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Buffalo Sabres vs. New York RangersNov 21, 2021

Final· Madison Square Garden
Goals123TShots123T
BUF1304BUF810422
NYR1315NYR8151336
BUF 43NYR 60
BUF 1.37NYR 4.32
PP goals
BUF 1NYR 1
Hits
BUF 16NYR 34
Blocks
BUF 15NYR 10
PIM
BUF 2NYR 6
BUF 56%NYR 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–4 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for BUF: Skinner–Olofsson–Thompson skated 11:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Artemi Panarin had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:03.Panarin
  2. Points
    Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:41.Dahlin
  3. Points
    Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:02.Thompson
  4. Points
    Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:45.Fox
  5. New line
    New look for BUF: Skinner–Olofsson–Thompson skated 11:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SkinnerOlofssonThompson
  6. New line
    New look for BUF: Okposo–Girgensons–Asplund skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.OkposoGirgensonsAsplund
  7. Luck
    BUF scored 4 goals on 1.37 expected goals (43 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  8. Goalie
    Aaron Dell (BUF) faced 36 shots and stopped 31 (.861), +7 against a season average of 29.5; the loss.Dell

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: 103 attempts, 58 on goal, 9 goals, 5.69 expected goals; best chance Jacob Trouba at 0.64 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NYR
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · NYR 60 · BUF 43

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 4.32 to 1.37 (NYR led the chances), shot attempts 60 to 43, 9 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdNYRBUFAKHTKTDMLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYR
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRBUFcontrol2nd3rdAsplund · 1st 15:53Kreider · 1st 19:37Hinostroza · 2nd 2:26Trouba · 2nd 8:03Kakko · 2nd 12:07Thompson · 2nd 12:57Dahlin · 2nd 13:12Miller · 2nd 13:29Lindgren · 3rd 19:59
  • 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 17% of the game, NYR 47%.

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: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Alexandar Georgiev (39:10) for NYR and Aaron Dell (58:59) for BUF, 9 goals.

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
StatBUFNYR
4164
1.183.57
1.163.28
220
45
1920
+0.030−0.030
17%47%

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

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Rangers

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:53
    BUF 1 – 0 NYR
  2. 19:37
    BUF 1 – 1 NYR

3rd period

  1. 19:59
    BUF 4 – 5 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tage Thompson CL1112+120.1320017:02——4421
Victor Olofsson LL1011010.0101016:45——3613
Jeff Skinner LL1000000.0100016:20——3814
Kyle Okposo RL2011-110.0920017:36——4232
Rasmus Asplund CL2101-210.2000017:12——4231
Zemgus Girgensons CL2011020.1630016:15——4131
Anders Bjork LL3000+100.0000014:21——3620
John Hayden CL3000020.1441014:16——3519
Cody Eakin CL3000-110.0210014:06——3115
Dylan Cozens CL4000-110.1201016:59——4244
Vinnie Hinostroza CL4101010.0600011:42——4743
Drake Caggiula LL4000010.0801010:57——4238
Rasmus Dahlin DD1112+340.0902026:41——4945
Mark Pysyk DD1011+220.0403021:43——4026
Colin Miller DD2000-110.1310018:52——319
Jacob Bryson DD2000-110.0002217:55——298
Robert Hagg DD3000-310.0832020:05——3622
Will Butcher DD3000-200.0002011:48——4757
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Aaron Dell(start)L36315.8614.3258:59

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Artemi Panarin LL1033+240.3101018:03——7056
Kaapo Kakko RL1101+130.0900218:00——7257
Ryan Strome CL1011+110.0110216:41——7980
Filip Chytil CL2011050.4810215:13——5886
Alexis Lafrenière LL2000010.0500013:39——5284
Julien Gauthier RL2000-151.0450013:31——5484
Chris Kreider LL3101030.5931015:30——6459
Mika Zibanejad CL3011-110.0710015:14——6772
Barclay Goodrow CL3011+120.3020014:30——7189
Kevin Rooney CL4000+120.1720014:17——4753
Ryan Reaves RL4011+110.1271011:12——5364
Dryden Hunt LL4000-110.0110010:44——5048
Adam Fox DD1022+220.0711025:45——7889
Ryan Lindgren DD1101+110.1441023:31——7388
Jacob Trouba DD2101+120.8012023:09——5365
K'Andre Miller DD2101+110.0111020:28——5463
Patrik Nemeth DD3000-100.0031014:56——5065
Jarred Tinordi DD3000-210.0611011:45——4762
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)—18144.7781.2039:10
Igor ShesterkinW440.10000.1720:00