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Tue, Jan 3, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York

Buffalo Sabres 4, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

NYR forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF'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.

Okposo–Foligno–EichelKane–Bailey–ReinhartGionta–Girgensons–CarrierMoulson–Grant–DeslauriersGrant–Kane–ReinhartDeslauriers–Girgensons–CarrierGionta–Grant–GirgensonsOkposo–Kane–EichelMcCabe–RistolainenFranson–BogosianFalk–FedunFalk–Bogosian
Stepan–Kreider–Zuccarello4:320.20–0.051:370.23–0.062:410.18–0.101:160.00–0.080:490.09–0.001:030.02–0.008:030.56–0.244:070.16–0.050:360.00–0.031:190.02–0.00
Grabner–Hayes–Vesey1:580.00–0.002:020.02–0.091:580.00–0.000:590.00–0.003:030.02–0.003:290.00–0.002:310.00–0.11
Pirri–Hrivik–Jensen2:030.26–0.041:130.00–0.012:070.24–0.000:580.04–0.001:540.00–0.002:470.30–0.334:240.23–0.04
Lindberg–Fast–Miller2:510.09–0.001:130.00–0.001:200.00–0.060:390.00–0.023:490.00–0.073:170.11–0.000:560.00–0.00
Staal–Holden3:550.04–0.053:160.05–0.101:190.00–0.000:420.00–0.011:110.10–0.003:150.10–0.006:250.10–0.522:520.00–0.00
Klein–McDonagh1:480.01–0.002:010.23–0.152:140.02–0.001:450.03–0.080:500.00–0.026:230.33–0.154:100.06–0.021:270.00–0.04
Girardi–Skjei1:110.00–0.001:420.23–0.012:190.03–0.102:030.20–0.000:440.00–0.003:210.03–0.102:590.23–0.001:560.20–0.010:450.00–0.00
Girardi–McDonagh2:160.19–0.323:310.19–0.001:030.08–0.32
Klein–Skjei1:110.14–0.010:520.03–0.112:210.14–0.011:000.03–0.110:320.02–0.00
Holden–Skjei0:450.05–0.000:500.00–0.020:330.05–0.000:580.00–0.02
Staal–Skjei0:320.00–0.000:520.00–0.06
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndHayes FVesey FGrabner FZuccarello FKreider FStepan FMiller FFast FLindberg FJensen FHrivik FPirri FGirardi DSkjei DMcDonagh DKlein DStaal DHolden DLundqvist GGionta FGirgensons FCarrier FEichel FOkposo FFoligno FKane FReinhart FBailey FMoulson FGrant FDeslauriers FMcCabe DRistolainen DFranson DBogosian DFedun DFalk DNilsson G
NYRBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus RistolainenBUF2926:170:541:4234
Ryan McDonaghNYR3023:390:471:4753
Zach BogosianBUF2722:080:491:2940
Cody FransonBUF2721:300:481:2940
Jake McCabeBUF2620:540:481:2714
Evander KaneBUF2420:460:521:3923
Kevin KleinNYR2520:400:501:3840
Derek StepanNYR2219:560:542:0842
Jack EichelBUF2419:490:501:2373
Nick HoldenNYR2919:250:401:3255
Mats ZuccarelloNYR2019:150:582:1741
Marc StaalNYR2819:150:411:2435
Dan GirardiNYR3118:560:371:2823
Brian GiontaBUF2318:130:481:3702
Kyle OkposoBUF2217:490:491:1073
Chris KreiderNYR1917:480:562:0841
Brady SkjeiNYR2717:300:391:2840
Sam ReinhartBUF2117:190:491:3362
Marcus FolignoBUF2116:460:481:3533
Kevin HayesNYR2316:300:431:2830
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2215:310:421:4201
Michael GrabnerNYR2715:060:341:0541
Jesper FastNYR2213:460:381:1302
J.T. MillerNYR2413:450:341:0416
Taylor FedunBUF2013:110:401:1204
Jimmy VeseyNYR2113:090:381:1550
Matt MoulsonBUF1613:090:491:1640
Derek GrantBUF1912:090:381:2506
Brandon PirriNYR1411:380:501:1230
Justin FalkBUF2011:360:351:0404
William CarrierBUF2110:350:300:5201
Marek HrivikNYR1410:320:451:1830
Justin BaileyBUF1710:290:371:0210
Nicklas JensenNYR1310:270:481:1030
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF149:540:421:1000
Oscar LindbergNYR159:510:391:0403