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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 18, 2011 · HSBC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 1 30
Buffalo Sabres 2 39

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:19 MTL David Desharnais (1) PP Roman Hamrlik (1), James Wisniewski (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
11:21 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) PP Thomas Vanek (1), Tim Connolly (1) 1 - 1
Overtime
01:09 BUF Jason Pominville (1) PP Thomas Vanek (2), Tyler Ennis (1) 1 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:41 BUF Mike Weber Cross checking 2
06:28 BUF Patrick Kaleta Boarding 2
06:28 MTL James Wisniewski Cross checking 2
09:14 BUF Nathan Gerbe Interference goalkeeper 2
20:00 BUF Patrick Kaleta Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd Period
09:01 MTL Mathieu Darche Interference 2
10:28 MTL Hal Gill Slashing 2
3rd Period
02:20 MTL Yannick Weber Slashing 2
16:33 BUF Nathan Gerbe Roughing 2
16:33 MTL Scott Gomez Roughing 2
19:17 MTL Scott Gomez High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 55 39 30 1 2.1 44.7
Buffalo Sabres 72 54 39 2 2.7 55.3

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 2.1 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 5:19 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 11:21 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 1:09 of overtime, a 14% chanceBUF 2.7MTL 2.1

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 · Mathieu Darche14:5545.252.50-0
Tomas Plekanec · Andrei Kostitsyn · Lars Eller12:1143.348.00-0
Travis Moen · Tom Pyatt · David Desharnais9:3556.367.20-0
Michael Cammalleri · Tomas Plekanec · Lars Eller1:230.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Hal Gill · P.K. Subban14:0248.757.00-0
Roman Hamrlik · James Wisniewski13:3752.675.40-0
Jaroslav Spacek · Yannick Weber12:1038.535.20-0

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
51 David Desharnais C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:07 0.19 10-11 0.40-0.23
21 James Wisniewski D 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 21:01 0.04 10-13 0.56-0.24
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:44 0.05 12-9 0.73-0.18
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:44 0.03 12-17 0.37-0.55
8 Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:46 0.02 10-22 0.26-0.55
10 Tom Pyatt L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:02 0.05 13-12 0.62-0.23
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:32 0.31 15-20 0.53-0.52
13 Michael Cammalleri L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01:35 0.11 1-1 0.11-0.03
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 02:21 0.13 2-1 0.19-0.00
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:17 0.33 14-20 0.45-0.53
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:53 0.15 17-20 0.72-0.54
23 Scott Gomez C 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 22:55 0.07 16-21 0.63-0.53
27 Travis Moen L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:25 0.32 10-9 0.43-0.19
46 Andrei Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:05 0.09 13-22 0.45-0.60
52 Mathieu Darche L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 19:50 0.19 15-19 0.50-0.44
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:21
75 Hal Gill D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21:55 19-23 0.64-0.56
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:18 0.06 21-20 0.79-0.48
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price OTL 39 37 2 61:09 2.75 +0.75

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek10:3074.160.00-0
Tim Connolly · Cody McCormick · Tyler Ennis7:2036.49.30-0
Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad · Nathan Gerbe4:2845.532.30-0
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe3:1075.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador16:2869.056.90-0
Andrej Sekera · Mike Weber13:4342.422.90-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Tyler Myers11:0056.051.80-0

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
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 20:41 0.34 16-19 0.26-0.58
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 18:53 0.60 24-8 0.65-0.41
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 21:06 0.41 22-10 0.60-0.51
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 20:04 0.09 9-15 0.07-0.43
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:18 0.06 22-11 0.55-0.28
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:45 16-19 0.48-0.96
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:19 0.03 15-20 0.29-0.98
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:26 13-13 0.21-0.44
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:00 3-1 0.03-0.13
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:39 5-5 0.11-0.24
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 12:52 0.32 11-15 0.35-0.70
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:39 0.05 8-12 0.16-0.35
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:25 0.03 15-14 0.45-0.45
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:43 0.08 13-11 0.42-0.34
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 23:45 0.13 21-9 0.35-0.27
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 09:35 7-7 0.29-0.40
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 19:13 0.57 25-10 0.71-0.51
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:35 0.05 15-11 0.45-0.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 30 29 1 61:09 2.12 +1.12