BUF 3 @ NYR 6 · Apr 25, 2021

Sun, Apr 25, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

Away

Buffalo Sabres

Final

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New York Rangers

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 72% of the time.

66%

20%

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.

	Skinner–Reinhart–Olofsson	Bjork–Cozens–Ruotsalainen	Asplund–Thompson–Mittelstadt	Sheahan–Rieder–Caggiula	Skinner–Reinhart–Caggiula	Jokiharju–Dahlin	Ristolainen–Samuelsson	Miller–Bryson
Blackwell–Strome–Panarin		2:220.00–0.13	4:500.09–0.07	2:070.01–0.19		7:170.10–0.27	2:290.02–0.14	0:460.00–0.02
Kreider–Chytil–Kakko	2:010.00–0.03	2:210.11–0.16	3:100.15–0.00				5:360.35–0.00	2:410.06–0.19
Zibanejad–Buchnevich–Lafrenière	5:280.43–0.26	2:150.02–0.01				3:530.32–0.26	1:420.02–0.01	2:050.18–0.00
Rooney–Howden–Kravtsov	1:530.00–0.00	1:470.04–0.00		1:430.00–0.02	0:300.00–0.02	2:420.00–0.02	0:430.02–0.00	2:410.02–0.02
Blackwell–Panarin–Chytil						0:320.00–0.01
Kreider–Strome–Panarin				1:120.00–0.09		1:170.00–0.09
Strome–Panarin–Kakko		0:400.00–0.08					0:300.00–0.08
Kreider–Chytil–Kravtsov	1:020.06–0.02					0:440.06–0.02
Smith–Miller	2:170.06–0.02	7:590.16–0.39	3:090.04–0.12		0:380.00–0.00	1:580.08–0.09	8:210.11–0.26	4:260.06–0.26
Fox–Hajek	3:470.30–0.24		3:340.09–0.05	1:350.01–0.19		6:500.35–0.39	0:490.04–0.00	1:520.00–0.12
Lindgren–Jones	1:390.14–0.14	1:330.02–0.03	1:360.00–0.04	3:140.00–0.10		5:520.00–0.31		2:430.15–0.00
Fox–Lindgren	2:480.00–0.02					1:220.00–0.02	2:010.20–0.00	0:460.05–0.00
Hajek–Jones						0:540.02–0.00
Lindgren–Hajek	1:010.00–0.00					1:120.00–0.00
Smith–Hajek						0:320.00–0.01

Shift chart

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 DahlinBUF	23	27:17	1:11	2:53	2	1
Adam FoxNYR	29	24:45	0:51	1:36	4	6
Henri JokiharjuBUF	22	22:18	1:01	1:40	1	1
Brendan SmithNYR	26	21:36	0:50	1:45	1	2
Ryan LindgrenNYR	24	21:05	0:53	1:36	0	7
Sam ReinhartBUF	23	21:02	0:55	2:31	7	2
Artemi PanarinNYR	20	20:45	1:02	2:38	3	1
Victor OlofssonBUF	21	20:13	0:58	2:31	7	2
Dylan CozensBUF	20	19:42	0:59	2:56	4	0
Ryan StromeNYR	22	19:33	0:53	1:23	4	2
Jeff SkinnerBUF	20	18:40	0:56	1:51	6	1
Casey MittelstadtBUF	21	18:36	0:53	2:31	7	1
K'Andre MillerNYR	21	18:35	0:53	1:45	1	3
Rasmus RistolainenBUF	21	18:32	0:53	1:41	4	3
Mika ZibanejadNYR	24	17:41	0:44	1:15	4	6
Libor HajekNYR	22	17:34	0:48	1:28	1	2
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	19	17:24	0:55	1:41	3	3
Chris KreiderNYR	18	16:31	0:55	2:38	1	0
Pavel BuchnevichNYR	22	15:36	0:43	1:13	4	4
Colin BlackwellNYR	19	15:27	0:49	1:23	3	4
Jacob BrysonBUF	19	14:54	0:47	1:26	2	2
Anders BjorkBUF	16	14:52	0:56	1:51	1	1
Arttu RuotsalainenBUF	19	14:33	0:46	1:18	3	0
Tage ThompsonBUF	19	14:11	0:45	1:36	4	0
Colin MillerBUF	16	13:55	0:52	1:20	0	1
Filip ChytilNYR	16	13:19	0:50	1:30	0	0
Kaapo KakkoNYR	15	13:05	0:52	1:36	2	0
Rasmus AsplundBUF	18	12:33	0:42	1:42	1	1
Kevin RooneyNYR	16	12:14	0:46	1:26	0	1
Zac JonesNYR	17	12:10	0:43	1:24	2	1
Alexis LafrenièreNYR	16	12:03	0:45	1:20	5	2
Brett HowdenNYR	15	10:56	0:44	1:12	1	2
Drake CaggiulaBUF	13	10:05	0:47	1:17	1	2
Vitali KravtsovNYR	13	9:43	0:45	1:13	0	0
Riley SheahanBUF	14	9:38	0:41	1:18	1	5
Tobias RiederBUF	11	8:53	0:48	1:24	0	3

Buffalo Sabres 3, New York Rangers 6

Who was on the ice

Shift totals