Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All games

Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Mar 25, 2014 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 0 24
Montréal Canadiens 2 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
3rd Period
10:53 MTL Max Pacioretty (1) Thomas Vanek (1), David Desharnais (1) 0 - 1
16:54 MTL Daniel Brière (1) PP Rene Bourque (1) 0 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:29 MTL P.K. Subban High sticking 2
2nd Period
00:58 BUF Drew Stafford Hooking 2
06:10 BUF Matt D'Agostini Holding 2
06:10 BUF Matt D'Agostini Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
19:47 BUF Mike Weber High sticking 2
3rd Period
04:19 BUF Jamie McBain Delaying game puck over glass 2
08:16 MTL Douglas Murray Hooking 2
15:05 BUF Cory Conacher High sticking 2
18:59 MTL P.K. Subban Tripping 2
20:00 BUF Tyler Ennis Slashing 2
20:00 BUF Tyler Ennis Misconduct 10
20:00 MTL Andrei Markov Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 46 30 24 0 1.5 39.2
Montréal Canadiens 61 42 35 2 2.1 60.8

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 1.5 expected, 0 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.1 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 10:53 of 3rd, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 16:54 of 3rd, a 12% chanceMTL 2.1BUF 1.5

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

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
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno11:2947.444.90-1
Matt D'Agostini · Nicolas Deslauriers · Brian Flynn9:0260.038.90-0
Torrey Mitchell · Cody Hodgson · Cory Conacher7:1225.027.60-0
Matt Ellis · John Scott · Ville Leino5:3044.442.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henrik Tallinder · Chad Ruhwedel12:5533.326.00-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Tyler Myers12:1742.941.30-0
Mike Weber · Jamie McBain11:5940.056.40-0

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
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:17 0.01 7-17 0.14-0.47
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 16:43 9-17 0.30-0.47
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:09 0.25 5-10 0.19-0.25
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:19 9-11 0.25-0.35
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 19:57 10-14 0.26-0.41
20 Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:39 0.01 10-19 0.14-0.60
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 20:09 0.03 12-13 0.31-0.23
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:23 0.01 6-7 0.13-0.07
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:01 0.02 4-10 0.04-0.24
27 Matt D'Agostini R 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 13:34 0.32 10-11 0.08-0.16
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:40 0.01 9-10 0.07-0.22
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:16 0.04 4-8 0.04-0.11
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:23 9-11 0.07-0.24
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 25:08 0.10 11-13 0.19-0.26
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:28 0.03 9-14 0.18-0.34
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 12 2 1 16:56 0.19 11-17 0.33-0.56
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:42 0.23 6-11 0.26-0.32
89 Cory Conacher C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:28 0.21 4-12 0.17-0.40
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Matt Hackett L 35 33 2 58:59 2.10 +0.10

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Thomas Vanek · David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty11:5059.148.71-0
Tomas Plekanec · Brendan Gallagher · Alex Galchenyuk11:1666.769.20-0
Daniel Brière · Brian Gionta · Rene Bourque8:2941.260.90-0
Ryan White · Lars Eller · Michael Bournival8:0375.092.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
P.K. Subban · Jarred Tinordi16:0968.269.70-0
Andrei Markov · Alexei Emelin11:5161.159.30-0
Douglas Murray · Mike Weaver8:5552.642.50-0

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
48 Daniel Brière C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 11:12 0.13 7-11 0.27-0.17
67 Max Pacioretty L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:53 0.34 14-9 0.30-0.30
17 Rene Bourque R 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:48 0.16 10-11 0.30-0.17
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 19:27 0.54 13-9 0.29-0.30
51 David Desharnais C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:38 13-9 0.29-0.30
6 Douglas Murray D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10:13 0.03 11-10 0.13-0.16
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:37 0.04 15-6 0.34-0.14
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:32 0.22 7-10 0.27-0.17
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:10 0.15 15-6 0.34-0.14
15 Michael Bournival L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:25 0.04 9-3 0.23-0.02
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:07 10-3 0.25-0.02
21 Ryan White C 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 10:13 0.17 10-4 0.25-0.02
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:08 0.06 17-11 0.49-0.29
25 Jarred Tinordi D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:53 0.00 15-8 0.41-0.19
43 Mike Weaver D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:08 0.05 15-12 0.31-0.24
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:59 0.08 12-6 0.31-0.14
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 27:14 0.07 19-9 0.56-0.18
79 Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 23:46 13-8 0.38-0.19
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price W, SO 24 24 0 59:36 1.46 +1.46