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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Jan 31, 2017 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 39
Montréal Canadiens 5 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:27 MTL Max Pacioretty (22) Alexander Radulov (26), Phillip Danault (16) 0 - 1
2nd Period
07:48 MTL Max Pacioretty (23) Alexander Radulov (27), Phillip Danault (17) 0 - 2
11:12 MTL David Desharnais (4) Sven Andrighetto (6) 0 - 3
18:38 MTL Paul Byron (14) Andrei Markov (20), Tomas Plekanec (16) 0 - 4
3rd Period
03:24 MTL Max Pacioretty (24) Unassisted 0 - 5
16:04 BUF Dmitry Kulikov (1) Cal O'Reilly (1) 1 - 5
17:48 BUF Brian Gionta (12) PP Cody Franson (12), Evander Kane (10) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:52 BUF Taylor Fedun Tripping 2
05:33 MTL Greg Pateryn Holding 2
3rd Period
16:32 MTL Alexei Emelin Cross checking 2
19:48 MTL Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 65 49 39 2 3.6 45.4
Montréal Canadiens 69 48 35 5 3.1 54.6

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 3.6 expected, 2 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.1 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 16:04 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 17:48 of 3rd, a 41% chanceMTL goal, 17:27 of 1st, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 7:48 of 2nd, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 11:12 of 2nd, a 9% chanceMTL goal, 18:38 of 2nd, a 16% chanceMTL goal, 3:24 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBUF 3.6MTL 3.1

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
Marcus Foligno · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel9:4544.056.70-2
Kyle Okposo · Tyler Ennis · Ryan O'Reilly7:3635.758.90-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Zemgus Girgensons6:0546.264.10-1
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane5:1766.768.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Kulikov · Rasmus Ristolainen19:3957.667.61-0
Cody Franson · Zach Bogosian10:5327.829.20-3
Justin Falk · Taylor Fedun8:0836.843.90-0

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
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 22:47 0.04 21-14 1.11-0.49
12 Brian Gionta R 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 14:53 0.41 15-16 0.84-0.65
11 Cody Franson D 0 1 1 -3 0 2 3 19:50 0.03 14-29 0.54-1.28
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 06:10 5-15 0.33-0.98
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 17:55 0.26 17-20 0.76-0.90
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:27 0.04 13-14 0.35-0.39
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 18:17 0.30 15-16 0.58-0.56
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 19:03 0.66 19-19 1.19-0.77
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:35 0.43 15-18 0.99-0.69
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 4 15:12 0.32 13-24 0.95-1.05
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 17:34 0.03 20-33 0.82-1.63
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 08:53 0.13 6-7 0.19-0.29
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:26 0.46 17-14 0.66-0.51
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:59 0.01 8-10 0.20-0.41
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:48 0.06 16-21 0.81-0.71
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 26:02 0.28 24-19 1.58-0.65
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:05 0.03 17-18 0.54-0.62
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:04 0.13 15-18 0.58-0.32
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner L 35 30 5 60:00 2.68 -2.32

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Radulov · Max Pacioretty · Phillip Danault13:3059.475.83-0
David Desharnais · Andrew Shaw · Sven Andrighetto12:3558.830.61-1
Tomas Plekanec · Paul Byron · Artturi Lehkonen10:5654.234.21-0
Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn · Daniel Carr9:1863.675.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Alexei Emelin19:2548.841.01-1
Greg Pateryn · Nathan Beaulieu16:5965.850.91-0
Andrei Markov · Nikita Nesterov14:0150.054.42-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
67 Max Pacioretty L 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 16:17 0.34 20-16 0.91-0.60
24 Phillip Danault C 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 16:56 0.32 22-18 1.14-0.70
47 Alexander Radulov R 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 17:58 0.16 23-17 1.13-0.52
41 Paul Byron L 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 14:33 0.27 15-17 0.47-0.86
51 David Desharnais C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:59 0.19 11-9 0.27-0.62
10 Sven Andrighetto R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 15:49 0.11 13-13 0.32-0.74
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:05 0.07 17-18 0.50-1.01
79 Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17:43 11-17 0.55-0.64
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 24:38 0.15 25-24 0.82-1.03
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:59 0.04 25-22 0.95-1.01
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 22:50 0.04 29-19 1.08-1.11
28 Daniel Carr L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:26 0.19 17-9 0.89-0.22
29 Greg Pateryn D 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 18:43 0.19 29-16 1.21-0.96
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:57 0.03 15-10 0.70-0.28
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:08 0.04 15-15 0.45-1.03
65 Andrew Shaw R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:45 0.02 12-7 0.27-0.62
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:37 0.31 15-12 0.66-0.61
89 Nikita Nesterov D 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 14:21 0.10 11-11 0.55-0.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price W 39 37 2 60:00 3.58 +1.58