Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Feb 3, 2015 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	3	18
Montréal Canadiens	2	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
05:21	BUF	Drew Stafford (8)	Cody Hodgson (6), Tyler Myers (9)	1 - 0
08:15	MTL	Brandon Prust (4)	David Desharnais (19)	1 - 1
14:53	BUF	Matt Moulson (8)	Nikita Zadorov (8), Torrey Mitchell (5)	2 - 1
19:19	BUF	Brian Gionta (5)	Unassisted	3 - 1
3rd Period
04:20	MTL	David Desharnais (8)	Dale Weise (12), Max Pacioretty (18)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:05	MTL	Brandon Prust	Holding	2
2nd Period
00:45	BUF	Tyler Myers	Tripping	2
3rd Period
08:17	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	Interference goalkeeper	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	40	26	18	3	1.5	33.6
Montréal Canadiens	92	57	34	2	2.4	66.4

How the game went

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, 3 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.4 expected, 2 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Stewart · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons	14:44	28.1	27.8	0-2
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Torrey Mitchell	14:11	30.3	33.9	2-0
Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson · Brian Flynn	9:21	40.9	74.5	1-0
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers	5:14	53.8	30.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Gorges · Tyler Myers	19:25	23.9	28.2	0-1
Tyson Strachan · Mike Weber	17:59	41.5	64.3	2-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov	11:15	57.9	54.7	1-0

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
12	Brian Gionta	R	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	19:00	0.11	10-26	0.27-0.59
18	Drew Stafford	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	13:26	0.46	11-18	0.73-0.38
26	Matt Moulson	L	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	16:20	0.15	10-25	0.27-0.56
11	Cody Hodgson	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	11:43		9-17	0.70-0.29
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	1	1	-2	2	1	2	24:42	0.08	11-43	0.34-1.06
71	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	17:55		10-25	0.27-0.55
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	13:39	0.02	11-15	0.43-0.52
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	25:41		12-39	0.36-0.96
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	20:34	0.05	17-25	0.75-0.43
28	Tyson Strachan	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	21:17	0.01	18-27	0.76-0.46
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	22:30	0.25	13-30	0.51-0.87
32	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	15:19	0.20	12-19	0.73-0.38
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	06:59	0.01	7-8	0.05-0.13
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:50		7-6	0.05-0.12
44	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	17:35	0.02	10-24	0.30-0.78
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	09:40	0.03	10-12	0.23-0.25
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	14:14	0.02	11-9	0.43-0.39
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	18:36	0.14	11-26	0.48-0.81

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Jhonas Enroth	34	32	2	60:00	2.35	+0.35

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
David Desharnais · Brendan Gallagher · Alex Galchenyuk	9:15	50.0	43.5	0-0
Lars Eller · Jacob de la Rose · Jiri Sekac	8:57	52.4	22.9	0-2
Tomas Plekanec · Max Pacioretty · Dale Weise	8:27	84.6	77.7	0-0
Brandon Prust · Gabriel Dumont · Christian Thomas	7:20	56.3	68.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andrei Markov · P.K. Subban	22:50	70.4	43.0	0-1
Sergei Gonchar · Nathan Beaulieu	15:28	46.9	48.9	0-1
Tom Gilbert · Alexei Emelin	11:20	78.6	81.0	2-1

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
51	David Desharnais	C	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	19:42	0.37	29-16	0.89-0.43
9	Brandon Prust	L	1	0	1	1	2	2	4	09:22	0.12	10-7	0.40-0.15
22	Dale Weise	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	4	16:52	0.31	28-5	0.72-0.05
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	20:24	0.06	32-6	0.84-0.08
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	18:42	0.28	25-16	0.47-0.57
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:56	0.06	30-5	0.49-0.19
14	Tom Gilbert	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12:20	0.05	23-6	0.75-0.17
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	11:59	0.16	11-12	0.21-0.76
25	Alexei Emelin	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	13:59		22-6	0.74-0.17
28	Gabriel Dumont	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	09:09	0.21	9-7	0.32-0.15
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	17:46	0.01	18-17	0.58-0.55
36	Jiri Sekac	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	12:10	0.05	13-11	0.25-0.72
38	Christian Thomas	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	10:24	0.08	12-8	0.41-0.18
47	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	17:48	0.26	25-13	0.47-0.47
55	Sergei Gonchar	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	18:08	0.02	17-18	0.56-0.56
61	Jacob de la Rose	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	5	12:34		13-14	0.29-0.83
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	29:22	0.14	39-16	0.60-0.80
79	Andrei Markov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	28:25	0.19	39-17	0.60-0.81

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	18	15	3	58:58	1.52	-1.48