Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Jan 31, 2012 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	3	40
Montréal Canadiens	1	28

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:09	MTL	Max Pacioretty (1)	Josh Gorges (1)	0 - 1
2nd Period
04:01	BUF	Ville Leino (1)	Paul Gaustad (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1)	1 - 1
3rd Period
06:17	BUF	Paul Gaustad (1)	Brad Boyes (1)	2 - 1
19:08	BUF	Patrick Kaleta (1)	Christian Ehrhoff (2), Paul Gaustad (2)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
10:15	BUF	Cody McCormick	Roughing	2
10:15	MTL	Scott Gomez	Holding	2
17:05	BUF	Mike Weber	Tripping	2
19:46	MTL	Josh Gorges	Hooking	2
2nd Period
05:18	MTL	P.K. Subban	Tripping	2
3rd Period
01:06	MTL	Andreas Engqvist	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	79	58	40	3	3.9	53.7
Montréal Canadiens	52	36	28	1	2.2	46.3

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

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.9 expected, 3 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.2 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Drew Stafford · Nathan Gerbe · Tyler Ennis	12:20	48.3	63.6	0-0
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Ville Leino	9:29	58.8	27.5	0-0
Brad Boyes · Patrick Kaleta · Ville Leino	4:15	55.6	30.9	0-0
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Matt Ellis	4:13	55.6	43.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Tyler Myers	16:46	44.1	35.4	0-1
Robyn Regehr · Jordan Leopold	13:28	50.0	49.9	1-0
Andrej Sekera · Mike Weber	12:15	51.9	37.2	0-0

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
28	Paul Gaustad	C	1	2	3	3	0	3	1	12:26	0.17	14-11	0.58-0.22
55	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	23:13	0.26	19-19	0.45-0.69
23	Ville Leino	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	21:09	0.08	23-14	0.48-0.90
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	1	0	1	2	0	5	4	13:18	0.08	12-13	0.27-0.28
28	Brad Boyes	R	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	15:52	0.32	17-14	0.55-0.44
5	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	19:12	0.03	20-14	0.34-0.51
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	16:35	0.15	21-15	0.46-0.58
8	Derek Roy	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	21:04	0.14	21-12	0.39-1.08
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	05:40	0.02	7-6	0.15-0.18
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	19:16	0.56	18-19	0.82-0.57
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15:29	0.43	16-21	0.63-0.66
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	05:19	0.07	5-2	0.09-0.04
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	21:33	0.24	19-11	0.53-1.01
33	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	20:10	0.02	22-16	0.89-0.80
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	06:13		7-9	0.12-0.51
44	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17:38	0.03	19-17	0.94-0.88
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	23:21	0.14	15-19	0.38-0.69
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:46	0.13	15-18	0.60-0.36

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	28	27	1	59:46	2.18	+1.18

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Erik Cole · David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty	15:24	61.8	67.6	1-0
Scott Gomez · Tomas Plekanec · Rene Bourque	12:42	34.8	33.9	0-0
Andrei Kostitsyn · Mike Blunden · Lars Eller	10:46	30.0	21.8	0-1
Mathieu Darche · Tomas Plekanec · Rene Bourque	1:30	83.3	90.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Gorges · P.K. Subban	15:50	39.4	66.9	1-0
Tomas Kaberle · Alexei Emelin	8:58	42.1	32.1	0-0
Hal Gill · Raphael Diaz	4:49	50.0	11.8	0-2

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	0	1	0	0	8	1	18:25	0.75	21-16	0.96-0.53
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	22:41		14-27	1.04-0.49
3	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	09:36	0.02	11-8	0.35-0.28
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	21:47	0.01	13-21	0.77-0.45
17	Rene Bourque	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	21:03	0.17	18-18	0.89-0.45
20	Mike Blunden	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	13:23	0.04	7-20	0.15-0.74
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	15:55	0.11	9-19	0.18-0.64
22	Tomas Kaberle	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:35	0.08	16-17	0.56-0.87
23	Scott Gomez	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	15:30	0.06	11-18	0.33-0.43
25	Alexei Emelin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18:02		18-18	0.61-0.69
33	Raphael Diaz	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	15:26	0.11	14-14	0.35-0.41
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	12:04		8-15	0.18-0.55
51	David Desharnais	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:33	0.02	24-14	1.05-0.46
52	Mathieu Darche	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	10:11	0.57	11-9	0.63-0.24
63	Andreas Engqvist	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	04:12		4-6	0.08-0.18
72	Erik Cole	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	19:15	0.11	23-14	1.00-0.46
75	Hal Gill	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	14:00	0.02	12-10	0.25-0.31
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	24:38	0.11	16-26	1.00-0.47

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	39	37	2	59:30	2.85	+0.85