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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Dec 17, 2024 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 21
Montréal Canadiens 6 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:19 MTL Joel Armia (5) Jake Evans (11), Emil Heineman (4) 0 - 1
06:26 MTL Patrik Laine (4) PP Nick Suzuki (20), Juraj Slafkovský (14) 0 - 2
2nd Period
03:43 BUF Dylan Cozens (7) JJ Peterka (13), Owen Power (16) 1 - 2
05:54 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (3) Cole Caufield (11), David Savard (6) 1 - 3
09:45 MTL Patrik Laine (5) PP Nick Suzuki (21), Lane Hutson (20) 1 - 4
10:55 MTL Patrik Laine (6) PP Cole Caufield (12), Lane Hutson (21) 1 - 5
19:15 MTL Josh Anderson (6) Christian Dvorak (8), Brendan Gallagher (7) 1 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:06 BUF Zach Benson Holding 2
09:35 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Interference 2
12:16 MTL David Savard Tripping 2
2nd Period
08:02 BUF Bowen Byram Slashing 2
09:30 BUF Alex Tuch High sticking 2
10:11 BUF Dylan Cozens Delaying game puck over glass 2
11:47 MTL Alex Newhook Roughing 2
3rd Period
03:26 MTL Lane Hutson Cross checking 2
04:34 MTL Joel Armia Hooking 2
16:34 BUF Dennis Gilbert Tripping 2
19:20 MTL Joel Armia High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 59 36 21 1 2.5 46.4
Montréal Canadiens 55 38 27 6 2.9 53.6

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.9 expected, 6 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:43 of 2nd, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 0:19 of 1st, a 21% chanceMTL goal, 6:26 of 1st, a 12% chanceMTL goal, 5:54 of 2nd, a 18% chanceMTL goal, 9:45 of 2nd, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 10:55 of 2nd, a 7% chanceMTL goal, 19:15 of 2nd, a 22% chanceMTL 2.9BUF 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.

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
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka9:5814.32.70-0
Nicolas Aube-Kubel · Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs7:5536.453.00-1
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Jiri Kulich4:4185.769.80-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Zach Benson4:1881.876.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power14:5826.123.90-2
Henri Jokiharju · Bowen Byram14:4750.044.40-1
Connor Clifton · Dennis Gilbert8:2847.834.30-0

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
24 Dylan Cozens C 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 16:48 0.19 5-14 0.15-0.75
10 JJ Peterka R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:55 0.12 3-14 0.10-0.75
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 23:39 0.12 8-18 0.37-0.79
6 Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 11:55 0.02 14-13 0.48-0.68
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 17:14 0.35 17-10 0.57-0.40
16 Nicolas Aube-Kubel R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:12 0.22 10-7 0.70-0.40
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:35 0.23 13-16 0.63-0.97
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:59 0.06 6-8 0.51-0.52
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:19 0.01 17-13 0.97-0.78
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:54 0.20 14-10 0.35-0.41
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:19 0.01 2-16 0.01-0.90
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 20:39 0.22 11-19 0.55-1.02
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 24:11 0.07 16-15 0.72-1.00
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:00 0.23 9-7 0.70-0.40
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:53 0.10 15-15 0.49-0.97
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:08 0.08 13-9 0.58-0.23
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:18 0.05 12-12 0.38-0.56
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:34 0.24 10-9 0.40-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 21 15 6 40:00 2.42 -3.58
47 James Reimer 6 6 0 20:00 0.53 +0.53

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský8:5673.780.61-0
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak8:3447.453.61-0
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Emil Heineman8:2162.573.31-0
Patrik Laine · Kirby Dach · Alex Newhook8:0150.052.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Savard · Arber Xhekaj11:0971.477.72-1
Mike Matheson · Lane Hutson10:5953.848.10-0
Kaiden Guhle · Justin Barron10:3363.066.41-0

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
92 Patrik Laine L 3 0 3 -1 0 5 0 13:12 0.46 10-9 0.54-0.38
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 14:35 0.19 19-8 0.96-0.25
13 Cole Caufield R 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 14:13 0.31 16-8 0.75-0.27
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 14:32 0.01 15-8 0.81-0.32
48 Lane Hutson D 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 18:30 0.05 14-20 0.51-0.85
17 Josh Anderson R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:17 0.40 11-14 0.63-0.69
40 Joel Armia R 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 11:50 0.21 5-3 0.22-0.08
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:13 0.04 9-16 0.50-0.92
22 Christian Dvorak C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:57 0.18 11-15 0.63-0.54
51 Emil Heineman L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:28 0.01 6-6 0.23-0.16
58 David Savard D 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 16:10 0.01 13-4 0.93-0.24
71 Jake Evans C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:54 6-6 0.35-0.29
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 24:40 0.34 17-14 0.61-0.55
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 15:47 0.46 14-12 0.75-0.65
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:15 18-18 0.91-0.91
72 Justin Barron D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:27 0.01 18-10 0.92-0.46
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:18 0.03 10-12 0.82-0.47
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:02 0.21 13-12 0.68-0.65
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Samuel Montembeault W 21 20 1 60:00 2.53 +1.53