Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersFeb 7, 2020

FinalFriday, Feb 7, 2020· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	1	3		BUF	6	16	6	28
NYR	0	0	2	2		NYR	6	10	23	39

: BUF 58NYR 67
: BUF 3.23NYR 3.68
PP goals: BUF 0NYR 0
Hits: BUF 25NYR 25
Blocks: BUF 18NYR 17
PIM: BUF 4NYR 2
: BUF 47%NYR 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge New York Rangers 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Rangers 3–2 at NYR. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +9 against a season average of 29.6; the win.

Points
Jimmy Vesey had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:32.Vesey
Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:47.Zibanejad
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:29.Eichel
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +9 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Hutton
New line
New look for NYR: Di Giuseppe–Lemieux–Chytil skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Di Giuseppe Lemieux Chytil
New line
New look for NYR: McKegg–Howden–Kakko skated 4:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McKegg Howden Kakko
Usage
Jeff Skinner (BUF) played 10:20, −6:15 down on his 16:35 season average over 58 games.Skinner
Luck
NYR scored 2 goals on 3.68 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of 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

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

NYR
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · NYR 67 · BUF 58

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 28% of the game, NYR 34%.

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
	62	70
	2.10	3.18
	2.06	3.02
	10	19
	4	1
	26	24
	−0.063	+0.063
	28%	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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Vesey – Reinhart – Eichel
12:3954% CF
L2Larsson – Wilson – Girgensons
10:3564% CF
L3Frolik – Johansson – Sheary
10:1526% CF
L4Skinner – Lazar – Rodrigues
6:0554% CF
D1Ristolainen – Montour
19:1449% CF
D2McCabe – Jokiharju
17:2839% CF
D3Miller – Dahlin
12:1354% CF

PP1Johansson – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
1:1067% CF
PP2Miller – Vesey – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
0:58
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
1:05
PK2FFrolik – Lazar
0:29
PK1DMcCabe – Montour
1:22
PK2DMiller – Ristolainen
0:38

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Fast – Strome – Panarin
11:1643% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
8:0662% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Lemieux – Chytil
5:5443% CF
L4McKegg – Howden – Kakko
4:0540% CF
D1Skjei – Trouba
17:4246% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
14:4963% CF
D3Staal – DeAngelo
11:0544% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – DeAngelo – Panarin
1:22100% CF
PP2Trouba – Buchnevich – Lemieux – Fox – Kakko
0:38
PK1FStrome – Zibanejad
0:53
PK2FMcKegg – Lemieux
0:23
PK1DStaal – Lindgren
0:53
PK2DSkjei – Trouba
0:35

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	2	2	+3	1	0.90	0	1	0	21:29	—	—	49	50
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.62	0	2	0	19:36	—	—	48	47
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.29	3	0	0	15:32	—	—	50	54
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	17:52	—	—	61	32
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.23	4	1	0	17:26	—	—	66	52
Scott Wilson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	2	0	0	12:45	—	—	65	55
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	29	34
Michael Frolik R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:19	—	—	29	23
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	12:16	—	—	25	24
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:45	—	—	48	40
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	53	30
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	9:44	—	—	48	36
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	1	2	24:19	—	—	46	32
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.27	1	3	0	22:55	—	—	51	40
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.20	2	1	2	21:04	—	—	38	37
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:16	—	—	40	41
Colin Miller D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	50	39
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	3	0	15:18	—	—	54	50

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.68	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	1	0	2	20:52	—	—	42	58
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	20:09	—	—	50	40
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	16:12	—	—	45	35
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	1	2	0	5	0.60	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	44	56
Chris Kreider L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.64	3	1	0	18:41	—	—	44	51
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	64	53
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	3	0	0	13:52	—	—	58	77
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	2	3	0	13:44	—	—	55	74
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.22	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	57	58
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	0	1	1	-1	4	0.29	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	69	70
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.48	0	1	0	9:13	—	—	50	71
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	2	0	9:00	—	—	59	85
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	2	0	22:10	—	—	47	63
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	3	3	0	19:29	—	—	46	56
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	0	1	0	22:12	—	—	63	63
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:13	—	—	67	69
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	17:02	—	—	59	64
Marc Staal D	D3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:23	—	—	32	54

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.25	57:57

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 RangersFeb 7, 2020

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge New York Rangers 3–2

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