Sat, Mar 24, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York
Buffalo Sabres 1, New York Rangers 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 61% of the time.
30%
9%
54%
NYR winsBUF wins
Buffalo Sabres
Official boxscore lines, plus individual xG, on-ice expected-goals share at 5-on-5 and win probability added (percentage points).
| 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 25:34 | 0.16 | 50.1% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 19:40 | 0.04 | 22.3% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 19:16 | 0.47 | 47.3% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:45 | 0.16 | 39.5% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:21 | 0.05 | 49.8% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 | 0.05 | 81.5% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 | 0.02 | 81.9% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 17:02 | 0.04 | 15.7% | 0.0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 16:12 | 0.28 | 42.8% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:05 | 0.19 | 49.2% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 15:53 | 0.33 | 27.9% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:23 | 0.29 | 57.8% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:56 | 0.32 | 85.3% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:30 | 0.36 | 93.0% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:24 | 0.13 | 30.7% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:05 | 0.13 | 73.4% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 | 0.17 | 91.8% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:27 | 0.32 | 82.3% | 0.0 |
| – | 11 | 10 | 1 | .909 | 1.33 | +0.3 | 31:15 | |
| L | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.46 | −2.5 | 28:45 |
New York Rangers
Official boxscore lines, plus individual xG, on-ice expected-goals share at 5-on-5 and win probability added (percentage points).
| 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 23:24 | 0.22 | 29.1% | +8.3 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:58 | 0.04 | 81.4% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:32 | 0.05 | 29.1% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 | 0.00 | 78.2% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:37 | 0.02 | 59.6% | +7.0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:54 | 0.14 | 31.7% | +0.6 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:03 | 0.01 | 32.3% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:35 | 0.08 | 57.9% | +12.4 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 | 0.09 | 27.1% | 0.0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 15:53 | 0.63 | 62.4% | +19.4 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:39 | 0.39 | 69.7% | +22.8 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 | 0.02 | 44.4% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:25 | 0.06 | 46.4% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:51 | 0.71 | 69.7% | +20.9 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:14 | 0.27 | 70.5% | +22.8 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:48 | 0.00 | 7.2% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 | 0.07 | 6.2% | 0.0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:00 | 0.00 | 7.8% | 0.0 |
| W | 44 | 43 | 1 | .977 | 3.49 | +2.5 | 59:57 |