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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 23, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 2 33
Buffalo Sabres 3 40

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:39 BUF Casey Mittelstadt (4) Conor Sheary (6), Jake McCabe (8) 0 - 1
2nd Period
18:12 MTL Brendan Gallagher (11) Phillip Danault (12), Tomas Tatar (9) 1 - 1
3rd Period
08:18 MTL Andrew Shaw (7) PP David Schlemko (1), Kenny Agostino (2) 2 - 1
17:34 BUF Jeff Skinner (16) Zach Bogosian (3), Jack Eichel (21) 2 - 2
Overtime
03:06 BUF Jeff Skinner (17) PP Jack Eichel (22), Rasmus Dahlin (10) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
18:19 MTL David Schlemko Holding 2
2nd Period
05:18 MTL Team Too many men on the ice 2
11:05 MTL David Schlemko Tripping 2
19:25 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
3rd Period
08:13 BUF Jason Pominville Holding 2
Overtime
01:32 MTL Max Domi Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 64 48 33 2 2.5 55.2
Buffalo Sabres 62 50 40 3 3.5 44.8

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadMontréal Canadiens 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 2.5 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.5 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 18:12 of 2nd, a 6% chanceMTL goal, 8:18 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 12:39 of 1st, a 34% chanceBUF goal, 17:34 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 3:06 of overtime, a 34% chanceBUF 3.5MTL 2.5

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrew Shaw · Jonathan Drouin · Max Domi11:3653.141.40-1
Tomas Tatar · Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault10:3755.669.41-0
Nicolas Deslauriers · Michael Chaput · Kenny Agostino9:3473.955.50-0
Matthew Peca · Artturi Lehkonen · Jesperi Kotkaniemi7:3658.375.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Petry · Jordie Benn17:2851.139.41-2
David Schlemko · Brett Kulak14:2166.761.40-0
Karl Alzner · Victor Mete12:0450.053.00-0

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 Brendan Gallagher R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:04 0.35 11-8 0.50-0.21
65 Andrew Shaw R 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 16:18 0.41 18-23 0.56-1.53
20 Kenny Agostino L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:23 0.03 20-11 0.40-0.57
21 David Schlemko D 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 19:17 0.04 20-12 0.45-0.35
24 Phillip Danault C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:59 0.52 11-12 0.48-0.33
90 Tomas Tatar L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:42 0.02 12-13 0.67-0.70
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 27:35 0.05 26-24 1.07-1.66
11 Max Domi C 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 17:55 0.28 21-20 0.67-1.22
18 Jordie Benn D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:20 0.03 25-24 1.20-1.61
26 Michael Chaput C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:03 0.06 17-6 0.36-0.29
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:07 0.02 15-11 0.27-0.22
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:14 0.06 21-10 0.60-0.24
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:37 0.20 19-7 0.45-0.31
53 Matthew Peca C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:08 8-8 0.16-0.33
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:18 0.02 10-9 0.35-0.13
82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:15 0.28 9-8 0.35-0.13
92 Jonathan Drouin L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:43 0.14 18-16 0.62-0.77
98 Victor Mete D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:20 0.02 9-13 0.13-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Antti Niemi OTL 40 37 3 63:06 3.52 +0.52

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Jeff Skinner · Jack Eichel12:3430.459.70-0
Vladimir Sobotka · Sam Reinhart · Tage Thompson9:4566.786.30-0
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt9:0455.663.11-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Evan Rodrigues7:4943.841.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen16:3454.377.01-0
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Dahlin14:4056.765.30-0
Marco Scandella · Nathan Beaulieu11:5422.26.60-1

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
53 Jeff Skinner L 2 0 2 1 0 6 1 20:45 0.91 12-19 0.60-0.36
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 24:32 0.15 14-24 0.64-0.51
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:22 0.34 12-14 0.78-0.48
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:15 0.02 20-17 1.03-0.35
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 19:01 0.06 21-22 0.87-0.82
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 23:31 0.18 18-17 0.80-0.44
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:00 0.17 13-11 0.80-0.37
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:00 6-22 0.08-0.81
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 14:45 0.12 14-11 0.87-0.45
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 17:46 0.04 17-12 0.47-0.17
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:55 12-11 0.32-0.29
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:39 0.25 7-14 0.43-0.92
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:22 0.23 9-12 0.44-0.65
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:37 0.01 6-17 0.13-0.70
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:25 8-10 0.43-0.63
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 19:52 0.66 12-25 0.65-0.61
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 27:19 0.27 21-21 1.24-0.61
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:32 0.14 13-11 0.32-0.13
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton W 33 31 2 63:06 2.52 +0.52