Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo SabresOct 25, 2018

FinalThursday, Oct 25, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Buffalo SabresBUF

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	1	3		MTL	9	9	4	22
BUF	0	2	2	4		BUF	13	14	15	42

: MTL 45BUF 66
: MTL 1.70BUF 3.99
PP goals: MTL 0BUF 2
Hits: MTL 14BUF 16
Blocks: MTL 9BUF 13
PIM: MTL 6BUF 4
: MTL 50%BUF 50%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 at home. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BUF's first power-play unit (Pominville, Skinner, Eichel, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:36 together.

Points
Jeff Skinner had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:04.Skinner
Points
Jason Pominville had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:32.Pominville
Points
Max Domi had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:33.Domi
Points
Jake McCabe had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:04.McCabe
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Pominville, Skinner, Eichel, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:36 together.Pominville Skinner Eichel Mittelstadt Dahlin
Goalie
Antti Niemi (MTL) faced 42 shots and stopped 38 (.905), +10 against a season average of 31.7; the loss.Niemi
Usage
Andrew Shaw (MTL) played 8:42, −7:20 down on his 16:02 season average over 62 games.Shaw
Usage
Jake McCabe (BUF) played 23:04, +4:12 up on his 18:52 season average over 58 games.McCabe

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · BUF 66 · MTL 45

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 16% of the game, BUF 45%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	BUF
	41	64
	1.37	3.50
	1.36	3.25
	7	16
	1	7
	5	10
	−0.006	+0.006
	16%	45%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Lehkonen – Drouin – Domi
13:1148% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
12:2358% CF
L3Byron – Armia – Kotkaniemi
11:4133% CF
L4Deslauriers – Peca – Shaw
7:0423% CF
D1Ouellet – Mete
15:0633% CF
D2Reilly – Juulsen
14:5228% CF
D3Petry – Benn
13:2852% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi
3:31100% CF
PP2Shaw – Reilly – Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
0:29
PK1FByron – Armia
2:17
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
2:14
PK1DReilly – Juulsen
1:59
PK2DPetry – Benn
1:52

Current MTL line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – Skinner – Eichel
12:4055% CF
L2Sobotka – Sheary – Reinhart
12:1362% CF
L3Berglund – Larsson – Girgensons
11:1978% CF
L4Okposo – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
9:1063% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
19:0671% CF
D2Bogosian – Scandella
14:2933% CF
D3Nelson – Dahlin
10:5368% CF

PP1Pominville – Skinner – Eichel – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
3:36100% CF
PP2Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Reinhart – Rodrigues
1:16100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
2:24
PK2FSobotka – Rodrigues
0:54
PK1DBogosian – McCabe
1:58
PK2DScandella – Nelson
0:31

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:17
MTLMax Domi (Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Lehkonen, Drouin, DomiBUF: Pominville, Bogosian, Scandella, Skinner, Eichel
MTL 1 – 0 BUF

2nd period

11:22
BUFJason Pominville (Jeff Skinner, Jake McCabe)backhand0.22 xG
MTL: Reilly, Lehkonen, Drouin, Domi, JuulsenBUF: Pominville, Skinner, McCabe, Ristolainen, Eichel
MTL 1 – 1 BUF
16:08
MTLJoel Armia (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Xavier Ouellet)wrap-around0.03 xG
MTL: Byron, Reilly, Armia, Juulsen, KotkaniemiBUF: Okposo, Bogosian, Scandella, Rodrigues, Mittelstadt
MTL 2 – 1 BUF
17:42
BUFJason PominvillePP (Jeff Skinner, Casey Mittelstadt)wrist0.28 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Benn, ArmiaBUF: Pominville, Skinner, Eichel, Mittelstadt, Dahlin
MTL 2 – 2 BUF

3rd period

6:34
MTLMax Domi (Jeff Petry, Antti Niemi)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Lehkonen, Drouin, DomiBUF: Okposo, McCabe, Ristolainen, Rodrigues, Mittelstadt
MTL 3 – 2 BUF
13:07
BUFSam Reinhart (Jake McCabe, Conor Sheary)deflected0.16 xG
MTL: Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, Ouellet, KotkaniemiBUF: Sobotka, McCabe, Sheary, Reinhart, Nelson
MTL 3 – 3 BUF
18:59
BUFKyle OkposoPP (Rasmus Dahlin, Jeff Skinner)wrist0.06 xG
MTL: Reilly, Danault, Lehkonen, JuulsenBUF: Pominville, Okposo, Skinner, Eichel, Dahlin
MTL 3 – 4 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.30	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	42	47
Max Domi C	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.22	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	46	47
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:41	—	—	48	48
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	0	1	0	18:34	—	—	50	26
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	46	26
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	50	33
Joel Armia R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	2	17:42	—	—	36	14
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	31	14
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	32	10
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:59	—	—	25	20
Andrew Shaw R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	2	8:42	—	—	33	20
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	7:52	—	—	23	19
Xavier Ouellet D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	19:20	—	—	30	18
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:45	—	—	33	29
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	38	13
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:16	—	—	30	9
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.10	2	1	0	23:37	—	—	52	46
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	1	1	2	17:14	—	—	52	48

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	L	42	38	4	.905	3.99	59:06

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	4	1	0	18:43	—	—	52	60
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	3	3	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	57	67
Jason Pominville R	L1	2	0	2	0	5	1.25	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	57	67
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	62	83
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	61	84
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	0	1	0	14:14	—	—	62	83
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	2	0	16:37	—	—	67	76
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	16:32	—	—	70	76
Patrik Berglund C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.62	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	75	78
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	1	1	-2	4	0.25	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	62	75
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	0	1	0	12:26	—	—	52	60
Kyle Okposo R	L4	1	0	1	-2	4	0.27	1	0	2	11:51	—	—	62	62
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	2	2	26:05	—	—	70	83
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.12	0	2	0	23:04	—	—	73	83
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	2	1	0	18:59	—	—	37	40
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	35	32
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	77	88
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	12:03	—	—	65	79

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	1.70	60:00

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.