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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Jan 21, 2017 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 38
Montréal Canadiens 2 38

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
03:54 MTL Artturi Lehkonen (11) Paul Byron (15) 0 - 1
04:50 BUF Brian Gionta (10) Evander Kane (6) 1 - 1
08:50 MTL Phillip Danault (10) Jeff Petry (15), Max Pacioretty (18) 1 - 2
3rd Period
11:53 BUF Cody Franson (2) Ryan O'Reilly (19) 2 - 2
Overtime
01:48 BUF Zach Bogosian (1) Ryan O'Reilly (20), Evander Kane (7) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
19:48 MTL Alexander Radulov Hooking 2
2nd Period
11:26 MTL Alexei Emelin Boarding 2
17:26 BUF Justin Falk Slashing 2
3rd Period
13:26 MTL Mark Barberio Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 63 43 38 3 2.9 51.5
Montréal Canadiens 55 47 38 2 2.8 48.5

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdOTMontréal 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: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.8 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 4:50 of 2nd, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 11:53 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 1:48 of overtime, a 6% chanceMTL goal, 3:54 of 2nd, a 12% chanceMTL goal, 8:50 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBUF 2.9MTL 2.8

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
Kyle Okposo · Tyler Ennis · Ryan O'Reilly13:0250.020.91-1
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Zemgus Girgensons12:1047.660.41-0
Marcus Foligno · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel11:2560.032.30-1
Matt Moulson · Cal O'Reilly · William Carrier3:4866.791.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Franson · Zach Bogosian18:5451.634.91-0
Taylor Fedun · Rasmus Ristolainen13:5650.056.11-1
Justin Falk · Casey Nelson7:2346.748.50-0

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
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 22:39 0.16 19-16 0.60-0.77
91 Evander Kane L 0 2 2 2 0 6 2 19:44 0.49 18-17 1.35-0.57
11 Cody Franson D 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 21:28 0.03 19-15 0.30-0.53
12 Brian Gionta R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:51 0.27 13-15 0.95-0.56
24 Zach Bogosian D 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 25:12 0.14 20-22 0.58-0.99
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:08 0.04 18-17 1.22-0.88
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22:17 0.15 20-15 0.57-0.79
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:33 0.02 10-11 0.51-0.45
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:32 0.05 14-11 0.33-0.59
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:05 0.76 12-9 0.25-0.54
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 15:01 0.01 13-13 0.26-0.84
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:31 4-5 0.12-0.06
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:26 0.26 10-6 0.58-0.07
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:25 0.19 13-17 0.99-0.82
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 07:06 0.08 7-8 0.21-0.38
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12:47 12-13 0.33-0.55
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 29:36 0.16 24-20 1.24-1.08
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:03 0.08 14-15 0.27-0.74
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 38 36 2 61:48 2.77 +0.77

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Radulov · Max Pacioretty · Phillip Danault14:4440.964.51-0
Andrew Shaw · Alex Galchenyuk · Sven Andrighetto11:3438.541.80-0
Tomas Plekanec · Paul Byron · Artturi Lehkonen9:5760.073.01-1
Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn · Jacob de la Rose6:4361.580.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Petry · Nathan Beaulieu17:5451.666.41-1
Shea Weber · Alexei Emelin14:2048.551.60-1
Mark Barberio · Zach Redmond8:5336.848.00-0

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
24 Phillip Danault C 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 17:33 0.11 12-17 0.71-0.36
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 11:56 0.14 13-8 0.52-0.19
2 Jeff Petry D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 25:22 0.26 21-18 1.19-0.89
41 Paul Byron L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:29 0.19 12-9 0.51-0.20
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:02 0.51 13-18 0.74-0.44
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 24:20 0.10 19-19 0.63-0.58
10 Sven Andrighetto R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:14 0.12 12-16 0.74-0.97
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:22 0.26 13-9 0.52-0.20
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 21:37 0.01 19-21 0.57-0.74
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 26:25 0.01 18-17 1.03-0.58
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:04 0.04 10-9 0.22-0.34
38 Zach Redmond D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:00 0.04 9-12 0.46-0.42
44 Mark Barberio D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 14:24 0.05 12-18 0.59-1.06
47 Alexander Radulov R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:59 0.06 16-14 0.76-0.42
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 16:36 0.49 13-20 0.74-1.44
61 Jacob de la Rose L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:25 0.12 8-5 0.20-0.05
65 Andrew Shaw R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:53 0.24 14-22 0.80-1.46
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:50 0.05 11-8 0.27-0.32
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price OTL 38 35 3 61:48 2.85 -0.15