Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Nov 11, 2017 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	35
Montréal Canadiens	2	29

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
19:54	BUF	Ryan O'Reilly (6) PP	Evander Kane (8), Kyle Okposo (4)	1 - 0
3rd Period
01:01	MTL	Andrew Shaw (4) PP	Jonathan Drouin (9), Max Pacioretty (5)	1 - 1
Overtime
03:08	MTL	Max Pacioretty (7)	Phillip Danault (8)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
08:29	MTL	Charles Hudon	Closing hand on puck	2
16:33	MTL	Jordie Benn	Fighting	5
16:33	BUF	Josh Gorges	Fighting	5
18:33	MTL	Artturi Lehkonen	Holding	2
2nd Period
02:36	MTL	Alex Galchenyuk	Tripping	2
19:09	BUF	Jack Eichel	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	50	44	35	1	4.2	50.6
Montréal Canadiens	53	41	29	2	1.7	49.4

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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 4.2 expected, 1 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 1.7 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	12:44	66.7	80.0	0-0
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly	11:52	33.3	59.3	0-0
Jason Pominville · Matt Moulson · Johan Larsson	9:42	60.0	69.9	0-0
Jordan Nolan · Zemgus Girgensons · Nick Baptiste	5:52	66.7	56.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Justin Falk · Marco Scandella	15:30	45.0	80.3	0-0
Taylor Fedun · Jake McCabe	13:52	55.6	55.2	0-0
Josh Gorges · Nathan Beaulieu	12:44	20.0	37.1	0-0

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	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	22:00	0.41	6-13	0.40-0.27
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	20:24	0.78	6-12	0.40-0.27
91	Evander Kane	L	0	1	1	0	0	5	2	21:26	1.04	21-17	1.38-0.53
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	15:56		7-18	0.48-0.52
4	Taylor Fedun	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:24	0.02	12-9	0.47-0.34
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25:11	0.10	19-13	1.16-0.21
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	21:23	0.21	22-18	1.42-0.53
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	07:00	0.07	5-6	0.14-0.24
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	16:26	0.69	21-13	1.36-0.50
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16:22		10-11	0.56-0.21
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	21:40	0.05	21-12	1.07-0.51
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:29	0.05	11-8	0.59-0.20
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	21:19	0.18	17-19	0.94-0.65
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:08	0.19	6-4	0.30-0.12
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:03	0.10	10-8	0.52-0.32
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	19:04	0.02	10-13	0.97-0.24
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:37	0.18	6-12	0.40-0.27
71	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	08:40	0.09	5-4	0.17-0.23

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Chad Johnson	OTL	29	27	2	63:08	1.70	-0.30

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Galchenyuk · Artturi Lehkonen · Jonathan Drouin	13:23	46.4	23.3	0-0
Max Pacioretty · Andrew Shaw · Phillip Danault	12:36	33.3	24.4	0-0
Tomas Plekanec · Paul Byron · Brendan Gallagher	11:41	58.8	49.6	0-0
Byron Froese · Charles Hudon · Jacob de la Rose	6:13	85.7	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Shea Weber · Jordie Benn	12:55	59.1	55.7	0-0
Jeff Petry · Karl Alzner	11:54	58.3	30.3	0-0
Joe Morrow · Victor Mete	8:11	40.0	22.3	0-0

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	1	1	2	1	0	9	2	19:56	0.65	9-14	0.42-0.65
65	Andrew Shaw	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	17:27	0.04	7-17	0.20-0.71
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	17:31	0.04	9-14	0.28-0.42
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	21:15	0.10	16-20	0.54-1.67
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	22:42		18-17	0.46-1.25
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	28:22	0.13	19-13	0.63-0.42
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14:21	0.02	13-8	0.35-0.46
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16:56	0.08	11-9	0.32-0.46
18	Jordie Benn	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	19:49		15-13	0.48-0.63
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23:20		18-15	0.43-1.12
41	Paul Byron	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17:04	0.15	13-8	0.31-0.24
47	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	16:19	0.21	15-17	0.55-1.35
51	Byron Froese	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	08:59	0.00	7-2	0.11-0.00
54	Charles Hudon	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	07:35	0.07	6-2	0.09-0.06
61	Jacob de la Rose	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	06:32	0.02	6-1	0.09-0.00
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	18:52	0.13	14-17	0.44-1.60
70	Joe Morrow	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:36	0.02	7-16	0.26-0.98
98	Victor Mete	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12:27	0.01	7-12	0.21-0.69

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
79	Charlie Lindgren	W	35	34	1	63:08	4.27	+3.27