Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 30, 2020 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	3	30
Buffalo Sabres	1	21

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
07:11	BUF	Jack Eichel (30) PP	Rasmus Dahlin (26), Marcus Johansson (16)	0 - 1
2nd Period
00:44	MTL	Ilya Kovalchuk (8)	Nick Suzuki (20), Joel Armia (10)	1 - 1
03:05	MTL	Brendan Gallagher (16)	Tomas Tatar (28), Phillip Danault (25)	2 - 1
3rd Period
18:13	MTL	Tomas Tatar (18)	Nick Suzuki (21), Joel Armia (11)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:49	MTL	Joel Armia	Tripping	2
16:13	BUF	Conor Sheary	Holding	2
2nd Period
16:55	MTL	Artturi Lehkonen	Holding	2
3rd Period
13:02	MTL	Phillip Danault	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	51	40	30	3	3.0	56.5
Buffalo Sabres	44	34	21	1	1.6	43.5

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: 3.0 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.6 expected, 1 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
Tomas Tatar · Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault	13:37	70.8	75.3	1-0
Ilya Kovalchuk · Joel Armia · Nick Suzuki	10:18	58.8	81.1	1-0
Nate Thompson · Dale Weise · Ryan Poehling	7:07	62.5	55.9	0-0
Nick Cousins · Artturi Lehkonen · Max Domi	7:06	80.0	75.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Petry · Brett Kulak	19:25	83.3	84.5	0-0
Shea Weber · Ben Chiarot	18:09	42.9	51.4	1-0
Marco Scandella · Victor Mete	11:43	43.8	58.9	1-0

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	Tomas Tatar	L	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	16:23	0.16	17-8	0.93-0.31
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	2	2	2	0	3	0	17:50	0.39	11-15	0.92-0.43
40	Joel Armia	R	0	2	2	2	2	3	0	18:01	0.33	10-11	0.89-0.36
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	17:05	0.51	17-8	0.93-0.39
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	16:54	0.11	13-13	0.92-0.45
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	16:55	0.12	17-10	0.93-0.39
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	24:04	0.17	26-6	1.41-0.35
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	23:37	0.02	15-22	0.63-0.83
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:48	0.01	7-11	0.36-0.48
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	22:38	0.09	15-20	0.63-0.60
11	Max Domi	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:53	0.13	10-8	0.16-0.30
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:16	0.03	10-6	0.16-0.28
22	Dale Weise	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	09:36	0.06	10-9	0.39-0.40
25	Ryan Poehling	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	08:33	0.30	10-10	0.39-0.49
27	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	21:11	0.04	25-5	1.39-0.26
44	Nate Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13:14		11-7	0.42-0.31
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	13:44		8-6	0.16-0.19
98	Victor Mete	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:01		8-10	0.37-0.34

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	W	21	20	1	59:55	1.59	+0.59

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel · Evan Rodrigues	9:38	27.8	26.9	0-1
Michael Frolik · Marcus Johansson · Jeff Skinner	7:27	29.4	29.8	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	5:26	60.0	56.3	0-0
Jimmy Vesey · Curtis Lazar · Conor Sheary	4:21	36.4	78.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jake McCabe · Henri Jokiharju	14:23	57.1	66.4	0-1
Colin Miller · Brandon Montour	10:00	53.8	59.6	0-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Brandon Montour	8:34	35.0	25.4	0-1

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
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	23:54	0.24	12-21	0.33-0.92
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	20:30	0.13	11-17	0.33-1.09
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	18:49	0.10	9-14	0.37-0.81
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:35	0.04	10-16	0.63-1.02
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	03:47		2-1	0.05-0.21
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	22:34		13-18	0.42-0.69
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:08	0.09	6-17	0.30-0.82
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:01	0.07	6-9	0.48-0.12
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	17:28	0.02	12-12	0.46-0.34
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	16:08		14-6	0.33-0.67
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	16:41	0.18	12-9	0.46-0.23
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:00	0.18	10-11	0.41-0.45
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	13:31	0.08	9-6	0.18-0.71
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	10:58	0.13	8-11	0.49-0.30
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	20:08	0.13	14-18	0.50-0.81
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	20:25	0.06	15-17	0.34-0.81
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	23:31	0.02	14-25	0.64-1.30
67	Michael Frolik	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:57	0.12	8-12	0.44-0.69

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	L	29	27	2	58:55	2.47	+0.47