Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 5, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	1	32
Buffalo Sabres	2	30

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
06:01	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen (6)	Josh Gorges (5), Jack Eichel (33)	0 - 1
2nd Period
11:35	BUF	Tyler Ennis (5)	Evander Kane (15), Ryan O'Reilly (34)	0 - 2
3rd Period
00:46	MTL	Tomas Plekanec (10)	Alexander Radulov (36), Paul Byron (20)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
3rd Period
10:11	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	53	48	32	1	1.9	51.0
Buffalo Sabres	49	41	30	2	2.7	49.0

How the game went

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: 1.9 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 2 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alexander Radulov · Max Pacioretty · Phillip Danault	15:23	54.1	36.2	0-0
Tomas Plekanec · Paul Byron · Brendan Gallagher	11:16	35.7	53.2	0-1
Andrew Shaw · Alex Galchenyuk · Artturi Lehkonen	11:15	47.4	51.3	0-1
Torrey Mitchell · Dwight King · Brian Flynn	10:58	53.3	25.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andrei Markov · Jeff Petry	15:28	68.0	78.2	0-0
Alexei Emelin · Nathan Beaulieu	13:41	36.0	23.6	0-1
Brandon Davidson · Nikita Nesterov	12:15	63.2	56.5	1-1

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	+/-	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	13:12	0.14	10-9	0.45-0.20
41	Paul Byron	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	12:40		7-10	0.41-0.20
47	Alexander Radulov	R	0	1	1	1	2	1	20:29	0.18	22-18	0.71-0.94
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	23:35	0.03	24-15	0.93-0.53
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	4	0	14:01	0.21	8-10	0.26-0.20
21	Dwight King	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:10	0.08	9-8	0.17-0.48
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	15:55	0.14	20-18	0.52-0.94
25	Alexei Emelin	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	14:36	0.03	9-21	0.28-1.16
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	23:52	0.09	14-25	0.45-1.20
32	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:32	0.04	10-9	0.23-0.48
47	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	16:04	0.02	12-12	0.66-0.57
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	13:03	0.08	9-10	0.58-0.55
65	Andrew Shaw	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	16:29	0.46	9-11	0.58-0.56
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:26	0.09	21-17	0.54-0.92
71	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:11		10-9	0.23-0.46
79	Andrei Markov	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	23:08	0.09	19-12	0.75-0.44
88	Brandon Davidson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:50	0.01	14-11	0.55-0.42
89	Nikita Nesterov	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:59	0.19	18-10	0.59-0.59

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	L	30	28	2	58:48	2.18	+0.18

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brian Gionta · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane	13:35	50.0	57.4	0-0
Tyler Ennis · Evan Rodrigues · Alex Nylander	9:54	58.8	42.8	0-0
Marcus Foligno · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	8:32	57.9	64.6	1-0
Matt Moulson · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons	8:25	38.5	50.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Cody Franson · Justin Falk	14:10	58.3	50.7	0-0
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	12:29	58.6	66.6	1-0
Zach Bogosian · Dmitry Kulikov	11:39	33.3	46.4	1-1

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
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	23:03	0.07	24-23	1.06-0.64
63	Tyler Ennis	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	13:06	0.45	13-11	0.60-0.73
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	22:10	0.02	19-13	0.78-0.39
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	17:12	0.09	15-14	0.70-0.53
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	19:44	0.22	17-17	0.88-0.48
91	Evander Kane	L	0	1	1	1	0	4	2	17:55	0.27	16-16	0.88-0.46
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:43	0.01	14-25	0.67-0.69
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:26	0.05	14-10	0.71-0.69
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17:52	0.21	13-15	0.55-0.42
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:48	0.23	15-13	0.70-0.56
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	10:25	0.11	11-8	0.45-0.25
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:09	0.04	10-10	0.40-0.58
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:38		9-16	0.39-0.45
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	13:59	0.11	7-12	0.29-0.33
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	13:24	0.15	6-11	0.31-0.21
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:07	0.01	14-11	0.71-0.69
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	13:51	0.12	8-11	0.33-0.21
92	Alex Nylander	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:28	0.05	10-9	0.40-0.58

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	W	32	31	1	60:00	1.87	+0.87