Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersApr 25, 2021
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | BUF | 11 | 14 | 9 | 34 | |
| NYR | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | NYR | 12 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
- BUF 59NYR 47
- BUF 2.45NYR 3.61
- PP goals
- BUF 1NYR 2
- Hits
- BUF 13NYR 27
- Blocks
- BUF 3NYR 11
- PIM
- BUF 6NYR 8
- BUF 54%NYR 46%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3
New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 3G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Reinhart, Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:00 together.
- PointsMika Zibanejad had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 17:41.Zibanejad
- PointsAdam Fox had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 24:45.Fox
- PointsKaapo Kakko had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:05.Kakko
- PointsSam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:02.Reinhart
- PointsPavel Buchnevich had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:36.Buchnevich
- PP1BUF's first power-play unit (Reinhart, Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:00 together.ReinhartOlofssonMittelstadtDahlinCozens
- PP1
- LuckNYR scored 6 goals on 3.61 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above 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.
Shot map, BUF at NYR: 106 attempts, 63 on goal, 9 goals, 6.05 expected goals; best chance Chris Kreider at 0.39 xG.
- NYR
- BUF
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 106 of 106 attempts · NYR 47 · BUF 59
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, BUF at NYR: expected goals 3.61 to 2.45 (NYR led the chances), shot attempts 47 to 59, 9 goals.
- NYR
- BUF
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 39%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, BUF at NYR: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Igor Shesterkin (59:56) for NYR and Dustin Tokarski (58:23) for BUF, 9 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | BUF | NYR |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | 35 | |
| 1.96 | 2.16 | |
| 1.89 | 2.07 | |
| 6 | 5 | |
| 6 | 2 | |
| 25 | 14 | |
| +0.010 | −0.010 | |
| 28% | 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
- 11:5267% CF
- L2Bjork – Cozens – Ruotsalainen10:5872% CF
- L3Asplund – Thompson – Mittelstadt10:0047% CF
- 5:3189% CF
- 19:3374% CF
- 12:2340% CF
- 11:1169% CF
- PP1Reinhart – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Cozens5:0078% CF
- PP2Skinner – Ristolainen – Thompson – Bryson – Ruotsalainen1:46100% CF
- 1:25
- 0:49
- PK1DRistolainen – Samuelsson3:13
- 0:54
New York Rangers
- 11:0431% CF
- 8:5260% CF
- L3Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière8:4250% CF
- 6:0840% CF
- 16:0636% CF
- 9:5345% CF
- 8:5621% CF
- 3:11100% CF
- PP2Blackwell – Buchnevich – Kakko – Jones – Lafrenière0:56100% CF
- 4:03
- PK2FZibanejad – Buchnevich1:22
- 3:21
- 2:33
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 4:49BUF: Ristolainen, Asplund, Thompson, Mittelstadt, SamuelssonNYR: Smith, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Miller, LafrenièreBUF 0 – 1 NYR
- 6:16BUF 1 – 1 NYR
- 12:02BUF: Ristolainen, Asplund, Thompson, Mittelstadt, SamuelssonNYR: Kreider, Fox, Lindgren, Chytil, KakkoBUF 1 – 2 NYR
- 17:10BUF: Sheahan, Rieder, Ristolainen, SamuelssonNYR: Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin, FoxBUF 1 – 3 NYR
2nd period
- 2:05BUF: Skinner, Miller, Reinhart, Caggiula, BrysonNYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren, LafrenièreBUF 1 – 4 NYR
- 14:47BUF 2 – 4 NYR
3rd period
- 7:06BUF: Sheahan, Miller, Mittelstadt, BrysonNYR: Blackwell, Buchnevich, Kakko, Jones, LafrenièreBUF 2 – 5 NYR
- 10:34BUF: Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Jokiharju, DahlinNYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Lindgren, Jones, LafrenièreBUF 3 – 5 NYR
- 19:05BUF 3 – 6 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Reinhart C | L1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:02 | — | — | 62 | 40 |
| Victor Olofsson L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 | — | — | 55 | 34 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 | — | — | 58 | 29 |
| Dylan Cozens C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:42 | — | — | 54 | 44 |
| Anders Bjork L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:52 | — | — | 63 | 70 |
| Arttu Ruotsalainen C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 | — | — | 68 | 55 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:36 | — | — | 47 | 51 |
| Tage Thompson C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:11 | — | — | 47 | 41 |
| Rasmus Asplund C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 | — | — | 50 | 42 |
| Drake Caggiula L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 | — | — | 73 | 77 |
| Riley Sheahan C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:38 | — | — | 91 | 95 |
| Tobias Rieder L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:53 | — | — | 82 | 84 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:17 | — | — | 74 | 62 |
| Henri Jokiharju D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:18 | — | — | 71 | 61 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.09 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18:32 | — | — | 40 | 47 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:24 | — | — | 38 | 33 |
| Jacob Bryson D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 | — | — | 69 | 56 |
| Colin Miller D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 | — | — | 61 | 34 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Tokarski(start) | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 3.36 | 58:23 |
New York Rangers
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artemi Panarin L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:45 | — | — | 25 | 16 |
| Ryan Strome C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.30 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19:33 | — | — | 25 | 10 |
| Colin Blackwell C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:27 | — | — | 26 | 13 |
| Chris Kreider L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 | — | — | 52 | 73 |
| Filip Chytil C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 | — | — | 48 | 60 |
| Kaapo Kakko R | L2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0.18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 | — | — | 50 | 58 |
| Mika Zibanejad C | L3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 7 | 0.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 | — | — | 47 | 60 |
| Pavel Buchnevich L | L3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0.09 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15:36 | — | — | 45 | 58 |
| Alexis Lafrenière L | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 | — | — | 47 | 60 |
| Kevin Rooney C | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:14 | — | — | 40 | 87 |
| Brett Howden C | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:56 | — | — | 33 | 45 |
| Vitali Kravtsov R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:43 | — | — | 33 | 79 |
| Brendan Smith D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21:36 | — | — | 29 | 20 |
| K'Andre Miller D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.02 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 | — | — | 43 | 29 |
| Adam Fox D | D2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 0.23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24:45 | — | — | 50 | 77 |
| Libor Hajek D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:34 | — | — | 44 | 75 |
| Ryan Lindgren D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21:05 | — | — | 40 | 58 |
| Zac Jones D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:10 | — | — | 25 | 43 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkin(start) | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 2.45 | 59:56 |