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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Feb 3, 2016 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 32
Montréal Canadiens 2 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:10 BUF Marcus Foligno (4) Zemgus Girgensons (6), Cody Franson (11) 1 - 0
2nd Period
03:19 MTL Dale Weise (12) PP Max Pacioretty (18), P.K. Subban (35) 1 - 1
11:04 MTL Alex Galchenyuk (12) Tomas Plekanec (26) 1 - 2
3rd Period
07:34 BUF Jamie McGinn (11) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (24), Jack Eichel (19) 2 - 2
11:46 BUF Johan Larsson (2) Jake McCabe (6), Cody Franson (12) 3 - 2
19:47 BUF Brian Gionta (7) Ryan O'Reilly (24) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:00 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
2nd Period
02:11 BUF Johan Larsson Hooking 2
04:08 MTL Tomas Plekanec Hooking 2
15:02 MTL Tomas Fleischmann Slashing 2
3rd Period
07:00 MTL Tom Gilbert Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 62 41 32 4 2.2 54.6
Montréal Canadiens 57 42 35 2 2.5 45.4

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 2.2 expected, 4 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.5 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 5:10 of 1st, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 7:34 of 3rd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 11:46 of 3rd, a 22% chanceBUF goal, 19:47 of 3rd, a 54% chanceMTL goal, 3:19 of 2nd, a 19% chanceMTL goal, 11:04 of 2nd, a 6% chanceMTL 2.5BUF 2.2

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
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart12:0044.140.60-1
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson10:4780.895.11-0
Marcus Foligno · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel9:5338.930.41-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Nicolas Deslauriers5:4850.016.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Mark Pysyk17:2551.621.50-0
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen15:2944.745.10-1
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe13:0863.284.42-0

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 Cody Franson D 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 16:32 0.07 14-7 0.48-0.08
12 Brian Gionta R 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 18:25 0.05 22-8 0.70-0.10
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 13:38 0.25 8-12 0.30-0.76
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 1 2 4 5 14:01 0.36 25-6 0.68-0.04
88 Jamie McGinn L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 16:43 0.41 16-19 0.29-0.43
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 18:05 0.07 9-14 0.30-0.77
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 16:19 13-8 0.52-0.09
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 16:12 0.01 10-11 0.31-0.63
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 23:58 0.06 23-22 0.62-0.58
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:39 15-21 0.29-0.58
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:06 0.03 17-21 0.47-0.57
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:21 0.04 16-15 0.23-0.84
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:37 0.02 17-19 0.29-0.43
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:04 0.03 3-3 0.02-0.11
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22:40 0.05 23-15 0.34-0.84
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:01 4-4 0.03-0.12
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 08:30 4-6 0.03-0.26
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 20:43 0.23 26-9 0.72-0.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 35 33 2 59:20 2.43 +0.43

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty · Dale Weise12:1452.059.60-1
Tomas Plekanec · Brendan Gallagher · Alex Galchenyuk11:2561.372.61-0
Tomas Fleischmann · Lars Eller · Sven Andrighetto11:1537.535.20-0
Torrey Mitchell · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brian Flynn7:2933.334.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrei Markov · P.K. Subban16:1255.674.51-0
Tom Gilbert · Nathan Beaulieu16:1046.544.70-1
Alexei Emelin · Jeff Petry14:5638.126.50-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
22 Dale Weise R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 6 15:51 0.22 14-13 0.41-0.27
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 15:56 0.24 19-12 0.92-0.35
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 16:03 0.60 19-19 0.92-0.74
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 19:07 0.30 13-14 0.39-0.27
76 P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 25:27 0.10 15-15 0.87-0.34
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 17:36 0.01 8-17 0.13-0.39
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:56 0.22 19-12 0.92-0.35
10 Sven Andrighetto R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:27 0.01 6-11 0.04-0.08
12 Tomas Fleischmann L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:13 0.03 7-11 0.06-0.11
14 Tom Gilbert D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:47 0.02 20-23 0.48-0.59
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:49 0.02 7-11 0.06-0.11
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 16:20 9-14 0.15-0.42
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:14 5-12 0.13-0.34
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:39 0.02 21-24 0.49-0.61
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:52 0.02 5-16 0.13-0.60
51 David Desharnais C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 18:51 0.55 13-13 0.39-0.27
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:19 0.11 5-15 0.13-0.50
79 Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:11 0.02 15-13 0.87-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Mike Condon L 31 28 3 58:48 1.64 -1.36