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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Nov 14, 2011 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 32
Montréal Canadiens 2 27

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
03:58 MTL Erik Cole (1) PP P.K. Subban (1), Max Pacioretty (1) 0 - 1
14:17 MTL Max Pacioretty (1) David Desharnais (1), Erik Cole (1) 0 - 2
3rd Period
00:53 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Derek Roy (1), Thomas Vanek (1) 1 - 2
12:30 BUF Derek Roy (1) Thomas Vanek (2) 2 - 2
Shootout
BUF Brad Boyes Shootout winner 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:38 BUF Jordan Leopold Slashing 2
04:02 MTL Tomas Plekanec Tripping 2
2nd Period
02:43 BUF Paul Gaustad Roughing 2
07:00 MTL David Desharnais Roughing 2
07:00 BUF Nathan Gerbe Roughing 2
07:20 MTL Josh Gorges Interference 2
11:03 MTL Aaron Palushaj Tripping 2
17:58 BUF Paul Gaustad Slashing 2
3rd Period
09:09 BUF Luke Adam Slashing 2
14:02 BUF Paul Gaustad Cross checking 2
Overtime
00:19 MTL Erik Cole Interference goalkeeper 2
02:49 BUF Thomas Vanek Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 55 39 32 2 2.1 55.1
Montréal Canadiens 56 42 27 2 2.8 44.9

How the game went

6420246Start2nd3rdOTMontréal 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: 2.1 expected, 2 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.8 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 0:53 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 12:30 of 3rd, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 3:58 of 2nd, a 22% chanceMTL goal, 14:17 of 2nd, a 13% chanceMTL 2.8BUF 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

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
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe11:0261.132.80-1
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Ville Leino6:3830.811.10-0
Drew Stafford · Ville Leino · Luke Adam5:4550.0100.00-0
Brad Boyes · Cody McCormick · Matt Ellis5:2570.091.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Mike Weber10:0162.531.70-0
Robyn Regehr · Jordan Leopold8:5730.815.90-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Marc-Andre Gragnani7:2752.932.90-0

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 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 24:28 0.15 10-10 0.41-0.50
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 2 2 2 2 5 0 17:47 0.56 11-6 0.45-0.55
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 22:33 0.18 12-4 0.45-0.36
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:02 0.07 17-6 0.47-0.24
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 22:14 13-11 0.14-0.38
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 06:05 0.17 7-5 0.18-0.03
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 19:58 0.51 8-13 0.13-0.55
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:08 9-12 0.13-0.50
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:59 0.01 11-8 0.10-0.25
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:12 0.08 9-8 0.17-0.54
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:50 0.04 7-5 0.18-0.21
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 6 0 7 15:20 0.03 12-10 0.10-0.26
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 24:22 0.15 8-12 0.15-0.52
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:27 0.04 11-9 0.10-0.21
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:08 0.00 7-3 0.18-0.02
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 17:37 0.04 15-9 0.56-0.50
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21:24 0.04 8-14 0.12-0.58
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:36 0.05 15-10 0.29-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth W 27 25 2 64:35 2.76 +0.76

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Cole · David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty11:2948.078.81-0
Brian Gionta · Travis Moen · Tomas Plekanec9:2514.330.90-0
Scott Gomez · Aaron Palushaj · Lars Eller4:3875.076.20-0
Scott Gomez · Mathieu Darche · Lars Eller3:31100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban8:5230.821.30-1
Josh Gorges · P.K. Subban7:2840.00.00-0
Josh Gorges · Raphael Diaz7:0271.484.51-1

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
67 Max Pacioretty L 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 20:12 0.40 13-16 0.67-0.42
72 Erik Cole L 1 1 2 -1 2 5 1 19:28 0.82 13-16 0.73-0.36
51 David Desharnais C 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 21:38 0.28 12-16 0.67-0.39
76 P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 27:37 0.16 7-15 0.09-0.41
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:35 0.06 10-13 0.37-0.23
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 24:40 14-12 0.88-0.22
8 Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:39 0.01 9-10 0.34-0.14
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:38 0.13 2-8 0.06-0.14
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 24:26 0.19 3-12 0.06-0.25
15 Petteri Nokelainen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:03 7-7 0.47-0.22
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:00 0.03 10-5 0.12-0.22
23 Scott Gomez C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:25 0.38 13-6 0.39-0.13
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 16:31 0.01 8-19 0.16-0.51
27 Travis Moen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:38 1-12 0.06-0.16
33 Raphael Diaz D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:41 0.13 14-9 0.80-0.23
37 Aaron Palushaj R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:04 8-6 0.10-0.13
52 Mathieu Darche L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:58 0.19 8-5 0.43-0.08
63 Andreas Engqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02:47 3-3 0.20-0.07
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price OTL 32 30 2 65:00 2.11 +0.11