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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Nov 25, 2017 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 0 36
Montréal Canadiens 3 26

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:54 MTL Jeff Petry (3) PP Jonathan Drouin (11), Alex Galchenyuk (5) 0 - 1
2nd Period
13:58 MTL Alex Galchenyuk (5) Paul Byron (3), Jonathan Drouin (12) 0 - 2
3rd Period
08:27 MTL Paul Byron (6) SH Unassisted 0 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:40 BUF Jason Pominville Hooking 2
13:36 MTL Tomas Plekanec Delaying game 2
2nd Period
08:51 BUF Seth Griffith Hooking 2
3rd Period
07:52 MTL Andrew Shaw Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 78 48 36 0 2.7 61.7
Montréal Canadiens 52 37 26 3 3.6 38.3

How the game went

25201510505Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 2.7 expected, 0 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.6 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 12:54 of 1st, a 3% chanceMTL goal, 13:58 of 2nd, a 26% chanceMTL goal, 8:27 of 3rd, a 15% chanceMTL 3.6BUF 2.7

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
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel11:2177.892.60-0
Benoit Pouliot · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart4:0042.914.50-0
Kyle Okposo · Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan3:2733.32.80-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Jordan Nolan2:5166.754.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen15:3952.361.80-1
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin13:1466.752.10-0
Josh Gorges · Nathan Beaulieu12:4756.021.10-0

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

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
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:11 17-11 0.25-0.78
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:37 0.02 27-21 1.48-0.88
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:57 0.08 22-15 0.73-0.85
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 8 1 21:10 0.48 26-8 1.07-0.37
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:28 4-12 0.01-0.46
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:38 0.10 15-12 0.22-0.42
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 13:44 0.36 15-11 0.96-0.44
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:31 0.02 22-9 0.65-0.15
23 Seth Griffith C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:03 0.07 11-8 0.56-0.64
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:47 0.04 23-11 0.74-0.78
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:42 0.01 14-5 0.47-0.06
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 16:23 0.06 21-7 0.98-0.17
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 25:49 0.09 26-22 1.50-0.88
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:37 0.11 10-11 0.17-0.46
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:02 0.47 18-12 0.70-0.79
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:30 0.07 17-13 0.31-0.62
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20:51 0.73 26-9 1.08-0.17
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:08 16-8 0.16-0.15
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 26 23 3 54:38 2.34 -0.66

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tomas Plekanec · Brendan Gallagher · Charles Hudon13:0637.074.10-0
Max Pacioretty · Andrew Shaw · Phillip Danault12:4055.070.80-0
Paul Byron · Alex Galchenyuk · Jonathan Drouin10:1957.189.41-0
Nicolas Deslauriers · Byron Froese · Jacob de la Rose5:2223.512.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Petry · Karl Alzner13:4231.463.50-0
Jordie Benn · Joe Morrow11:1865.270.20-0
Victor Mete · Jakub Jerabek7:2233.341.21-0

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
41 Paul Byron L 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 14:26 0.49 14-9 0.71-0.08
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 16:21 0.34 13-17 0.73-1.31
92 Jonathan Drouin L 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 17:04 0.05 15-18 0.73-1.32
2 Jeff Petry D 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 24:16 0.03 11-28 0.49-0.34
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:37 0.22 11-24 0.49-0.91
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:54 0.05 10-21 0.49-0.24
18 Jordie Benn D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:27 0.03 18-17 0.64-0.29
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:23 0.07 11-13 0.52-0.28
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:59 13-29 0.49-0.66
28 Jakub Jerabek D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:38 0.07 10-21 0.69-1.82
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:01 5-17 0.07-0.63
51 Byron Froese C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:16 0.01 5-20 0.09-1.10
54 Charles Hudon L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:01 0.27 12-19 0.49-0.19
61 Jacob de la Rose L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:36 5-16 0.07-0.63
65 Andrew Shaw R 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 16:17 0.12 11-11 0.52-0.31
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:05 0.51 11-13 0.52-0.24
70 Joe Morrow D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:19 0.02 22-19 0.40-0.73
98 Victor Mete D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:20 0.02 8-18 0.93-0.98
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price 36 36 0 60:00 2.76 +2.76