Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 15, 2010 · HSBC Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	2	28
Buffalo Sabres	1	23

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
01:29	MTL	Alexandre Picard (1)	P.K. Subban (1)	1 - 0
18:55	MTL	Josh Gorges (1) PP	Roman Hamrlik (1), Scott Gomez (1)	2 - 0
3rd Period
03:26	BUF	Derek Roy (1)	Thomas Vanek (1), Drew Stafford (1)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
10:44	MTL	Benoit Pouliot	Hooking	2
13:06	BUF	Paul Gaustad	Hooking	2
2nd Period
06:23	BUF	Tyler Ennis	Interference goalkeeper	2
17:35	BUF	Steve Montador	Roughing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	61	45	28	2	2.7	48.3
Buffalo Sabres	47	31	23	1	1.7	51.7

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens

Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Michael Cammalleri · Tomas Plekanec · Andrei Kostitsyn	12:33	63.6	53.1	0-0
Scott Gomez · Brian Gionta · Travis Moen	10:54	41.2	39.2	0-0
Jeff Halpern · Maxim Lapierre · Lars Eller	6:29	76.9	83.3	1-0
Dustin Boyd · Benoit Pouliot · Tom Pyatt	5:34	33.3	15.6	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Hal Gill · Josh Gorges	17:24	54.8	42.0	0-1
Roman Hamrlik · Jaroslav Spacek	14:17	45.0	50.7	0-0
Alexandre Picard · P.K. Subban	13:39	54.5	81.1	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
4	Josh Gorges	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	22:27	0.08	17-15	0.69-0.99
54	Alexandre Picard	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	14:55	0.10	14-11	0.72-0.19
23	Scott Gomez	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	18:38	0.11	10-19	0.60-0.55
40	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	18:36	0.01	11-14	0.24-0.32
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	20:26	0.09	14-15	0.71-0.31
8	Jaroslav Spacek	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:37	0.11	11-15	0.25-0.33
10	Tom Pyatt	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	08:46	0.04	5-8	0.05-0.30
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:18	0.08	9-15	0.25-0.39
13	Michael Cammalleri	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:17	0.16	15-13	0.72-0.82
14	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12:22	0.01	12-7	0.28-0.13
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:32	0.20	15-11	0.72-0.64
17	Dustin Boyd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	08:02		5-9	0.05-0.30
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	09:49	0.18	14-8	0.53-0.21
27	Travis Moen	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:45	0.16	9-14	0.36-0.39
40	Maxim Lapierre	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	15:09	0.22	15-13	0.65-0.31
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	17:48	0.91	14-9	0.72-0.63
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	11:34	0.25	3-9	0.04-0.21
75	Hal Gill	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	21:59	0.04	17-20	0.69-1.12

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	W	23	22	1	60:00	1.75	+0.75

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek · Drew Stafford	7:37	71.4	44.5	1-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Tyler Ennis	5:35	87.5	96.4	0-0
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis	5:15	63.6	81.0	0-0
Jochen Hecht · Tim Connolly · Thomas Vanek	4:29	37.5	14.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers	18:39	56.7	50.9	0-0
Steve Montador · Chris Butler	14:46	44.4	32.8	0-1
Craig Rivet · Andrej Sekera	13:30	60.9	62.5	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Derek Roy	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	20:23	0.14	18-16	1.01-0.75
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	1	1	1	0	4	2	17:31	0.28	19-14	1.04-0.74
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	17:09	0.19	15-16	0.54-0.98
5	Steve Montador	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	16:23	0.01	12-16	0.24-0.51
5	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18:37	0.01	15-10	0.50-0.26
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	14:51	0.03	13-14	0.29-0.29
12	Tim Connolly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:33	0.05	5-10	0.05-0.43
20	Rob Niedermayer	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:40	0.11	10-5	0.27-0.19
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	10:48	0.09	10-9	0.32-0.27
25	Mike Grier	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	17:58	0.11	9-5	0.22-0.20
25	Chris Butler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:47	0.01	13-15	0.34-0.49
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	11:18	0.01	6-6	0.10-0.15
33	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	26:04	0.02	18-17	0.89-0.90
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	06:50	0.14	6-9	0.18-0.24
52	Craig Rivet	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17:13	0.03	15-12	0.42-0.29
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:53	0.15	10-11	0.16-0.41
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	24:53	0.23	17-14	0.86-0.85
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	17:05	0.13	14-11	0.72-0.33

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	L	28	26	2	59:44	2.74	+0.74