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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 5, 2010 · HSBC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 3 32
Buffalo Sabres 2 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:18 BUF Mike Grier (1) Tyler Ennis (1), Steve Montador (1) 0 - 1
18:40 MTL Jeff Halpern (1) Mathieu Darche (1), Josh Gorges (1) 1 - 1
2nd Period
09:02 BUF Jordan Leopold (1) Mike Grier (1), Paul Gaustad (1) 1 - 2
09:48 MTL Benoit Pouliot (1) Mathieu Darche (2), Jeff Halpern (1) 2 - 2
17:12 MTL Benoit Pouliot (2) Jeff Halpern (2), Andrei Markov (1) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:46 MTL Dustin Boyd Holding 2
08:59 MTL Team Too many men on the ice 2
13:58 BUF Drew Stafford Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd Period
03:27 MTL Josh Gorges Roughing 2
03:27 BUF Patrick Kaleta Roughing 2
03:27 MTL Andrei Markov Roughing 2
3rd Period
01:28 MTL Michael Cammalleri Holding 2
05:56 BUF Andrej Sekera Hooking 2
08:32 BUF Craig Rivet Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 60 46 32 3 1.8 51.6
Buffalo Sabres 53 40 31 2 3.1 48.4

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadMontréal Canadiens ahead

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: 1.8 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 18:40 of 1st, a 7% chanceMTL goal, 9:48 of 2nd, a 14% chanceMTL goal, 17:12 of 2nd, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 17:18 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 9:02 of 2nd, a 34% chanceBUF 3.1MTL 1.8

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Scott Gomez · Brian Gionta · Andrei Kostitsyn11:1859.133.70-1
Jeff Halpern · Mathieu Darche · Benoit Pouliot8:3058.834.73-0
Maxim Lapierre · Dustin Boyd · Tom Pyatt7:5150.044.50-0
Travis Moen · Michael Cammalleri · Lars Eller7:0141.754.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrei Markov · Josh Gorges15:2153.626.72-1
Roman Hamrlik · Jaroslav Spacek13:2240.726.10-1
Hal Gill · P.K. Subban11:0256.534.91-0

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
14 Jeff Halpern C 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 18:01 0.11 13-12 0.38-0.97
67 Benoit Pouliot L 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 11:32 0.16 12-8 0.39-0.70
52 Mathieu Darche L 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 12:21 0.02 15-8 0.49-0.70
4 Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 20:14 0.02 18-15 0.42-0.99
79 Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 23:06 0.11 20-17 0.79-1.26
8 Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:20 12-16 0.25-0.65
10 Tom Pyatt L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:09 7-12 0.31-0.45
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 20:17 0.19 15-13 0.25-0.58
13 Michael Cammalleri L 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 16:31 0.33 14-10 0.50-0.24
17 Dustin Boyd C 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10:07 0.20 11-10 0.55-0.24
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 08:26 0.08 8-11 0.25-0.47
23 Scott Gomez C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:03 0.02 17-14 0.35-1.22
27 Travis Moen L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:13 0.12 11-10 0.65-0.74
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:54 0.09 15-19 0.32-0.71
40 Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:09 0.08 7-12 0.12-0.51
46 Andrei Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 18:40 0.20 17-18 0.34-1.30
75 Hal Gill D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:29 0.04 13-10 0.40-0.74
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 20:28 0.04 20-15 0.88-1.08
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price W 31 29 2 60:00 3.14 +1.14

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jochen Hecht · Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville10:2347.853.90-1
Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek · Tyler Ennis7:3572.796.60-1
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad5:4447.186.11-0
Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek · Drew Stafford3:2833.338.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador14:3437.082.01-0
Craig Rivet · Andrej Sekera14:1751.963.80-2
Shaone Morrisonn · Tyler Myers13:0452.846.81-1

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
25 Mike Grier R 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 17:48 0.40 14-18 1.37-0.68
33 Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 21:41 0.34 10-17 1.24-0.27
5 Steve Montador D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:10 10-18 1.24-0.33
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 13:28 0.09 13-14 0.82-0.16
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:53 0.68 13-9 1.02-0.17
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 20:36 0.07 15-13 0.60-0.32
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:41 0.08 16-11 0.68-0.23
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:25 0.01 4-10 0.02-0.55
12 Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:02 0.03 16-14 0.83-0.49
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 06:13 0.08 4-6 0.13-0.18
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 15:56 0.08 14-19 1.38-0.76
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 -2 0 6 1 17:40 0.47 13-11 0.50-0.23
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:00 21-18 0.87-0.88
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:39 0.13 13-15 0.56-0.52
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 04:25 2-6 0.01-0.11
52 Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 18:35 16-14 0.68-0.34
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 17:59 0.66 16-14 0.82-0.49
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:46 0.04 20-18 0.80-0.92
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Patrick Lalime L 32 29 3 59:03 1.81 -1.19