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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 16, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 2 32
Buffalo Sabres 0 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:41 MTL Dale Weise (1) Alex Galchenyuk (1), David Desharnais (1) 1 - 0
16:07 MTL Brendan Gallagher (1) Tomas Plekanec (1), Alexei Emelin (1) 2 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:20 BUF Jamie McBain High sticking 2
10:27 BUF Tyler Ennis Tripping 2
11:58 MTL P.K. Subban Tripping 2
2nd Period
02:12 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers High sticking 2
3rd Period
11:09 BUF Cory Conacher Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
11:09 MTL Brandon Prust Roughing 2
19:35 MTL P.K. Subban Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 51 42 32 2 2.4 53.7
Buffalo Sabres 46 35 29 0 2.4 46.3

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.4 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 0 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 14:41 of 1st, a 35% chanceMTL goal, 16:07 of 1st, a 33% chanceMTL 2.4BUF 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

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
Daniel Brière · Tomas Plekanec · Brendan Gallagher11:1668.879.51-0
Thomas Vanek · David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty11:1645.537.70-0
Travis Moen · Brandon Prust · Dale Weise9:4146.728.80-0
Brian Gionta · Lars Eller · Alex Galchenyuk9:3750.053.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Francis Bouillon · P.K. Subban18:3950.047.60-0
Andrei Markov · Alexei Emelin13:3872.075.61-0
Mike Weaver · Jarred Tinordi12:2830.018.90-0

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
7 Brendan Gallagher R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 14:19 0.56 13-9 0.79-0.54
22 Dale Weise R 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11:03 0.37 9-8 0.59-0.36
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:18 0.09 14-7 0.87-0.54
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 18:47 0.06 21-7 1.38-0.30
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:24 0.09 12-7 0.81-0.28
51 David Desharnais C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:05 15-12 0.79-0.54
9 Brandon Prust L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:08 0.02 8-9 0.16-0.48
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:43 0.35 8-7 0.35-0.28
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:08 0.04 7-10 0.33-0.30
25 Jarred Tinordi D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:55 0.04 8-15 0.17-0.72
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 16:32 0.35 14-14 0.42-0.68
27 Travis Moen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:21 0.03 8-8 0.16-0.36
43 Mike Weaver D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:38 7-15 0.30-0.72
48 Daniel Brière C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:41 0.12 13-7 0.82-0.20
55 Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:05 0.03 16-14 0.91-0.51
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:47 0.05 11-16 0.37-1.02
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 26:41 0.13 16-16 0.60-0.84
79 Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 23:00 0.07 20-9 0.94-0.63
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski W, SO 29 29 0 60:00 2.38 +2.38

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Hodgson · Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn10:5722.222.70-0
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Cory Conacher10:5060.958.10-1
Matt D'Agostini · Ville Leino · Nicolas Deslauriers10:0456.339.30-1
Zenon Konopka · Matt Ellis · John Scott4:2433.367.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henrik Tallinder · Rasmus Ristolainen13:1244.436.50-1
Christian Ehrhoff · Chad Ruhwedel12:5356.551.60-1
Mike Weber · Jamie McBain10:4938.945.60-0

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
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:05 0.03 13-12 0.59-0.69
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18:16 10-15 0.64-0.57
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:09 0.14 7-18 0.29-0.62
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18:30 0.05 9-17 0.24-0.56
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 22:24 0.41 20-13 0.99-0.75
20 Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:57 0.02 11-13 0.56-0.84
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:16 11-18 0.43-0.61
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:51 2-6 0.31-0.30
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:45 0.05 9-7 0.37-0.57
24 Zenon Konopka C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:22 4-4 0.31-0.15
27 Matt D'Agostini R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:04 0.22 9-9 0.37-0.59
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:20 0.12 7-18 0.20-0.57
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 05:55 0.31 2-4 0.31-0.15
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 13:19 0.21 9-7 0.37-0.57
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 25:39 0.03 15-17 0.66-0.79
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 20:28 0.01 14-15 0.84-0.86
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 21:42 0.63 20-15 0.98-0.86
89 Cory Conacher C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 14:04 0.14 18-12 0.84-0.69
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth L 22 20 2 36:09 1.81 -0.19
50 Nathan Lieuwen 10 10 0 21:45 0.59 +0.59