Tue, Mar 2, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York
Buffalo Sabres 2, New York Rangers 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 51% of the time.
39%
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39%
NYR winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
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.
| Reinhart–Olofsson–Eichel | Sheahan–Skinner–Lazar | Staal–Okposo–Hall | Eakin–Rieder–Cozens | Ristolainen–Dahlin | Montour–Bryson | Miller–Jokiharju | Jokiharju–Dahlin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kreider–Blackwell–Strome | 8:390.21–0.27 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 1:150.02–0.00 | 6:480.16–0.06 | 3:450.06–0.21 | 0:340.00–0.00 | ||
| Zibanejad–Buchnevich–Lafrenière | 1:110.02–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.27 | 4:580.77–0.31 | 2:500.00–0.12 | 3:210.61–0.04 | 3:560.20–0.55 | 3:170.00–0.22 | |
| Rooney–Gauthier–Chytil | 5:080.01–0.14 | 1:030.00–0.26 | 2:060.31–0.03 | 3:020.02–0.26 | 1:400.27–0.10 | 4:500.04–0.06 | ||
| Di Giuseppe–Lemieux–Howden | 1:000.03–0.00 | 2:350.01–0.23 | 1:120.06–0.00 | 0:510.02–0.01 | 1:270.00–0.06 | 3:060.06–0.15 | 2:430.01–0.05 | |
| Fox–Lindgren | 7:230.16–0.07 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 2:010.51–0.00 | 2:420.06–0.04 | 6:350.53–0.02 | 4:330.19–0.08 | 2:380.04–0.03 | |
| Johnson–Hajek | 1:240.00–0.00 | 5:130.01–0.29 | 3:090.00–0.27 | 1:470.27–0.00 | 4:090.00–0.33 | 3:160.29–0.28 | 5:110.01–0.05 | |
| Smith–Miller | 1:570.00–0.12 | 2:360.01–0.35 | 2:390.32–0.30 | 2:520.06–0.12 | 3:420.16–0.04 | 3:330.18–0.61 | 3:300.00–0.25 | |
| Johnson–Miller | 0:530.00–0.00 | 1:400.00–0.01 | 0:380.00–0.00 | |||||
| Smith–Hajek | 0:400.00–0.01 | 0:570.01–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.01 | |||||
| Fox–Miller | 1:110.00–0.06 | 1:270.00–0.06 | ||||||
| Smith–Fox | 0:460.00–0.01 | 0:300.09–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.01 |
Every shift, one row per player.
NYRBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 27 | 24:01 | 0:53 | 2:01 | 4 | 3 |
 Adam FoxNYR | 27 | 23:47 | 0:53 | 1:56 | 2 | 5 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 26 | 22:52 | 0:53 | 1:26 | 6 | 4 |
 K'Andre MillerNYR | 25 | 20:51 | 0:50 | 1:52 | 1 | 1 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 24 | 19:55 | 0:50 | 1:54 | 5 | 3 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 24 | 19:46 | 0:49 | 1:46 | 6 | 2 |
 Ryan LindgrenNYR | 23 | 19:14 | 0:50 | 1:56 | 1 | 3 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 24 | 18:39 | 0:47 | 1:21 | 2 | 1 |
 Alexis LafrenièreNYR | 20 | 18:35 | 0:56 | 1:21 | 3 | 0 |
 Pavel BuchnevichNYR | 21 | 18:11 | 0:52 | 1:27 | 2 | 1 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 20 | 18:08 | 0:54 | 1:22 | 2 | 0 |
 Ryan StromeNYR | 24 | 17:56 | 0:45 | 1:26 | 3 | 4 |
 Brandon MontourBUF | 24 | 17:55 | 0:45 | 1:12 | 3 | 0 |
 Jack JohnsonNYR | 22 | 17:50 | 0:49 | 1:49 | 1 | 2 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 23 | 17:36 | 0:46 | 1:39 | 5 | 2 |
 Libor HajekNYR | 24 | 17:28 | 0:44 | 1:49 | 1 | 3 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 21 | 17:12 | 0:49 | 1:22 | 3 | 0 |
 Brendan SmithNYR | 24 | 17:07 | 0:43 | 1:27 | 0 | 2 |
 Chris KreiderNYR | 23 | 17:00 | 0:44 | 1:20 | 3 | 3 |
 Mika ZibanejadNYR | 23 | 16:36 | 0:43 | 1:13 | 3 | 1 |
 Filip ChytilNYR | 21 | 16:08 | 0:46 | 1:17 | 1 | 1 |
 Colin BlackwellNYR | 21 | 15:41 | 0:45 | 1:15 | 4 | 3 |
 Taylor HallBUF | 23 | 15:38 | 0:41 | 1:08 | 6 | 0 |
 Curtis LazarBUF | 19 | 15:27 | 0:49 | 1:15 | 2 | 1 |
 Kevin RooneyNYR | 19 | 14:33 | 0:46 | 1:12 | 1 | 1 |
 Riley SheahanBUF | 18 | 14:23 | 0:48 | 1:09 | 2 | 1 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 16 | 14:12 | 0:53 | 1:21 | 3 | 1 |
 Julien GauthierNYR | 19 | 13:56 | 0:44 | 1:22 | 0 | 1 |
 Eric StaalBUF | 19 | 13:14 | 0:42 | 1:01 | 3 | 0 |
 Tobias RiederBUF | 17 | 12:49 | 0:45 | 1:06 | 0 | 2 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 17 | 12:28 | 0:44 | 1:03 | 2 | 0 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 18 | 12:05 | 0:40 | 1:00 | 0 | 3 |
 Brendan LemieuxNYR | 16 | 11:49 | 0:44 | 1:13 | 3 | 2 |
 Phillip Di GiuseppeNYR | 14 | 10:58 | 0:47 | 1:26 | 2 | 2 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 14 | 10:55 | 0:47 | 1:06 | 1 | 0 |
 Brett HowdenNYR | 16 | 10:26 | 0:39 | 1:13 | 1 | 3 |