	32
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	2	0	2	+1	2	0.33	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	35	30
Brett Howden C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	8:02	—	—	58	78
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.04	2	5	0	24:50	—	—	41	25
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	1	0	22:00	—	—	44	23
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	2	2	0	19:49	—	—	54	57
Neal Pionk D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	1	1	0	19:15	—	—	50	53
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	1	0	16:52	—	—	50	38
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	2	0	4	16:13	—	—	39	29

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	40	39	1	.975	4.59	60:00

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.