Scoring Chances for Game 1 vs Buffalo
As you may have ascertained from some of the comments, I have taken on tracking scoring chances for the New York Rangers. Thanks to the efforts of Vic Ferrari at Irreverant Oiler Fans and timeonice.com, this is not as daunting a task as it could be, merely requiring the time to watch games (having the ability to rewind and watch in slo-mo certainly helps of course).
To answer the question "what is a scoring chance," here's the definition being used
A scoring chance is defined as a clear play directed toward the opposing net from a dangerous scoring area - loosely defined as the top of the circle in and inside the faceoff dots, though sometimes slightly more generous than that depending on the amount of immediately-preceding puck movement or screens in front of the net. Blocked shots are generally not included, but missed shots are. A player is awarded a scoring chance anytime he is on the ice and someone from either team has a chance to score. He is awarded a "chance for" if someone on his team has a chance to score and a "chance against" if the opposing team has a chance to score.
After the jump, you'll find the results of game 1 against the Buffalo Sabres:
Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20013
| Team | Period | Time | Note | NYR | Opponent | |||||||||||
| BUF | 1 | 18:52 | Roy | 17 | 18 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 1 | 15:14 | Gaborik w/ partial screen | 10 | 18 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 63 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 1 | 12:52 | Anisimov | 17 | 24 | 30 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 1 | 12:51 | Callahan | 17 | 24 | 30 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 1 | 10:44 | Stafford missed net | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 63 | 4v5 | |
| NYR | 1 | 6:39 | Avery one-timer | 16 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 38 | 44 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 1 | 4:18 | Dubinsky Goal | 17 | 24 | 30 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 57 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 1 | 0:50 | Anisimov breakaway | 5 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 42 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 63 | 4v5 | |
| NYR | 2 | 19:05 | Gaborik one-timer | 4 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 5v3 | ||
| BUF | 2 | 17:27 | Rebound | 16 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 38 | 42 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 44 | 52 | 55 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 13:58 | Pominville | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 5:16 | Vanek | 16 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 5:13 | Stafford wraparound | 16 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 2 | 4:52 | Stepan Goal | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 44 | 52 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 3:03 | Ennis | 4 | 17 | 19 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 63 | 4v5 | |
| NYR | 2 | 1:40 | Stepan Goal | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 52 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 2 | 0:08 | Roy | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 19:42 | wraparound | 17 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 55 | 57 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 3 | 18:52 | Christensen Goal | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 57 | 63 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 3 | 17:56 | Stepan breakaway | 19 | 21 | 30 | 38 | 44 | 94 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 52 | 63 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 3 | 14:01 | Callahan rebound | 4 | 17 | 24 | 30 | 38 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 3 | 11:07 | Callahan | 17 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 63 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 3 | 10:18 | Dubinsky | 17 | 24 | 30 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 52 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 8:49 | Sekera | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 30 | 55 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 3 | 8:21 | Boyle | 8 | 18 | 22 | 30 | 33 | 94 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 8:11 | Vanek | 8 | 18 | 22 | 30 | 33 | 94 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 5v5 |
| NYR | 3 | 8:01 | Prust 2 on 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 94 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 44 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 7:10 | Kaleta | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 52 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 5:37 | Roy | 17 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 63 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 5:09 | Pominville | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 55 | 57 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 5:09 | Pominville | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 55 | 57 | 5v5 |
| BUF | 3 | 2:44 | Grier | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 30 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 5v5 |
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 4 | M. DEL ZOTTO | 19:00 | 4 | 7 | 2:46 | 0 | 0 | 0:56 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | D. GIRARDI | 19:13 | 3 | 7 | 0:57 | 0 | 0 | 3:41 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | B. PRUST | 6:59 | 2 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:48 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | M. GABORIK | 14:32 | 2 | 4 | 2:08 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | S. AVERY | 14:12 | 3 | 5 | 0:08 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | B. DUBINSKY | 15:10 | 6 | 4 | 1:30 | 0 | 0 | 1:15 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | M. STAAL | 19:12 | 4 | 7 | 0:24 | 0 | 0 | 3:55 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | R. FEDOTENKO | 14:38 | 4 | 5 | 0:09 | 0 | 0 | 1:08 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | D. STEPAN | 14:46 | 4 | 1 | 2:18 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | B. BOYLE | 7:51 | 3 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:48 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | R. CALLAHAN | 14:16 | 6 | 3 | 2:12 | 0 | 0 | 1:55 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | E. CHRISTENSEN | 13:59 | 2 | 5 | 0:47 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | H. LUNDQVIST | 51:09 | 14 | 14 | 3:30 | 0 | 0 | 4:51 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | A. FROLOV | 13:27 | 2 | 5 | 1:03 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | M. ROZSIVAL | 18:30 | 4 | 6 | 1:03 | 0 | 0 | 1:10 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | M. SAUER | 13:19 | 7 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | A. ANISIMOV | 15:38 | 5 | 6 | 0:16 | 0 | 0 | 1:48 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | S. EMINGER | 13:10 | 6 | 0 | 0:44 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | D. BOOGAARD | 6:03 | 3 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Two comments here, you'll note that Buffalo had 7 of the last 9 chances as the Rangers took their foot of the gas with a big lead. The report (and subsequent charts) also ignores Dubinsky's EN goal, which I'm trying to get to the bottom of.
For those additionally curious, here's the breakdown on a player versus player basis for 5v5 only, with the ice time courtesy again of Vic Ferrari's scripts. Special thanks to Derek @ Copper and Blue for the formatting, saving me some tedious work.
For those curious to take this project on themselves, you can find the scripts here: Scoring Chance Scripts.
Game 2 coming soon.
