Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo SabresNov 23, 2018

Final / OTFriday, Nov 23, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Buffalo SabresBUF

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	1	1	0	2		MTL	8	11	13	1	33
BUF	1	0	1	1	3		BUF	12	7	16	5	40

: MTL 64BUF 62
: MTL 2.06BUF 3.68
PP goals: MTL 1BUF 1
Hits: MTL 12BUF 17
Blocks: MTL 12BUF 16
PIM: MTL 6BUF 4
: MTL 51%BUF 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at home. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Antti Niemi (MTL) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +8 against a season average of 31.7; the overtime loss.

Points
Jeff Skinner had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:45.Skinner
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:32.Eichel
Goalie
Antti Niemi (MTL) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +8 against a season average of 31.7; the overtime loss.Niemi
Usage
Jason Pominville (BUF) played 19:52, +7:30 up on his 12:22 season average over 72 games.Pominville
New line
New look for MTL: Peca–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Peca Lehkonen Kotkaniemi
Usage
Jordie Benn (MTL) played 25:20, +7:14 up on his 18:06 season average over 80 games.Benn
Usage
Jack Eichel (BUF) played 24:32, +4:09 up on his 20:23 season average over 76 games.Eichel
Usage
Jeff Petry (MTL) played 27:35, +4:31 up on his 23:04 season average over 81 games.Petry

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 126 of 126 attempts · BUF 62 · MTL 64

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 27% of the game, BUF 37%.

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
	70	56
	2.11	3.12
	2.08	3.08
	11	16
	4	1
	16	11
	+0.014	−0.014
	27%	37%

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

L1Shaw – Drouin – Domi
11:3653% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:3756% CF
L3Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino
9:3474% CF
L4Peca – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
7:3658% CF
D1Petry – Benn
17:3651% CF
D2Schlemko – Kulak
14:3067% CF
D3Alzner – Mete
12:0450% CF

PP1Petry – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi – Kotkaniemi
1:370% CF
PP2Schlemko – Agostino – Shaw – Lehkonen – Drouin
0:32
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:32
PK2FChaput – Shaw
1:24
PK1DPetry – Benn
3:52
PK2DAlzner – Kulak
1:36

Current MTL line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – Skinner – Eichel
12:3430% CF
L2Sobotka – Reinhart – Thompson
9:4567% CF
L3Okposo – Sheary – Mittelstadt
9:0456% CF
L4Larsson – Girgensons – Rodrigues
7:4944% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
16:3454% CF
D2Bogosian – Dahlin
14:4057% CF
D3Scandella – Beaulieu
11:5422% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel – Rodrigues – Dahlin
3:2083% CF
PP2Pominville – Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Mittelstadt
2:0450% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
1:22
PK2FSobotka – Rodrigues
0:42
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
1:59

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:39
BUFCasey Mittelstadt (Conor Sheary, Jake McCabe)wrist0.35 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Shaw, Drouin, DomiBUF: Okposo, McCabe, Ristolainen, Sheary, Mittelstadt
MTL 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

18:12
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Tatar, Gallagher, DanaultBUF: Pominville, Scandella, Beaulieu, Eichel, Rodrigues
MTL 1 – 1 BUF

3rd period

8:18
MTLAndrew ShawPP (David Schlemko, Kenny Agostino)tip-in0.07 xG
MTL: Schlemko, Tatar, Agostino, Shaw, DanaultBUF: Bogosian, Scandella, Larsson, Girgensons
MTL 2 – 1 BUF
17:34
BUFJeff Skinner (Zach Bogosian, Jack Eichel)backhand0.03 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Tatar, Shaw, DanaultBUF: Bogosian, Skinner, Beaulieu, Reinhart, Eichel
MTL 2 – 2 BUF

OT period

3:06
BUFJeff SkinnerPP (Jack Eichel, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, DanaultBUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Eichel, Dahlin
MTL 2 – 3 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
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	0	0	2	17:55	—	—	51	20
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	17:43	—	—	53	31
Andrew Shaw R	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.17	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	44	16
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	48	67
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.37	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	58	75
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	48	45
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	73	73
Kenny Agostino L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	65	60
Michael Chaput C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	74	71
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	0	0	14:18	—	—	53	73
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	53	76
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	50	25
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	5	0	27:35	—	—	52	35
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	1	0	25:20	—	—	51	37
David Schlemko D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.05	0	4	4	19:17	—	—	63	46
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	68	77
Karl Alzner D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	58	30
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	41	37

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	O	40	37	3	.925	3.68	63:06

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	24:32	—	—	37	72
Jeff Skinner L	L1	2	0	2	+1	6	0.62	1	0	0	20:45	—	—	39	81
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.87	1	1	2	19:52	—	—	32	57
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	0	1	0	17:46	—	—	59	71
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:55	—	—	52	39
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	54	63
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	0	2	0	15:00	—	—	54	71
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.44	3	1	0	14:45	—	—	56	75
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.35	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	46	63
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.57	0	1	0	13:39	—	—	33	34
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:22	—	—	43	43
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:25	—	—	44	44
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.23	1	2	0	27:19	—	—	50	75
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	3	0	19:15	—	—	54	82
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	23:31	—	—	51	73
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	1	1	2	19:01	—	—	49	57
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:00	—	—	21	5
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:37	—	—	26	8

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.06	63:06

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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.