Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 26, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	1	26
Buffalo Sabres	4	39

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:08	BUF	Tage Thompson (9)	Victor Olofsson (7), Jeff Skinner (6)	0 - 1
12:44	MTL	Josh Anderson (5)	Unassisted	1 - 1
2nd Period
09:49	BUF	Cody Eakin (3)	Vinnie Hinostroza (7)	1 - 2
15:45	BUF	Kyle Okposo (6) SH	Cody Eakin (2)	1 - 3
3rd Period
03:29	BUF	Tage Thompson (10)	Jeff Skinner (7), Victor Olofsson (8)	1 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
12:25	BUF	Brett Murray	High sticking double minor	4
17:43	MTL	David Savard	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	50	40	26	1	2.4	41.3
Buffalo Sabres	69	56	39	4	3.6	58.7

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: 2.4 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 4 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
Jonathan Drouin · Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield	12:05	22.2	21.7	0-0
Tyler Toffoli · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak	11:22	75.0	69.5	1-0
Brendan Gallagher · Artturi Lehkonen · Jake Evans	10:27	66.7	62.7	0-2
Joel Armia · Josh Anderson · Ryan Poehling	3:23	25.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
David Savard · Alexander Romanov	12:56	48.0	49.9	0-1
Jeff Petry · Ben Chiarot	11:13	32.0	29.5	0-1
Chris Wideman · Sami Niku	5:59	28.6	59.2	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	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
17	Josh Anderson	R	1	1	0	0	4	1	20:08	0.44	20-17	0.75-0.61
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	-1	0	1	1	19:46	0.04	13-19	0.46-1.04
6	Chris Wideman	D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	14:28		8-16	0.34-0.34
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	-3	0	1	0	15:09	0.20	12-7	0.69-0.35
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	21:35	0.02	13-24	0.53-1.13
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:00	0.04	6-26	0.29-1.26
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	-1	0	2	1	19:53	0.18	8-31	0.29-1.31
15	Sami Niku	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:57		7-15	0.32-0.31
22	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	1	0	1	0	16:38	0.46	18-12	0.75-0.47
25	Ryan Poehling	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:27	0.03	6-13	0.17-0.22
28	Alexander Romanov	D	0	0	-1	0	1	2	17:37	0.01	18-17	0.95-0.74
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	1	2	13:45	0.13	6-19	0.17-0.44
58	David Savard	D	0	0	-1	2	1	2	18:26	0.01	15-18	0.70-0.83
59	Mattias Norlinder	D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:39		12-13	0.50-0.60
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	-3	0	5	2	15:22	0.31	10-12	0.59-0.66
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	-3	0	2	3	14:16	0.17	12-9	0.69-0.51
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:54	0.22	21-13	0.97-0.49
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:00	0.10	10-24	0.35-1.18

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Samuel Montembeault	L	39	35	4	60:00	3.54	-0.46

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Skinner · Victor Olofsson · Tage Thompson	14:21	55.2	58.5	2-1
Kyle Okposo · Brett Murray · Dylan Cozens	11:29	43.5	53.0	0-0
Cody Eakin · Vinnie Hinostroza · John Hayden	10:40	66.7	34.4	0-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Anders Bjork · Rasmus Asplund	10:11	64.7	63.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Jacob Bryson	18:23	69.0	83.3	1-0
Mark Pysyk · Rasmus Dahlin	16:09	51.7	47.2	0-0
Colin Miller · Robert Hagg	15:06	57.5	42.3	2-1

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
72	Tage Thompson	C	2	0	2	1	0	4	0	17:08	0.49	16-17	0.99-0.90
20	Cody Eakin	C	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	13:29	0.34	15-6	0.39-0.20
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	2	2	1	0	3	1	16:27	0.47	18-15	1.01-0.88
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	17:43	0.27	18-14	1.10-0.70
8	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	15:05	0.57	15-13	0.84-0.57
24	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	12:52		14-7	0.29-0.22
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	18:59	0.08	24-19	0.66-1.03
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:31	0.02	16-14	0.65-0.66
15	John Hayden	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:26	0.02	12-9	0.10-0.40
18	Robert Hagg	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	18:48	0.02	24-18	0.75-0.90
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	21:15	0.03	22-12	1.26-0.35
24	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:12		16-7	0.46-0.23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:59	0.37	14-15	0.66-0.61
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	20:04	0.02	16-14	0.59-0.66
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	15:05	0.52	16-6	0.46-0.19
57	Brett Murray	L	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	13:35	0.20	13-14	0.67-0.61
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13:11	0.09	16-6	0.53-0.19
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	20:11	0.06	20-9	1.10-0.22

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Dustin Tokarski	W	26	25	1	60:00	2.34	+1.34