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Sat, Mar 11, 2023·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

New York Rangers 2, Buffalo Sabres 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 57% of the time.

BUF winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR071501113226
BUF0611301400133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 7:52BUFJeff SkinnerAssists: Ilya Lyubushkin, Tage Thompson · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:28NYRPatrick KaneAssists: K'Andre Miller, Jacob Trouba · Backhand, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:02NYRArtemi PanarinPPGWGAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:54NYRJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 19:03BUFZemgus Girgensons: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 9:50BUFCasey Mittelstadt: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 13:02NYRChris Kreider: Interference2 min
  5. OT 1:12BUFRasmus Dahlin: Hooking2 min · PPG

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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BUF
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackBUF attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRBUF
26Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits19
22Blocked shots14
6Giveaways9
5Takeaways7

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each 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

  1. Goodrow – Vesey – Motte7:48

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  2. Kreider – Trocheck – Kakko3:09

    xG 0.07–0.20 (26%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière7:17

    xG 0.27–0.40 (40%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Panarin2:36

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Trouba – Miller18:32

    xG 0.45–0.92 (33%)attempts 16–18goals 1–1

  2. Mikkola – Fox17:37

    xG 0.56–1.09 (34%)attempts 12–24goals 0–0

  3. Harpur – Schneider11:12

    xG 0.19–0.82 (19%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestCozens – Quinn – Peterka11:29

    xG 1.32–0.57 (70%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  2. Olofsson – Jost – Mittelstadt9:21

    xG 0.62–0.15 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs10:11

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Skinner – Greenway – Thompson13:27

    xG 0.36–0.34 (51%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJokiharju – Power15:45

    xG 1.04–0.46 (69%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  2. Jokiharju – Samuelsson2:02

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Stillman – Dahlin2:46

    xG 0.23–0.04 (86%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

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.

BUF 3.0 xGNYR 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BUFNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

BUF's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BUF is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #898 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50BUF 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 57% of the time.

BUF winsNYR wins

Simulated goal difference (BUF − NYR), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).