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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 16, 2016 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 3 22
Buffalo Sabres 2 43

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
15:17 BUF Zach Bogosian (5) PP Ryan O'Reilly (33), Rasmus Ristolainen (29) 0 - 1
2nd Period
00:47 MTL Greg Pateryn (1) Alex Galchenyuk (22) 1 - 1
19:57 MTL Andrei Markov (5) PP Tomas Plekanec (35), Max Pacioretty (29) 2 - 1
3rd Period
11:56 BUF Marcus Foligno (10) SH David Legwand (8), Mark Pysyk (6) 2 - 2
Overtime
03:15 MTL Paul Byron (9) Unassisted 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:16 MTL Victor Bartley Holding 2
18:58 BUF Josh Gorges Cross checking 2
18:58 MTL Nathan Beaulieu Elbowing 2
19:28 BUF Evander Kane Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
19:28 MTL Tomas Plekanec Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd Period
01:09 MTL Greg Pateryn Tripping 2
06:48 BUF Carlo Colaiacovo High sticking 2
15:20 BUF Mark Pysyk Roughing 2
15:20 MTL Mike Brown Roughing 2
15:20 MTL Mike Brown Roughing 2
17:31 MTL Nathan Beaulieu Misconduct 10
17:31 BUF Jake McCabe Hooking 2
17:31 BUF Matt Moulson Misconduct 10
19:30 MTL Michael McCarron Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
19:30 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
19:30 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
19:30 MTL Michael McCarron Roughing 2
19:30 BUF Zach Bogosian Misconduct 10
19:30 MTL Michael McCarron Misconduct 10
19:30 BUF Robin Lehner Roughing 2
3rd Period
01:24 BUF Marcus Foligno Interference 2
01:24 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers Misconduct 10
09:03 BUF Evander Kane Cross checking 2
09:03 BUF Evander Kane Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
18:03 MTL Andrei Markov Illegal check to head 2
Overtime
02:58 MTL Andrei Markov Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 44 35 23 3 1.6 40.8
Buffalo Sabres 68 56 43 2 3.0 59.2

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 1.6 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 0:47 of 2nd, a 4% chanceMTL goal, 19:57 of 2nd, a 3% chanceMTL goal, 3:15 of overtime, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 15:17 of 1st, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 11:56 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF 3.0MTL 1.6

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 · Paul Byron · Lars Eller8:5030.413.20-0
Max Pacioretty · Alex Galchenyuk · Sven Andrighetto7:2350.051.60-0
Torrey Mitchell · Lucas Lessio · Michael McCarron5:3128.615.30-0
Mike Brown · Phillip Danault · Jacob de la Rose5:1422.229.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Victor Bartley · Greg Pateryn10:2850.032.60-0
Andrei Markov · Mark Barberio6:1328.620.60-0
Alexei Emelin · Nathan Beaulieu5:5316.76.00-0

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

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
29 Greg Pateryn D 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 21:00 0.10 12-14 0.21-0.54
41 Paul Byron L 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 16:53 0.22 9-18 0.22-0.66
79 Andrei Markov D 1 0 1 0 12 3 0 30:55 0.11 13-22 0.61-0.73
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 20:06 0.08 7-16 0.09-0.58
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 21:36 0.23 15-7 0.37-0.18
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:58 0.26 13-7 0.24-0.18
10 Sven Andrighetto R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:29 0.22 11-6 0.51-0.16
13 Mike Brown R 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 09:09 7-8 0.12-0.23
20 Victor Bartley D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:45 0.01 11-12 0.24-0.40
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:41 0.03 9-17 0.22-0.60
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:37 2-10 0.09-0.27
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 27:15 0.13 14-15 0.60-0.38
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 17:59 4-12 0.04-0.20
44 Mark Barberio D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:01 0.02 4-10 0.09-0.36
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 0 14 1 2 08:58 0.03 2-7 0.04-0.27
53 Lucas Lessio L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:14 0.09 4-8 0.31-0.27
61 Jacob de la Rose L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:24 0.12 3-11 0.12-0.26
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:44 5-10 0.34-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Ben Scrivens W 43 41 2 63:11 2.94 +0.94

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel7:4081.895.70-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson7:3450.070.30-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Nicolas Deslauriers7:0272.7100.00-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Cal O'Reilly3:1250.034.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen11:3435.340.50-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe11:0466.784.70-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Mark Pysyk7:2568.447.10-0

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
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 13:01 0.21 8-11 0.28-0.29
24 Zach Bogosian D 1 0 1 -2 14 8 0 21:20 0.41 13-6 0.43-0.09
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 16:23 0.08 18-8 0.51-0.44
17 David Legwand C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:21 6-3 0.20-0.05
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 27:26 0.15 9-16 0.27-0.40
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 22:02 0.19 12-11 0.24-0.54
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 20:07 6-13 0.13-0.33
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:09 0.20 18-6 0.63-0.21
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 17:56 0.34 11-11 0.42-0.24
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:49 0.32 11-2 0.40-0.02
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:37 7-6 0.20-0.36
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:05 0.01 11-11 0.46-0.19
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 24:49 0.18 18-9 0.55-0.13
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 10:24 0.35 20-6 0.72-0.40
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 06:23 0.09 5-3 0.07-0.05
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:32 0.15 13-4 0.54-0.09
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 11:38 0.06 10-7 0.18-0.09
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 6 6 3 20:14 0.25 14-12 0.27-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner OTL 22 19 3 63:14 1.62 -1.38