Fri, Dec 10, 2021·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
New York Rangers 2, Buffalo Sabres 1
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 60% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYR | 112 | 112 | 07 | 231 |
| BUF | 06 | 013 | 118 | 137 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 4:48NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–0
- P2 9:47NYRAlexis LafrenièreGWGAssists: Adam Fox, Filip Chytil · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
- P3 14:37BUFBrett MurrayAssists: Mark Pysyk, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
- P1 2:55NYRBarclay Goodrow: Fighting5 min
- P1 2:55BUFJohn Hayden: Fighting5 min · PPG
- P1 4:31BUFMark Pysyk: Tripping2 min
- P1 7:08BUFKyle Okposo: Hooking2 min
- P2 11:17NYRJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
- P2 19:16NYRRyan Reaves: Cross checking2 min
- P3 0:00NYRBarclay Goodrow: Tripping2 min
- P3 0:00BUFDylan Cozens: Slashing2 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Cozens
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
New York Rangers
Forward lines
- bestGauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière7:39
xG 1.02–0.58 (64%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0
- Strome – Hunt – Panarin11:46
xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0
- Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko14:48
xG 0.85–0.79 (52%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1
- Reaves – Goodrow – Rooney9:41
xG 0.09–0.22 (29%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestFox – Lindgren17:21
xG 1.23–0.87 (58%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1
- Nemeth – Lundkvist11:01
xG 0.62–0.29 (68%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0
- Nemeth – Miller2:25
xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestJankowski – Hayden – Asplund7:00
xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0
- Okposo – Murray – Cozens10:49
xG 0.58–0.35 (62%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0
- Okposo – Asplund – Cozens3:04
xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0
- Eakin – Girgensons – Hinostroza8:15
xG 0.22–0.52 (29%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestMiller – Bryson14:54
xG 0.84–0.67 (56%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1
- Pysyk – Butcher12:27
xG 0.38–0.36 (51%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0
- Jokiharju – Dahlin18:56
xG 0.42–1.27 (25%)attempts 16–22goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BUF's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BUF is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 60% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BUF − NYR), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).