Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersOct 24, 2019

FinalThursday, Oct 24, 2019· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	0	2		BUF	7	15	11	33
NYR	3	1	2	6		NYR	10	4	10	24

: BUF 67NYR 40
: BUF 3.08NYR 2.38
PP goals: BUF 0NYR 0
Hits: BUF 28NYR 34
Blocks: BUF 5NYR 22
PIM: BUF 6NYR 8
: BUF 59%NYR 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Buffalo Sabres 6–2

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–2 at home. Ryan Strome (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NYR: Strome–Buchnevich–Panarin skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan Strome had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:50.Strome
Points
Brett Howden had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:20.Howden
Points
Tony DeAngelo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:56.DeAngelo
Points
Brady Skjei had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:46.Skjei
New line
New look for NYR: Strome–Buchnevich–Panarin skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Buchnevich Panarin
Usage
Marco Scandella (BUF) played 8:03, −9:41 down on his 17:44 season average over 61 games.Scandella
Luck
NYR scored 6 goals on 2.37 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jimmy Vesey (BUF) played 6:08, −7:48 down on his 13:56 season average over 63 games.Vesey

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 107 of 107 attempts · NYR 40 · 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 30% of the game, NYR 21%.

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
	60	38
	1.72	2.04
	1.57	2.00
	6	10
	11	2
	30	25
	+0.056	−0.056
	30%	21%

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

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
10:3277% CF
L2Sobotka – Johansson – Skinner
10:0640% CF
L3Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
5:3155% CF
L4Vesey – Sheary – Mittelstadt
4:1443% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
10:2655% CF
D2Miller – Dahlin
6:2364% CF
D3Scandella – Jokiharju
4:5571% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
3:18100% CF
PP2Johansson – Miller – Ristolainen – Sheary – Mittelstadt
2:3050% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
3:05
PK2FSobotka – Vesey
0:56
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
3:16
PK2DMiller – Jokiharju
1:03

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Strome – Buchnevich – Panarin
10:2842% CF
L2Fast – Lemieux – Howden
8:0746% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko
7:4622% CF
D1Trouba – Hajek
11:4623% CF
D2Staal – Fox
10:0747% CF
D3Skjei – DeAngelo
9:5164% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Trouba – Buchnevich – Panarin
3:4080% CF
PP2Strome – DeAngelo – Lemieux – Fox – Kakko
1:0650% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Andersson
1:18
PK2FFast – Howden
1:06
PK1DStaal – Smith
2:38
PK2DSkjei – Trouba
2:15

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	-1	4	0.34	1	0	0	22:54	—	—	74	74
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.68	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	75	77
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	79	79
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.32	1	0	6	17:18	—	—	55	44
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.07	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	46	36
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.28	3	0	0	15:39	—	—	44	35
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:24	—	—	53	21
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	10:51	—	—	57	12
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	8:35	—	—	54	18
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:03	—	—	59	49
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	65	49
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	6:08	—	—	43	41
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	6	1	0	24:59	—	—	58	46
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	4	1	0	24:49	—	—	58	43
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.26	2	0	0	22:14	—	—	71	31
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	1	1	0	19:01	—	—	58	42
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	1	0	16:44	—	—	52	39
Marco Scandella D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	8:03	—	—	82	86

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	24	18	6	.750	2.38	59:07

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	0	1	+4	2	0.38	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	55	63
Ryan Strome C	L1	2	0	2	+3	2	0.29	4	0	0	18:50	—	—	42	53
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.42	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	50	63
Brett Howden C	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.19	1	2	0	16:20	—	—	61	84
Jesper Fast R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	52	78
Brendan Lemieux L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:45	—	—	56	83
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	1	0	19:16	—	—	23	39
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.29	4	2	4	17:33	—	—	28	31
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.17	2	0	0	11:47	—	—	24	22
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.09	6	3	0	26:46	—	—	28	25
Libor Hajek D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	5	0	17:15	—	—	27	29
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	17:04	—	—	37	41
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	45	57
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	2	2	+1	3	0.02	2	1	0	20:46	—	—	54	78
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.16	0	1	2	14:56	—	—	50	82
Brendan Smith D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:03	—	—	11	24
Greg McKegg C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	9:44	—	—	31	35
Lias Andersson C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	9:39	—	—	9	20

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.08	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 RangersOct 24, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers rout Buffalo Sabres 6–2

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