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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 23, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 7 26
Buffalo Sabres 2 36

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:35 MTL Dale Weise (2) P.K. Subban (6), Tomas Fleischmann (2) 1 - 0
2nd Period
00:45 MTL Brendan Gallagher (2) Tomas Plekanec (2), P.K. Subban (7) 2 - 0
04:49 BUF Matt Moulson (2) Sam Reinhart (2), Cody Franson (1) 2 - 1
11:04 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (2) PP Cody Franson (2) 2 - 2
13:31 MTL Torrey Mitchell (3) P.K. Subban (8), Andrei Markov (5) 3 - 2
18:22 MTL Andrei Markov (1) PP Tomas Plekanec (3) 4 - 2
3rd Period
00:27 MTL Brendan Gallagher (3) PP Max Pacioretty (3), Andrei Markov (6) 5 - 2
11:11 MTL Max Pacioretty (6) Andrei Markov (7), Tomas Plekanec (4) 6 - 2
15:23 MTL Dale Weise (3) Andrei Markov (8), David Desharnais (5) 7 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:03 MTL Alexander Semin Slashing 2
2nd Period
10:59 MTL Tomas Fleischmann Interference 2
18:18 BUF Tyler Ennis Roughing 2
19:11 BUF Josh Gorges Interference 2
3rd Period
02:54 MTL P.K. Subban Tripping 2
07:40 BUF Cody Franson Roughing 2
11:33 MTL Nathan Beaulieu Holding the stick 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 51 37 26 7 2.9 43.3
Buffalo Sabres 61 47 36 2 2.6 56.7

How the game went

2024681012Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.9 expected, 7 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 14:35 of 1st, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 0:45 of 2nd, a 29% chanceMTL goal, 13:31 of 2nd, a 9% chanceMTL goal, 18:22 of 2nd, a 7% chanceMTL goal, 0:27 of 3rd, a 97% chanceMTL goal, 11:11 of 3rd, a 9% chanceMTL goal, 15:23 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 4:49 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 11:04 of 2nd, a 6% chanceMTL 2.9BUF 2.6

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 · Max Pacioretty · Brendan Gallagher11:2948.356.92-0
Tomas Fleischmann · David Desharnais · Dale Weise11:2052.448.62-0
Alexander Semin · Lars Eller · Alex Galchenyuk11:0543.531.60-1
Torrey Mitchell · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brian Flynn7:2155.646.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexei Emelin · Jeff Petry16:4141.431.10-0
Andrei Markov · P.K. Subban16:3045.941.53-0
Tom Gilbert · Nathan Beaulieu12:2342.124.50-1

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

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
79 Andrei Markov D 1 4 5 4 0 3 0 23:16 0.21 19-22 0.63-0.79
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 16:16 0.14 14-18 0.69-0.63
76 P.K. Subban D 0 3 3 4 2 0 1 23:23 20-24 0.89-0.97
7 Brendan Gallagher R 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 16:01 1.37 14-19 0.69-0.69
22 Dale Weise R 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 13:43 0.25 12-14 0.37-0.51
67 Max Pacioretty L 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 16:11 0.34 15-15 0.69-0.52
71 Torrey Mitchell C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:09 0.10 7-6 0.18-0.19
12 Tomas Fleischmann L 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 16:58 0.06 11-17 0.35-0.57
51 David Desharnais C 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13:31 0.03 11-12 0.35-0.45
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:11 0.02 15-19 0.73-0.79
13 Alexander Semin R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 13:36 0.09 10-15 0.34-0.95
14 Tom Gilbert D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:40 9-12 0.30-0.55
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:55 0.11 10-16 0.34-0.86
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 20:42 0.01 12-17 0.35-0.77
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:38 0.05 6-7 0.16-0.25
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:16 0.01 9-16 0.22-0.91
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:45 6-7 0.17-0.45
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:56 0.13 10-19 0.34-1.12
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Mike Condon 36 34 2 59:48 2.57 +0.57

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Tyler Ennis · Jack Eichel13:2242.550.10-1
Matt Moulson · Marcus Foligno · Zemgus Girgensons10:4984.695.40-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart9:5592.394.40-0
Jamie McGinn · Nicolas Deslauriers · Johan Larsson4:4341.730.20-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen14:2944.143.30-2
Mark Pysyk · Jake McCabe12:0973.766.60-1
Cody Franson · Mike Weber11:3180.090.41-0

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 Franson D 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 20:40 0.04 21-10 0.97-0.25
26 Matt Moulson L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:13 0.10 13-3 0.51-0.03
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:15 0.17 16-3 0.84-0.13
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:28 0.34 15-1 0.83-0.04
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 18:33 0.02 15-22 0.61-0.94
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17:00 0.02 21-6 1.12-0.23
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 20:36 0.25 21-27 0.91-0.98
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:12 0.33 19-26 0.92-0.93
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:20 0.03 16-12 0.62-0.43
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:49 0.14 12-4 0.38-0.08
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 08:56 0.28 6-9 0.27-0.39
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:56 21-6 0.84-0.33
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:52 0.17 14-3 0.45-0.06
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 09:49 0.08 8-11 0.26-0.51
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 23:03 16-28 0.63-0.94
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 17:55 0.21 18-25 0.80-0.89
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:16 0.05 7-8 0.31-0.33
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 4 17:49 0.39 16-6 0.71-0.30
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 26 19 7 59:58 2.86 -4.14