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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Nov 8, 2018 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 6 31
Montréal Canadiens 5 37

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:08 BUF Vladimir Sobotka (2) Evan Rodrigues (5), Sam Reinhart (8) 1 - 0
09:14 MTL Jonathan Drouin (5) Max Domi (8), Jordie Benn (2) 1 - 1
14:40 BUF Vladimir Sobotka (3) Evan Rodrigues (6), Sam Reinhart (9) 2 - 1
14:50 MTL Matthew Peca (1) Nicolas Deslauriers (1), Mike Reilly (3) 2 - 2
15:52 BUF Conor Sheary (6) Casey Mittelstadt (4), Marco Scandella (4) 3 - 2
16:26 MTL Andrew Shaw (2) Jonathan Drouin (7), Max Domi (9) 3 - 3
2nd Period
05:34 BUF Jeff Skinner (10) Jack Eichel (14), Jason Pominville (7) 4 - 3
10:17 MTL Tomas Tatar (6) Max Domi (10), Victor Mete (2) 4 - 4
18:03 MTL Nicolas Deslauriers (1) SH Matthew Peca (4) 4 - 5
3rd Period
02:20 BUF Jeff Skinner (11) Jack Eichel (15) 5 - 5
Overtime
01:38 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (2) Unassisted 6 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:03 BUF Jeff Skinner Hooking 2
01:49 BUF Zemgus Girgensons High sticking 2
18:42 BUF Johan Larsson High sticking 2
2nd Period
06:57 MTL Nicolas Deslauriers Tripping 2
16:11 MTL Karl Alzner Interference 2
18:48 MTL Xavier Ouellet Tripping 2
3rd Period
04:22 BUF Jake McCabe Tripping 2
05:55 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Boarding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 50 35 31 6 2.3 48.2
Montréal Canadiens 65 49 37 5 3.9 51.8

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdOTMontréal 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: 2.3 expected, 6 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.9 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 6:08 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 14:40 of 1st, a 34% chanceBUF goal, 15:52 of 1st, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 5:34 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 2:20 of 3rd, a 27% chanceBUF goal, 1:38 of overtime, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 9:14 of 1st, a 15% chanceMTL goal, 14:50 of 1st, a 11% chanceMTL goal, 16:26 of 1st, a 28% chanceMTL goal, 10:17 of 2nd, a 13% chanceMTL goal, 18:03 of 2nd, a 8% chanceMTL 3.9BUF 2.3

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
Vladimir Sobotka · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues11:5345.547.32-1
Jason Pominville · Jeff Skinner · Jack Eichel10:0350.037.01-1
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt7:5571.440.01-0
Patrik Berglund · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons7:3845.546.50-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nathan Beaulieu · Rasmus Dahlin12:1761.559.33-1
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen9:3240.09.70-1
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen7:0454.528.50-0

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
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 17:52 0.48 12-17 0.68-0.83
53 Jeff Skinner L 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 16:33 0.65 12-12 0.46-0.82
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 18:32 0.13 12-12 0.46-0.79
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 18:27 0.06 10-14 0.68-0.82
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 17:22 0.21 11-13 0.68-0.81
43 Conor Sheary L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:42 0.16 11-8 0.30-0.85
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 26:25 0.15 14-16 0.16-0.94
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 18:57 12-16 0.41-1.00
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:39 12-9 0.30-0.85
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:29 0.05 12-15 0.46-1.18
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 13:37 0.10 13-5 0.30-0.44
10 Patrik Berglund C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 10:05 0.11 5-6 0.23-0.26
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 12:50 5-8 0.23-0.32
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:00 0.01 10-15 0.18-0.87
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:38 0.03 10-17 0.42-1.08
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 16:57 0.07 18-12 1.08-0.90
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 13:55 0.01 16-11 1.08-0.74
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 13:10 0.12 5-9 0.23-0.32
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 32 27 5 39:39 3.02 -1.98
40 Carter Hutton 5 5 0 21:38 0.81 +0.81

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrew Shaw · Jonathan Drouin · Max Domi9:0250.085.02-0
Tomas Tatar · Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault8:3135.716.20-3
Kenny Agostino · Artturi Lehkonen · Jesperi Kotkaniemi7:2558.350.10-1
Nicolas Deslauriers · Matthew Peca · Charles Hudon6:4964.397.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · Mike Reilly15:4955.673.71-0
Jeff Petry · Jordie Benn12:4154.557.30-2
Xavier Ouellet · Victor Mete11:3647.856.02-2

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
11 Max Domi C 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 19:15 0.05 10-10 0.87-0.19
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 1 1 2 2 2 4 2 12:24 0.27 12-11 0.68-0.14
53 Matthew Peca C 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 13:54 0.18 11-9 0.53-0.05
92 Jonathan Drouin L 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 18:24 0.47 10-7 0.75-0.12
65 Andrew Shaw R 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 18:14 0.70 10-8 0.96-0.12
90 Tomas Tatar L 1 0 1 -2 0 2 1 15:58 0.19 10-10 0.72-0.99
6 Mike Reilly D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:40 0.10 15-12 0.90-0.32
18 Jordie Benn D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 17:49 14-11 0.79-0.48
98 Victor Mete D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 12:31 0.03 12-12 0.93-0.72
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 25:50 0.16 13-11 0.65-0.55
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 18:01 0.19 8-11 0.33-0.99
20 Kenny Agostino L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:06 0.09 10-9 0.35-0.39
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 17:20 0.50 14-15 1.05-1.12
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 19:19 0.03 17-17 1.04-0.46
54 Charles Hudon L 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 11:13 0.19 12-8 0.58-0.04
61 Xavier Ouellet D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 16:40 0.00 15-17 1.21-0.79
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 16:03 0.71 14-14 1.16-0.53
82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:21 8-8 0.31-0.34
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price 31 25 6 61:30 2.32 -3.68