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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 28, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 1 31
Buffalo Sabres 2 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:27 BUF Tyler Ennis (7) Zemgus Girgensons (6), Matt Moulson (7) 0 - 1
3rd Period
01:35 MTL PA Parenteau (6) PP David Desharnais (10), Jiri Sekac (4) 1 - 1
18:42 BUF Matt Moulson (4) PP Tyler Ennis (8), Rasmus Ristolainen (3) 1 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:47 BUF Marcus Foligno Hooking 2
11:28 MTL Alexei Emelin Slashing 2
12:45 BUF Nikita Zadorov Hooking 2
19:45 MTL Brandon Prust Fighting 5
19:45 BUF Chris Stewart Fighting 5
2nd Period
15:23 MTL Sergei Gonchar Hooking 2
17:41 MTL Brandon Prust Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
17:41 MTL Brandon Prust Misconduct 10
17:41 MTL Brandon Prust Game misconduct 10
3rd Period
00:55 BUF Tyler Ennis Tripping 2
18:06 MTL Alexei Emelin Illegal check to head 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 63 45 31 1 2.6 54.4
Buffalo Sabres 45 32 25 2 1.7 45.6

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: 2.6 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 1:35 of 3rd, a 22% chanceBUF goal, 3:27 of 1st, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 18:42 of 3rd, a 13% chanceMTL 2.6BUF 1.7

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
Tomas Plekanec · Brendan Gallagher · Alex Galchenyuk11:5765.469.20-0
PA Parenteau · David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty10:3473.759.10-0
Brandon Prust · Lars Eller · Jiri Sekac5:1033.321.90-0
Manny Malhotra · Eric Tangradi · Dale Weise3:3450.081.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sergei Gonchar · Alexei Emelin16:5460.055.60-0
Andrei Markov · P.K. Subban16:1863.343.20-0
Bryan Allen · Mike Weaver12:1641.770.90-0

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
11 PA Parenteau R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 14:35 0.64 14-6 0.44-0.31
36 Jiri Sekac L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 15:06 0.08 5-10 0.11-0.39
51 David Desharnais C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:41 0.23 17-11 0.49-0.65
6 Bryan Allen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14:04 0.03 12-15 0.56-0.21
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:26 0.28 21-16 0.71-0.48
9 Brandon Prust L 0 0 0 0 27 0 2 07:10 3-5 0.07-0.19
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:12 0.39 20-13 0.71-0.33
20 Manny Malhotra C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:50 6-10 0.28-0.37
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:12 0.06 6-12 0.13-0.39
22 Dale Weise R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:37 0.12 12-9 0.40-0.12
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 21:16 19-13 0.62-0.54
34 Eric Tangradi L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:54 0.14 7-10 0.28-0.12
43 Mike Weaver D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:08 10-16 0.48-0.32
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:08 0.09 18-10 0.70-0.31
55 Sergei Gonchar D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:46 0.07 18-12 0.62-0.49
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 20:53 0.34 18-11 0.50-0.65
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:38 0.08 19-13 0.43-0.62
79 Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24:46 0.02 20-13 0.50-0.68
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price L 25 23 2 59:02 1.72 -0.28

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons14:1842.954.11-0
Brian Gionta · Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn10:0760.972.00-0
Patrick Kaleta · Chris Stewart · Marcus Foligno4:0060.0100.00-0
Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson · Nicolas Deslauriers2:100.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyson Strachan · Tyler Myers17:0850.048.60-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov12:2740.055.20-0
Andrej Meszaros · Mike Weber12:1145.537.00-0

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
26 Matt Moulson L 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 20:10 0.64 15-16 0.79-0.39
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 23:55 0.05 15-21 0.79-0.65
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 23:54 0.13 16-21 0.47-0.52
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 19:25 0.05 10-12 0.43-0.33
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:58 14-12 0.38-0.41
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:26 0.06 8-8 0.44-0.48
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:08 0.28 16-11 0.53-0.29
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 13:17 7-11 0.02-0.23
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:13 2-2 0.02-0.21
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:45 0.03 19-21 0.70-0.75
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:07 0.11 16-13 0.53-0.40
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:04 0.07 4-9 0.09-0.37
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:59 0.08 11-15 0.29-0.54
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 14:39 0.03 7-11 0.09-0.41
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:47 3-12 0.02-0.57
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27:28 18-22 0.59-0.73
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:41 0.22 14-9 0.50-0.20
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 18:24 10-19 0.46-0.56
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth W 31 30 1 60:00 2.55 +1.55