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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Oct 18, 2011 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 23
Montréal Canadiens 1 41

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
02:08 MTL Raphael Diaz (1) Max Pacioretty (1), Andrei Kostitsyn (1) 0 - 1
12:11 BUF Jordan Leopold (1) Drew Stafford (1), Derek Roy (1) 1 - 1
19:57 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Jason Pominville (1), Marc-Andre Gragnani (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
19:31 BUF Christian Ehrhoff (1) Derek Roy (2) 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:01 MTL Tomas Plekanec Holding 2
12:03 BUF Marc-Andre Gragnani Tripping 2
18:07 BUF Derek Roy Hooking 2
2nd Period
05:04 BUF Tyler Ennis Slashing 2
09:20 MTL Travis Moen Fighting 5
09:20 BUF Cody McCormick Fighting 5
3rd Period
01:30 BUF Thomas Vanek Cross checking 2
09:07 BUF Thomas Vanek Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 49 33 23 3 2.4 41.4
Montréal Canadiens 82 59 41 1 3.1 58.6

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdMontréal Canadiens aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.1 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 12:11 of 2nd, a 31% chanceBUF goal, 19:57 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 19:31 of 3rd, a 54% chanceMTL goal, 2:08 of 2nd, a 4% chanceMTL 3.1BUF 2.4

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

Buffalo Sabres
Montréal Canadiens

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Luke Adam10:2944.438.30-0
Brad Boyes · Ville Leino · Tyler Ennis7:1738.514.60-0
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe6:4141.721.70-0
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis6:1764.790.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Christian Ehrhoff14:4934.142.01-1
Robyn Regehr · Tyler Myers12:2837.515.90-0
Andrej Sekera · Marc-Andre Gragnani12:2463.061.31-0

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
8 Derek Roy C 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 16:16 15-19 0.55-0.89
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 16:42 0.25 13-19 0.30-0.72
33 Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 22:12 0.31 16-33 0.65-1.02
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 24:27 0.04 16-30 0.65-0.94
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 17:09 0.05 15-18 0.55-0.81
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 18:08 0.04 13-20 0.30-0.72
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 14:45 0.03 17-16 0.48-0.75
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16:09 0.01 20-14 0.51-0.47
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 5 1 3 05:50 0.23 8-9 0.30-0.09
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:40 7-11 0.07-0.35
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:06 8-20 0.07-0.93
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:14 0.06 12-17 0.22-0.38
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:08 0.03 8-14 0.08-0.49
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:57 0.06 12-17 0.40-0.49
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:04 0.02 10-15 0.31-0.28
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:01 0.01 10-16 0.07-0.46
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:25 13-21 0.10-0.73
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 15:00 0.20 17-16 0.57-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 41 40 1 59:47 3.06 +2.06

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrei Kostitsyn · David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty11:3565.273.71-1
Erik Cole · Tomas Plekanec · Lars Eller9:4065.278.10-0
Scott Gomez · Brian Gionta · Travis Moen7:3350.069.00-0
Mathieu Darche · Aaron Palushaj · Andreas Engqvist3:4862.590.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · P.K. Subban14:3562.564.50-1
Alexei Emelin · Yannick Weber13:2758.162.30-0
Hal Gill · Raphael Diaz11:3257.762.41-1

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
33 Raphael Diaz D 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 19:55 0.15 21-16 0.86-0.51
46 Andrei Kostitsyn L 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 18:27 0.08 21-10 0.88-0.22
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 1 1 -1 0 9 0 19:51 0.93 18-12 0.87-0.45
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:02 0.15 19-14 0.63-0.38
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:01 25-17 0.63-0.36
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:55 0.18 18-19 0.72-0.65
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 19:08 0.22 21-10 0.55-0.12
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:56 0.23 20-12 0.60-0.12
23 Scott Gomez C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:10 0.19 20-17 0.74-0.61
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 15:04 0.02 20-15 0.62-0.40
27 Travis Moen L 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 11:59 0.21 15-13 0.54-0.24
37 Aaron Palushaj R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:04 0.01 11-7 0.29-0.25
51 David Desharnais C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:50 0.15 16-14 0.63-0.49
52 Mathieu Darche L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:39 0.11 11-9 0.24-0.43
63 Andreas Engqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:21 0.12 6-4 0.12-0.01
72 Erik Cole L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:34 0.22 20-11 0.49-0.13
75 Hal Gill D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:50 0.01 16-12 0.76-0.41
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 25:00 0.11 27-18 0.76-0.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price L 22 20 2 59:14 1.34 -0.66