Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersApr 27, 2021

FinalTuesday, Apr 27, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	16	12	9	37
NYR	0	1	2	3		NYR	6	20	15	41

: BUF 62NYR 66
: BUF 3.82NYR 5.00
PP goals: BUF 1NYR 1
Hits: BUF 13NYR 25
Blocks: BUF 7NYR 16
PIM: BUF 11NYR 9
: 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. Ryan Strome (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 18 attempts in 4:35 together.

Points
Ryan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:27.Strome
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 18 attempts in 4:35 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Panarin Fox
Goalie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +4 against a season average of 37.3; the loss.Luukkonen
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 3.82 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Igor Shesterkin (NYR) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +9 against a season average of 28.2; the win.Shesterkin
Luck
NYR scored 3 goals on 5.00 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brendan Smith (NYR) played 20:22, +4:01 up on his 16:21 season average over 47 games.Smith
Usage
Dylan Cozens (BUF) played 9:11, −5:18 down on his 14:29 season average over 40 games.Cozens

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 128 of 128 attempts · NYR 66 · BUF 62

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 40% of the game, NYR 30%.

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
	64	56
	3.86	2.99
	3.63	2.77
	20	16
	7	4
	17	14
	+0.000	+0.000
	40%	30%

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

L1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson
13:0156% CF
L2Asplund – Thompson – Mittelstadt
11:5443% CF
L3Sheahan – Rieder – Caggiula
9:0963% CF
L4Bjork – Cozens – Ruotsalainen
7:1050% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
18:2655% CF
D2Ristolainen – Samuelsson
14:1548% CF
D3Borgen – Bryson
12:3350% CF

PP1Reinhart – Olofsson – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
1:44100% CF
PP2Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Caggiula – Dahlin
0:26100% CF
PK1FSheahan – Bjork
3:10
PK2FAsplund – Thompson
0:34
PK1DRistolainen – Samuelsson
3:44

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Blackwell – Strome – Panarin
11:2352% CF
L2Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière
11:0739% CF
L3Kreider – Chytil – Kakko
9:5163% CF
L4Rooney – Howden – Kravtsov
6:5125% CF
D1Smith – Miller
16:3648% CF
D2Fox – Hajek
12:3638% CF
D3Lindgren – Jones
8:2955% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
4:35100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
1:23
PK2FBlackwell – Howden
1:03
PK1DFox – Lindgren
1:39
PK2DSmith – Miller
0:47

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:22
NYRBrendan Smithslap0.01 xG
BUF: Bjork, Borgen, Bryson, Cozens, RuotsalainenNYR: Smith, Kreider, Chytil, Miller, Kakko
BUF 0 – 1 NYR
19:56
BUFSam ReinhartPP (Casey Mittelstadt)slap0.14 xG
BUF: Reinhart, Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, CozensNYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren
BUF 1 – 1 NYR

3rd period

9:49
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Ryan Strome, Adam Fox)snap0.19 xG
BUF: Sheahan, Bjork, Borgen, Asplund, JokiharjuNYR: Smith, Strome, Panarin, Miller, Lafrenière
BUF 1 – 2 NYR
13:49
NYRMika ZibanejadPP (Chris Kreider, Ryan Strome)wrist0.09 xG
BUF: Ristolainen, Asplund, Thompson, SamuelssonNYR: Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox
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	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.46	0	1	0	20:06	—	—	56	41
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	56	39
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.46	0	0	2	17:15	—	—	51	37
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	44	61
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.59	0	0	2	16:50	—	—	44	56
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	46	57
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	58	62
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	2	13:12	—	—	64	76
Tobias Rieder L	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.54	0	0	0	9:41	—	—	60	73
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	1	1	0	12:57	—	—	47	60
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	10:33	—	—	59	86
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	5	9:11	—	—	50	84
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	1	0	24:05	—	—	58	50
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	21:12	—	—	53	33
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	0	0	23:06	—	—	50	81
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:27	—	—	52	86
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	55	53
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	3	1	0	15:12	—	—	50	52

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	41	38	3	.927	4.30	57:47

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.84	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	52	47
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	54	45
Colin Blackwell C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	46	30
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.60	2	1	0	20:33	—	—	39	35
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	18:18	—	—	36	31
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	2	1	0	14:57	—	—	41	36
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.71	4	2	0	16:58	—	—	64	73
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.46	1	1	2	14:34	—	—	55	55
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.37	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	68	79
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:39	—	—	21	4
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	7	9:35	—	—	31	10
Vitali Kravtsov R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	8:35	—	—	41	17
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.76	2	0	0	21:58	—	—	51	48
Brendan Smith D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.27	3	2	0	20:22	—	—	47	50
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	2	4	0	26:58	—	—	44	49
Libor Hajek D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	15:38	—	—	40	39
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	3	0	0	19:11	—	—	48	39
Zac Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:05	—	—	59	17

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	3.82	59:32

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.