Sat, Mar 14, 2015·First Niagara Center, Buffalo
New York Rangers 2, Buffalo Sabres 0
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 84% of the time.
9%
77%
BUF winsNYR wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NYR's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| St. Louis–Stepan–Kreider | Nash–Brassard–Zuccarello | Hagelin–Hayes–Miller | Moore–Glass–Fast | Hagelin–Hayes–Fast | Moore–Nash–Glass | Brassard–Kreider–Zuccarello | Moore–Glass–Miller | Girardi–McDonagh | Hunwick–Yandle | Boyle–Staal | Hunwick–Staal | Boyle–Yandle | Staal–Girardi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moulson–Ennis–Larsson | 3:280.01–0.05 | 2:210.00–0.05 | 1:110.05–0.00 | 1:170.02–0.00 | 1:260.00–0.06 | 0:360.00–0.02 | 4:420.08–0.05 | 1:050.03–0.00 | 3:190.16–0.05 | 0:380.00–0.03 | 1:220.00–0.04 | 0:530.00–0.03 | ||
| Gionta–Foligno–Varone | 2:090.00–0.03 | 1:570.03–0.02 | 3:490.22–0.05 | 1:160.00–0.00 | 6:090.34–0.04 | 1:320.00–0.04 | 2:350.01–0.02 | |||||||
| Hodgson–Deslauriers–Schaller | 0:530.00–0.00 | 1:340.00–0.17 | 0:370.00–0.02 | 1:110.00–0.04 | 0:460.00–0.01 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.02 | 1:500.00–0.05 | 1:330.00–0.06 | 1:090.00–0.16 | 0:570.00–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.01 | ||
| Ellis–Dalpe–D'Amigo | 1:440.00–0.03 | 2:060.00–0.02 | 1:270.00–0.00 | 0:590.00–0.03 | 0:380.00–0.02 | 1:100.00–0.03 | 0:520.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Gionta–Foligno–Schaller | 0:510.00–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Weber–Ristolainen | 4:030.02–0.05 | 4:500.03–0.08 | 2:470.07–0.02 | 1:240.00–0.11 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.02 | 5:570.09–0.06 | 3:310.02–0.10 | 3:390.15–0.09 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 2:020.00–0.04 | |||
| Meszaros–Zadorov | 1:420.01–0.14 | 2:080.00–0.09 | 2:220.01–0.06 | 0:570.00–0.00 | 1:150.00–0.00 | 0:360.03–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 2:510.03–0.05 | 2:050.03–0.11 | 2:450.02–0.04 | 1:310.00–0.11 | 1:260.00–0.11 | 0:510.00–0.03 | |
| Benoit–Strachan | 2:320.00–0.04 | 2:130.00–0.18 | 1:000.05–0.00 | 1:520.02–0.01 | 3:270.16–0.00 | 3:060.00–0.08 | 1:320.00–0.02 | 1:410.00–0.19 | ||||||
| Benoit–Ristolainen | 0:360.00–0.02 | 0:470.01–0.07 | 0:460.00–0.03 | |||||||||||
| Ristolainen–Zadorov | 0:510.00–0.01 | 1:050.00–0.01 | ||||||||||||
| Strachan–Zadorov | 0:360.00–0.04 | 0:420.00–0.04 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFNYRFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 31 | 28:36 | 0:55 | 1:51 | 4 | 7 |
 Mike WeberBUF | 29 | 24:53 | 0:51 | 1:39 | 1 | 6 |
 Dan GirardiNYR | 31 | 24:18 | 0:47 | 1:19 | 7 | 5 |
 Ryan McDonaghNYR | 30 | 24:02 | 0:48 | 2:25 | 6 | 5 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 24 | 21:42 | 0:54 | 2:12 | 4 | 5 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 24 | 20:24 | 0:51 | 2:04 | 1 | 3 |
 Tyler EnnisBUF | 20 | 19:53 | 1:00 | 1:59 | 5 | 3 |
 Dan BoyleNYR | 27 | 19:19 | 0:43 | 1:29 | 6 | 1 |
 Nikita ZadorovBUF | 24 | 18:59 | 0:47 | 1:46 | 5 | 2 |
 Keith YandleNYR | 24 | 18:34 | 0:46 | 1:34 | 4 | 0 |
 Marc StaalNYR | 25 | 18:30 | 0:44 | 1:37 | 3 | 2 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 19 | 18:19 | 0:58 | 2:16 | 3 | 2 |
 Matt MoulsonBUF | 20 | 18:11 | 0:55 | 1:59 | 5 | 3 |
 Derek StepanNYR | 25 | 18:03 | 0:43 | 2:25 | 3 | 4 |
 Martin St. LouisNYR | 22 | 17:20 | 0:47 | 2:25 | 3 | 3 |
 Chris KreiderNYR | 21 | 16:54 | 0:48 | 2:25 | 3 | 2 |
 Andre BenoitBUF | 22 | 16:34 | 0:45 | 1:21 | 0 | 3 |
 Rick NashNYR | 24 | 16:33 | 0:41 | 1:12 | 7 | 3 |
 Tyson StrachanBUF | 20 | 16:09 | 0:48 | 1:53 | 0 | 5 |
 Carl HagelinNYR | 25 | 16:05 | 0:39 | 1:20 | 1 | 3 |
 Derick BrassardNYR | 20 | 15:38 | 0:47 | 1:26 | 7 | 2 |
 Matt HunwickNYR | 21 | 15:29 | 0:44 | 1:30 | 0 | 0 |
 Mats ZuccarelloNYR | 20 | 15:25 | 0:46 | 1:28 | 7 | 2 |
 Andrej MeszarosBUF | 25 | 15:11 | 0:36 | 1:46 | 5 | 1 |
 Phil VaroneBUF | 20 | 14:04 | 0:42 | 1:19 | 1 | 2 |
 Kevin HayesNYR | 18 | 12:46 | 0:43 | 1:20 | 1 | 0 |
 Tim SchallerBUF | 20 | 12:31 | 0:38 | 1:16 | 1 | 5 |
 Dominic MooreNYR | 20 | 12:23 | 0:37 | 1:15 | 2 | 6 |
 Jesper FastNYR | 18 | 12:17 | 0:41 | 1:02 | 1 | 2 |
 Jerry D'AmigoBUF | 15 | 11:47 | 0:47 | 1:30 | 1 | 0 |
 Cody HodgsonBUF | 15 | 11:34 | 0:46 | 1:16 | 0 | 1 |
 Tanner GlassNYR | 17 | 11:16 | 0:40 | 1:02 | 2 | 3 |
 Nicolas DeslauriersBUF | 14 | 10:18 | 0:44 | 1:17 | 0 | 1 |
 J.T. MillerNYR | 15 | 10:00 | 0:40 | 1:23 | 0 | 0 |
 Matt EllisBUF | 13 | 8:55 | 0:41 | 1:15 | 1 | 0 |
 Zac DalpeBUF | 11 | 6:55 | 0:38 | 1:17 | 0 | 0 |