Hockey Decoded

Shape of the Game

Season-to-date averages before puck drop, this game once it starts. Live depth timeline →

Depth

overall
This game
53BUF
49NYR
Shots
58|47
CF
55|49
xG
35|53
TOI
48|54
20 · top-heavy50 · league average80 · even

Goaltending

GSAx
This game · goalie in net only, so no empty-net goals or shootouts
−0.78BUF
−0.73NYR
Sabres team −0.78
U. Luukkonen
17 SV · 3 GA · 2.22 xGA
−0.78
Rangers team −0.73
I. Shesterkin
22 SV · 4 GA · 3.27 xGA
−0.73

Rosters

Bars show each player's share of his team's total in this game. Depth is how evenly that total is spread across the lineup.

Sabres
Away
58 Shot depth index
Biggest contributors · all four stats
Top 3: 36% of team output (an even split would be 17%)
J. Zucker
J. Zucker L
14%
of team output
SOG 15% CF 10% xG 27% TOI 6%
Z. Benson
Z. Benson L
13%
of team output
SOG 11% CF 6% xG 30% TOI 4%
T. Thompson
T. Thompson C
9%
of team output
SOG 7% CF 12% xG 9% TOI 8%
#PlayerPosShare TOISOGCFxG
Forwards 67% of team
17 J. Zucker L
15% 18:14 4 5 1.15
6 Z. Benson L
11% 12:59 3 3 1.26
72 T. Thompson C
7% 22:18 2 6 0.37
71 R. McLeod C
7% 17:10 2 3 0.10
19 P. Krebs C
7% 15:04 2 2 0.07
9 J. Norris C
7% 14:46 2 3 0.27
22 J. Quinn R
4% 19:24 1 3 0.34
89 A. Tuch R
4% 19:05 1 3 0.11
91 J. Doan R
4% 13:08 1 2 0.19
48 T. Kozak C
0% 10:50 0 0 0.00
29 B. Malenstyn L
0% 10:15 0 1 0.01
70 T. Pearson L
0% 08:52 0 1 0.00
Defense 33% of team
8 M. Kesselring D
11% 10:37 3 4 0.04
26 R. Dahlin D
7% 24:30 2 7 0.21
4 B. Byram D
7% 22:07 2 4 0.05
25 O. Power D
4% 20:09 1 1 0.02
21 C. Timmins D
4% 16:26 1 3 0.01
23 M. Samuelsson D
0% 20:39 0 1 0.01
Goaliesnot part of skater depth
#GoaliePos SASVSV%GSAx
1 U. Luukkonen G 20 17 .850 -0.78
92 C. Ellis G DNP
Rangers
Home
47 Shot depth index
Biggest contributors · all four stats
Top 3: 32% of team output (an even split would be 17%)
W. Cuylle
W. Cuylle L
11%
of team output
SOG 15% CF 6% xG 18% TOI 5%
J. Miller
J. Miller C
11%
of team output
SOG 15% CF 8% xG 15% TOI 7%
M. Zibanejad
M. Zibanejad C
10%
of team output
SOG 10% CF 13% xG 11% TOI 6%
#PlayerPosShare TOISOGCFxG
Forwards 70% of team
8 J. Miller C
15% 20:51 3 4 0.33
50 W. Cuylle L
15% 15:46 3 3 0.41
93 M. Zibanejad C
10% 18:44 2 7 0.25
13 A. Lafrenière L
10% 15:07 2 3 0.29
24 T. Kartye L
5% 16:07 1 4 0.24
42 N. Laba C
5% 13:33 1 2 0.13
22 J. Brodzinski C
5% 12:03 1 5 0.12
38 A. Sykora L
5% 11:16 1 1 0.03
16 V. Trocheck C
0% 18:48 0 1 0.00
43 C. Sheary L
0% 12:28 0 0 0.00
94 G. Perreault R
0% 12:09 0 1 0.13
49 J. Chmelar R
0% 11:15 0 1 0.00
Defense 30% of team
4 B. Schneider D
15% 22:35 3 5 0.08
44 V. Gavrikov D
5% 24:41 1 5 0.09
23 A. Fox D
5% 23:20 1 6 0.10
29 M. Robertson D
5% 15:52 1 2 0.01
17 W. Borgen D
0% 15:24 0 1 0.00
45 D. Fortescue D
0% 13:34 0 2 0.01
Goaliesnot part of skater depth
#GoaliePos SASVSV%GSAx
31 I. Shesterkin G 26 22 .846 -0.73
32 J. Quick G DNP