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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 17, 2012 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 4 19
Buffalo Sabres 3 30

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:16 BUF Robyn Regehr (1) Paul Gaustad (1), Nathan Gerbe (1) 0 - 1
11:26 MTL Tomas Kaberle (1) David Desharnais (1), Max Pacioretty (1) 1 - 1
15:43 BUF Tyler Myers (1) Ville Leino (1), Derek Roy (1) 1 - 2
19:46 MTL Scott Gomez (1) PP Yannick Weber (1), Tomas Plekanec (1) 2 - 2
2nd Period
11:28 MTL Chris Campoli (1) Ryan White (1) 3 - 2
3rd Period
11:55 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Ville Leino (2), Drew Stafford (1) 3 - 3
Shootout
MTL Max Pacioretty Shootout winner 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:25 BUF Thomas Vanek Cross checking 2
17:47 BUF Nathan Gerbe Hooking 2
2nd Period
02:34 MTL Yannick Weber Hooking 2
18:00 BUF Mike Weber Roughing 2
18:00 MTL Scott Gomez Roughing 2
3rd Period
07:05 MTL Scott Gomez Hooking 2
Overtime
04:01 MTL Max Pacioretty Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 42 28 19 3 1.1 40.3
Buffalo Sabres 59 43 30 3 2.5 59.7

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 1.1 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 3 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 11:26 of 1st, a 14% chanceMTL goal, 19:46 of 1st, a 3% chanceMTL goal, 11:28 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 4:16 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 15:43 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 11:55 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF 2.5MTL 1.1

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
Erik Cole · David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty13:2526.330.11-2
Mathieu Darche · Tomas Plekanec · Rene Bourque11:2225.03.20-0
Scott Gomez · Andrei Kostitsyn · Ryan White11:1342.932.61-1
Mathieu Darche · Lars Eller · Louis Leblanc3:5160.051.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · P.K. Subban15:5647.870.70-0
Alexei Emelin · Raphael Diaz10:3250.033.10-0
Tomas Kaberle · Chris Campoli6:1437.532.81-1

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

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
17 Chris Campoli D 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 16:25 0.06 5-9 0.17-0.46
22 Tomas Kaberle D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:45 0.14 4-10 0.29-0.58
23 Scott Gomez C 1 0 1 0 4 2 1 14:03 0.04 10-14 0.20-0.44
3 Yannick Weber D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 10:54 0.04 0-9 0.00-0.33
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:58 0.07 4-9 0.01-0.23
21 Ryan White C 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 12:49 0.03 9-12 0.20-0.41
51 David Desharnais C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 20:15 5-14 0.25-0.59
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 21:52 0.01 9-14 0.31-0.59
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:25 11-14 0.25-0.24
17 Rene Bourque R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:34 4-11 0.03-0.24
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:44 0.02 8-4 0.24-0.12
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 18:35 10-14 0.14-0.50
33 Raphael Diaz D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:25 0.01 10-10 0.16-0.44
46 Andrei Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:17 0.12 11-13 0.25-0.43
52 Mathieu Darche L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:20 0.10 7-12 0.12-0.36
71 Louis Leblanc C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:50 0.17 8-3 0.24-0.11
72 Erik Cole L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:03 0.13 6-14 0.25-0.59
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 29:47 0.14 14-14 0.40-0.16
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price W 30 27 3 65:00 2.45 -0.55

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Ville Leino10:2047.141.91-0
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe9:3080.093.31-0
Matt Ellis · Thomas Vanek · Tyler Ennis4:25100.0100.00-0
Brad Boyes · Drew Stafford · Zack Kassian4:2440.065.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Mike Weber16:3155.053.91-1
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers15:5738.147.51-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera12:4480.076.01-1

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
23 Ville Leino L 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 16:31 0.02 12-12 0.36-0.24
44 Robyn Regehr D 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 18:48 0.31 18-4 0.76-0.16
57 Tyler Myers D 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 23:01 0.15 10-13 0.36-0.21
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:45 0.12 13-4 0.50-0.14
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 23:13 12-13 0.26-0.29
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:16 0.13 10-7 0.46-0.24
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 12:06 0.27 12-3 0.43-0.03
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:56 0.04 13-6 0.43-0.18
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:01 0.13 17-5 0.52-0.18
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:03 0.03 13-9 0.50-0.31
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 17:27 0.59 11-7 0.38-0.33
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:47 0.03 3-4 0.18-0.09
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 22:51 0.14 11-13 0.23-0.29
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:35 10-13 0.22-0.21
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:20 0.01 13-7 0.44-0.18
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:55 0.14 6-1 0.21-0.00
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:38 0.15 4-4 0.22-0.09
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22:49 0.19 12-10 0.38-0.34
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller OTL 19 16 3 64:59 1.06 -1.94