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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 21, 2012 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 0 34
Buffalo Sabres 3 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:15 BUF Cody Hodgson (1) Christian Ehrhoff (1), Corey Tropp (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
02:31 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Ville Leino (1), Derek Roy (1) 0 - 2
3rd Period
12:45 BUF Cody Hodgson (2) PP Derek Roy (2), Thomas Vanek (1) 0 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:47 BUF Cody McCormick Fighting 5
02:47 MTL Brad Staubitz Fighting 5
07:55 BUF Ville Leino Hooking 2
2nd Period
09:51 MTL Louis Leblanc Delaying game puck over glass 2
18:22 BUF Derek Roy Hooking 2
3rd Period
05:30 MTL Lars Eller Hooking 2
11:56 MTL Brad Staubitz Interference 2
16:42 MTL Erik Cole Interference goalkeeper 2
17:59 BUF Thomas Vanek Slashing 2
18:40 MTL Max Pacioretty Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
19:30 MTL P.K. Subban Cross checking 2
19:30 MTL P.K. Subban Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 55 44 34 0 2.5 52.4
Buffalo Sabres 50 40 31 3 3.0 47.6

How the game went

108642024Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.5 expected, 0 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:15 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 2:31 of 2nd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 12:45 of 3rd, a 23% chanceBUF 3.0MTL 2.5

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 Pacioretty13:2644.432.80-1
Tomas Plekanec · Rene Bourque · Lars Eller12:2263.258.00-0
Mike Blunden · Ryan White · Louis Leblanc9:1047.469.50-0
Petteri Nokelainen · Brad Staubitz · Aaron Palushaj4:5957.149.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · P.K. Subban13:3563.670.10-0
Chris Campoli · Yannick Weber12:5440.038.50-1
Andrei Markov · Alexei Emelin7:0163.659.70-0

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
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:45 0.19 10-15 0.53-0.85
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:06 0.27 21-15 1.09-0.55
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 21:01 0.35 12-7 0.61-0.44
15 Petteri Nokelainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 09:16 0.26 7-6 0.30-0.37
17 Chris Campoli D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:10 12-16 0.54-0.86
17 Rene Bourque R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:07 0.33 15-8 0.63-0.47
20 Mike Blunden R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:27 0.35 10-12 0.82-0.49
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:16 0.06 12-8 0.61-0.48
21 Ryan White C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:33 0.09 13-11 0.99-0.37
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:34 0.04 14-11 0.81-0.55
25 Brad Staubitz R 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 05:52 6-4 0.32-0.24
37 Aaron Palushaj R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:18 0.04 9-6 0.41-0.27
51 David Desharnais C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:16 0.05 13-16 0.41-0.87
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 17:50 0.11 12-16 0.41-0.87
71 Louis Leblanc C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:13 0.06 10-11 0.82-0.47
72 Erik Cole L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 18:42 0.21 13-15 0.41-0.84
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 28:00 0.10 20-14 0.90-0.67
79 Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:47 11-9 0.61-0.65
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price 31 28 3 58:08 2.62 -0.38

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Ville Leino12:3865.079.41-0
Thomas Vanek · Corey Tropp · Cody Hodgson11:2858.869.41-0
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno10:2731.021.70-0
Brad Boyes · Cody McCormick · Travis Turnbull4:2240.029.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera13:5964.075.61-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Alexander Sulzer13:5763.065.20-0
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers13:3826.319.11-0

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
11 Cody Hodgson C 2 0 2 1 0 7 0 18:45 0.63 10-8 0.67-0.34
8 Derek Roy C 0 2 2 1 2 5 1 18:57 0.37 17-7 0.81-0.17
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 21:35 0.30 15-8 0.70-0.19
23 Ville Leino L 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 16:08 0.07 15-8 0.79-0.19
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 16:50 0.18 11-8 0.76-0.34
41 Corey Tropp R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:33 0.33 12-8 0.80-0.36
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23:01 19-15 1.05-0.88
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:26 0.05 17-15 0.87-0.62
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 07:56 0.19 5-6 0.20-0.24
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:37 0.08 10-22 0.40-1.46
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:47 0.29 10-21 0.40-1.40
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:56 4-7 0.20-0.32
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:49 0.02 5-14 0.14-0.59
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:59 0.01 16-14 0.87-0.78
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:33 0.04 17-11 1.01-0.54
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:52 0.02 6-19 0.18-1.08
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:02 0.01 9-23 0.39-1.48
65 Travis Turnbull C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:14 2-6 0.08-0.25
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 34 34 0 60:00 2.50 +2.50