Wed, Apr 8, 2026·Madison Square Garden, New York
Buffalo Sabres 5, New York Rangers 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 80% of the time.
13%
73%
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.
| Tuch–Thompson–Krebs | Zucker–McLeod–Quinn | Norris–Doan–Benson | Pearson–Malenstyn–Kozak | Samuelsson–Dahlin | Byram–Power | Dahlin–Byram | Timmins–Byram | Timmins–Power | Kesselring–Power | Timmins–Samuelsson | Samuelsson–Kesselring | Timmins–Dahlin | Dahlin–Kesselring | Samuelsson–Power | Timmins–Kesselring | Dahlin–Power | Kesselring–Byram | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller–Sheary–Kartye | 9:000.45–0.20 | 1:110.00–0.02 | 3:450.00–0.05 | 2:170.43–0.07 | 0:560.00–0.06 | 1:190.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.02 | |||||||||||
| Chmelar–Sykora–Laba | 1:270.00–0.13 | 2:440.03–0.09 | 3:320.23–0.02 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 1:080.23–0.00 | 1:280.00–0.07 | 2:040.00–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.10 | 0:330.00–0.02 | 0:580.00–0.03 | 0:330.03–0.00 | 1:020.00–0.02 | ||||||
| Trocheck–Brodzinski–Cuylle | 0:300.00–0.00 | 1:350.00–0.00 | 3:560.18–0.19 | 2:230.06–0.00 | 2:090.01–0.18 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.00 | 0:520.01–0.00 | 0:590.00–0.00 | 1:260.09–0.01 | 1:060.00–0.00 | 0:590.14–0.00 | ||||||
| Zibanejad–Lafrenière–Perreault | 4:040.12–0.28 | 2:440.19–0.03 | 1:060.12–0.00 | 2:180.09–0.03 | 1:140.00–0.20 | 2:210.13–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Gavrikov–Fox | 6:560.45–0.18 | 2:150.00–0.02 | 2:100.10–0.01 | 2:060.05–0.00 | 4:540.00–0.05 | 0:550.43–0.00 | 0:560.00–0.00 | 1:280.00–0.10 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 2:360.09–0.06 | 0:480.03–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.00 | ||||
| Borgen–Robertson | 3:140.00–0.07 | 3:410.12–0.20 | 0:460.09–0.03 | 2:360.23–0.00 | 1:210.12–0.00 | 4:160.23–0.10 | 1:360.00–0.00 | 2:550.00–0.20 | 0:300.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Schneider–Fortescue | 0:580.00–0.00 | 2:480.03–0.07 | 4:350.27–0.75 | 1:020.01–0.00 | 1:510.01–0.18 | 0:540.00–0.00 | 1:220.00–0.57 | 1:510.13–0.00 | 1:000.01–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 1:320.03–0.07 | 0:580.13–0.00 | ||||||
| Gavrikov–Schneider | 0:400.00–0.00 | 1:040.00–0.09 | 1:000.00–0.07 | 0:430.00–0.02 | 0:370.00–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Borgen–Schneider | 0:520.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robertson–Schneider | 0:330.00–0.05 | 0:320.00–0.05 | 0:330.00–0.00 |
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
 Vladislav GavrikovNYR | 27 | 24:41 | 0:55 | 1:48 | 3 | 4 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 25 | 24:30 | 0:59 | 2:28 | 4 | 3 |
 Adam FoxNYR | 27 | 23:20 | 0:52 | 1:26 | 5 | 2 |
 Braden SchneiderNYR | 27 | 22:35 | 0:50 | 2:19 | 1 | 5 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 22 | 22:18 | 1:01 | 3:14 | 5 | 1 |
 Bowen ByramBUF | 23 | 22:07 | 0:58 | 1:43 | 3 | 4 |
 J.T. MillerNYR | 25 | 20:51 | 0:50 | 1:42 | 5 | 4 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 23 | 20:39 | 0:54 | 1:49 | 2 | 4 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 24 | 20:09 | 0:50 | 1:19 | 3 | 4 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 21 | 19:24 | 0:55 | 2:10 | 6 | 1 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 25 | 19:05 | 0:46 | 1:14 | 4 | 5 |
 Vincent TrocheckNYR | 23 | 18:48 | 0:49 | 1:19 | 3 | 5 |
 Mika ZibanejadNYR | 24 | 18:44 | 0:47 | 1:27 | 6 | 5 |
 Jason ZuckerBUF | 20 | 18:14 | 0:55 | 2:18 | 6 | 1 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 21 | 17:10 | 0:49 | 1:19 | 3 | 2 |
 Conor TimminsBUF | 19 | 16:26 | 0:52 | 1:23 | 1 | 3 |
 Tye KartyeNYR | 22 | 16:07 | 0:44 | 1:23 | 3 | 3 |
 Matthew RobertsonNYR | 22 | 15:52 | 0:43 | 1:25 | 2 | 4 |
 Will CuylleNYR | 22 | 15:46 | 0:43 | 1:07 | 2 | 3 |
 Will BorgenNYR | 24 | 15:24 | 0:39 | 1:28 | 1 | 4 |
 Alexis LafrenièreNYR | 19 | 15:07 | 0:48 | 1:14 | 7 | 0 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 20 | 15:04 | 0:45 | 1:31 | 3 | 1 |
 Josh NorrisBUF | 17 | 14:46 | 0:52 | 2:11 | 3 | 2 |
 Drew FortescueNYR | 15 | 13:34 | 0:54 | 1:42 | 1 | 0 |
 Noah LabaNYR | 21 | 13:33 | 0:39 | 1:13 | 1 | 2 |
 Josh DoanBUF | 16 | 13:08 | 0:49 | 1:19 | 1 | 2 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 16 | 12:59 | 0:49 | 1:09 | 2 | 2 |
 Conor ShearyNYR | 16 | 12:28 | 0:47 | 1:26 | 1 | 3 |
 Gabe PerreaultNYR | 16 | 12:09 | 0:46 | 1:08 | 4 | 0 |
 Jonny BrodzinskiNYR | 15 | 12:03 | 0:48 | 1:02 | 1 | 2 |
 Adam SykoraNYR | 15 | 11:16 | 0:45 | 1:32 | 0 | 1 |
 Jaroslav ChmelarNYR | 15 | 11:15 | 0:45 | 1:09 | 0 | 1 |
 Tyson KozakBUF | 15 | 10:50 | 0:43 | 1:06 | 1 | 1 |
 Michael KesselringBUF | 15 | 10:37 | 0:42 | 1:02 | 2 | 0 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 14 | 10:15 | 0:44 | 1:05 | 0 | 3 |
 Tanner PearsonBUF | 12 | 8:52 | 0:44 | 1:01 | 0 | 1 |