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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Mar 3, 2025 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 36
Montréal Canadiens 4 20

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:42 MTL Cole Caufield (30) PP Nick Suzuki (44), Lane Hutson (43) 0 - 1
11:41 MTL Nick Suzuki (19) SH Mike Matheson (23) 0 - 2
13:42 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (11) PP Nick Suzuki (45), Lane Hutson (44) 0 - 3
2nd Period
18:07 BUF Alex Tuch (23) Dylan Cozens (20), Dennis Gilbert (5) 1 - 3
3rd Period
03:24 BUF Tage Thompson (29) JJ Peterka (29), Jacob Bryson (6) 2 - 3
18:59 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (10) JJ Peterka (30), Jiri Kulich (7) 3 - 3
Overtime
01:21 MTL Mike Matheson (5) Juraj Slafkovský (24), Nick Suzuki (46) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:57 BUF Dylan Cozens Roughing 2
08:22 BUF Bowen Byram Slashing 2
10:03 MTL Christian Dvorak Roughing 2
10:03 MTL Alexandre Carrier Roughing 2
10:03 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Roughing 2
12:37 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Interference 2
14:24 BUF JJ Peterka Tripping 2
2nd Period
04:10 MTL Alex Newhook Interference goalkeeper 2
14:32 MTL Jayden Struble Interference 2
3rd Period
09:38 MTL Alex Newhook Tripping 2
14:42 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 86 61 36 3 4.8 64.9
Montréal Canadiens 44 32 20 4 3.0 35.1

How the game went

403020100Start2nd3rdOTMontréal 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: 4.8 expected, 3 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.0 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 18:07 of 2nd, a 25% chanceBUF goal, 3:24 of 3rd, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 18:59 of 3rd, a 6% chanceMTL goal, 9:42 of 1st, a 16% chanceMTL goal, 11:41 of 1st, a 13% chanceMTL goal, 13:42 of 1st, a 11% chanceMTL goal, 1:21 of overtime, a 8% chanceBUF 4.8MTL 3.0

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
Alex Tuch · Jordan Greenway · Dylan Cozens9:1847.842.81-0
Tage Thompson · JJ Peterka · Jiri Kulich9:0177.375.51-0
Sam Lafferty · Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs7:3678.670.20-0
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson5:1876.980.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram13:3771.066.31-0
Jacob Bryson · Owen Power9:1865.251.61-0
Connor Clifton · Dennis Gilbert8:0855.648.00-0

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
10 JJ Peterka R 0 2 2 1 2 6 0 20:22 0.42 24-6 0.96-0.23
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 2 6 6 4 25:34 0.25 25-14 1.23-0.96
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 18:36 0.35 18-6 0.71-0.23
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 21:42 1.24 11-12 0.75-1.00
6 Dennis Gilbert D 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 11:40 11-8 0.35-0.36
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15:13 24-5 1.13-0.23
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 0 2 4 6 17:19 0.58 16-19 1.05-1.41
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:11 15-9 0.58-0.67
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:31 0.40 16-9 0.95-0.47
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17:05 13-14 0.79-1.19
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:14 0.03 12-7 0.25-0.29
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:16 0.38 11-10 0.59-0.50
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:46 0.24 14-3 0.32-0.07
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 24:59 0.23 30-12 1.41-0.66
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:10 0.47 28-15 1.30-0.98
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:04 0.04 11-3 0.17-0.07
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:08 13-5 0.61-0.28
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14:45 0.20 13-8 0.65-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
47 James Reimer OTL 20 16 4 60:24 3.05 -0.95

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský9:5847.849.50-1
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Emil Heineman7:3522.241.50-1
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak7:1342.949.20-0
Patrik Laine · Alex Newhook · Owen Beck7:1330.848.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier13:2236.450.70-1
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson11:2120.025.90-0
David Savard · Arber Xhekaj8:5540.949.80-0

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
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 3 4 -1 0 4 1 20:11 0.62 11-13 0.76-0.78
8 Mike Matheson D 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 28:22 0.08 12-24 0.67-0.91
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 1 2 0 0 3 4 17:29 0.41 11-13 0.76-0.78
48 Lane Hutson D 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 19:11 6-16 0.29-0.61
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 17:44 0.40 11-15 0.76-0.98
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:56 11-19 0.45-0.80
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 13:14 0.29 6-16 0.30-0.54
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:28 12-17 0.59-0.87
22 Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:48 0.27 12-19 0.59-1.00
40 Joel Armia R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:51 0.09 4-19 0.35-0.68
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 20:51 0.15 19-28 1.18-1.49
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:18 8-20 0.43-0.85
51 Emil Heineman L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:20 0.35 6-18 0.42-0.64
58 David Savard D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:05 0.01 10-15 0.60-0.61
62 Owen Beck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:49 4-9 0.23-0.25
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:33 7-15 0.56-0.50
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 13:08 0.31 11-20 0.82-1.25
92 Patrik Laine L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:03 0.05 4-9 0.23-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Samuel Montembeault W 36 33 3 61:03 4.86 +1.86