Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 23, 2023 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	3	27
Buffalo Sabres	1	37

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:56	MTL	Justin Barron (1)	Arber Xhekaj (2), Sean Monahan (3)	1 - 0
07:13	BUF	Jeff Skinner (3) PP	Dylan Cozens (3), Rasmus Dahlin (6)	1 - 1
3rd Period
03:31	MTL	Brendan Gallagher (2)	David Savard (2), Tanner Pearson (2)	2 - 1
16:53	MTL	Tanner Pearson (3) PP	Brendan Gallagher (1), Alex Newhook (1)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:05	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	Tripping	2
14:51	BUF	Peyton Krebs	Boarding	2
17:06	MTL	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
2nd Period
05:42	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	Roughing	2
14:47	BUF	Kyle Okposo	Slashing	2
19:04	MTL	Justin Barron	Cross checking	2
3rd Period
10:16	MTL	Sean Monahan	Tripping	2
14:57	BUF	Alex Tuch	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	50	39	27	3	3.3	42.0
Buffalo Sabres	70	51	37	1	3.3	58.0

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: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 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.

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
Nick Suzuki · Rafael Harvey-Pinard · Cole Caufield	9:35	33.3	28.8	0-0
Josh Anderson · Alex Newhook · Juraj Slafkovský	9:07	25.0	55.6	0-0
Jake Evans · Michael Pezzetta · Jesse Ylonen	6:55	28.6	22.5	0-0
Brendan Gallagher · Tanner Pearson · Sean Monahan	6:17	100.0	100.0	2-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Johnathan Kovacevic · Jordan Harris	13:32	28.6	40.5	0-0
Justin Barron · Arber Xhekaj	13:24	45.8	62.2	1-0
David Savard · Mike Matheson	10:45	42.3	46.9	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
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	11:14	0.12	11-3	0.79-0.17
70	Tanner Pearson	L	1	1	2	2	0	6	4	13:24	0.61	9-2	0.73-0.17
72	Justin Barron	D	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	15:49	0.23	14-13	0.92-0.42
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	14:46		5-14	0.31-0.31
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	18:38	0.24	13-3	0.84-0.10
58	David Savard	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	16:54	0.22	15-16	0.80-0.79
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	4	18:48	0.10	12-16	0.70-0.46
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	24:06	0.05	12-15	0.86-0.79
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20:24	0.04	9-17	0.41-0.56
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:34	0.23	9-16	0.31-0.61
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	19:03	0.16	12-16	0.62-0.78
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	15:10	0.27	5-14	0.31-0.42
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	14:36	0.26	5-16	0.31-0.48
43	Jordan Harris	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:33		7-17	0.35-0.52
48	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:38	0.34	10-17	0.44-0.71
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:50	0.02	10-13	0.66-0.50
61	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	08:56	0.35	8-12	0.47-0.45
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:29	0.09	6-15	0.27-0.57

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Jake Allen	W	37	36	1	60:00	3.37	+2.37

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jordan Greenway · Tage Thompson · Dylan Cozens	8:55	72.2	72.0	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Casey Mittelstadt	8:36	56.3	45.3	0-1
Victor Olofsson · Peyton Krebs · JJ Peterka	7:38	63.2	36.0	0-1
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Tyson Jost	6:23	0.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power	12:06	50.0	29.7	0-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	11:54	65.4	53.8	0-1
Erik Johnson · Connor Clifton	8:26	44.4	42.4	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	20:09	0.38	13-11	0.70-0.88
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	2	20:05	0.26	16-9	0.49-0.26
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	5	26:12	0.24	27-15	1.18-0.71
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	13:57	0.01	4-7	0.23-0.57
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	11:21		5-7	0.33-0.38
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	13:28	0.45	15-8	0.46-0.50
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:28	0.10	13-9	0.60-0.57
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:18	0.10	17-9	0.46-0.25
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	10:01	0.28	5-8	0.30-0.42
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	14:09	0.13	14-11	0.45-0.84
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:58		15-15	0.41-1.15
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	18:19		22-10	0.65-0.48
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:48	0.13	17-13	0.51-0.76
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:09		1-6	0.02-0.38
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	22:16	0.63	15-6	0.41-0.19
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	15:52	0.12	10-8	0.66-0.36
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	19:49	0.45	12-11	0.65-0.88
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	11:52	0.05	14-7	0.29-0.49

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Eric Comrie	L	27	24	3	56:53	3.37	+0.37