Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 11, 2017

Final / OTSaturday, Nov 11, 2017· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	0	0	0	1		BUF	17	11	7	0	35
MTL	0	0	1	1	2		MTL	7	11	8	3	29

: BUF 50MTL 53
: BUF 4.18MTL 1.68
PP goals: BUF 1MTL 1
Hits: BUF 32MTL 32
Blocks: BUF 12MTL 6
PIM: BUF 7MTL 11
: BUF 39%MTL 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Buffalo Sabres 2–1 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 2–1 in overtime at home. Max Pacioretty (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Scandella, O'Reilly, Kane and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:34 together.

Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 19:56.Pacioretty
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Scandella, O'Reilly, Kane and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:34 together.Okposo Scandella O'Reilly Kane Eichel
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Pacioretty, Shaw, Lehkonen and Drouin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:52 together.Weber Pacioretty Shaw Lehkonen Drouin
New line
New look for BUF: Kane–Reinhart–Eichel skated 12:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Reinhart Eichel
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 4.18 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Charlie Lindgren (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +2 against a season average of 32.6; the win.Lindgren
New line
New look for BUF: Nolan–Girgensons–Baptiste skated 5:52 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nolan Girgensons Baptiste
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Moulson–Larsson skated 9:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Moulson Larsson

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

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

MTL
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · MTL 53 · BUF 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 39% of the game, MTL 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

BUF

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	BUF	MTL
	52	50
	3.46	1.48
	3.30	1.46
	12	6
	4	4
	23	18
	−0.082	+0.083
	39%	21%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Kane – Reinhart – Eichel
12:4467% CF
L2Pouliot – Okposo – O'Reilly
11:5233% CF
L3Pominville – Moulson – Larsson
9:4260% CF
L4Nolan – Girgensons – Baptiste
5:5267% CF
D1Falk – Scandella
15:3045% CF
D2Fedun – McCabe
13:5256% CF
D3Gorges – Beaulieu
12:4420% CF

PP1Okposo – Scandella – O'Reilly – Kane – Eichel
3:3488% CF
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Fedun – Beaulieu – Reinhart
1:42
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
1:36
PK1DFalk – Scandella
1:52

Current BUF line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Galchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin
13:2346% CF
L2Pacioretty – Shaw – Danault
12:3633% CF
L3Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
11:4159% CF
L4Froese – Hudon – de la Rose
6:1386% CF
D1Weber – Benn
12:5559% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
11:5458% CF
D3Morrow – Mete
8:1140% CF

PP1Weber – Pacioretty – Shaw – Lehkonen – Drouin
1:52100% CF
PK1FPacioretty – Danault
2:15
PK2FPlekanec – Byron
1:35
PK1DWeber – Alzner
2:16
PK2DPetry – Benn
0:49

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.71	2	0	0	21:26	—	—	55	76
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	2	1	2	21:23	—	—	55	76
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.85	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	62	75
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.35	2	0	0	22:00	—	—	32	59
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.84	1	0	0	20:24	—	—	33	59
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	33	59
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	16:22	—	—	48	73
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	56	72
Matt Moulson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	58	75
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	10:08	—	—	60	66
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	3	0	0	8:40	—	—	56	43
Nick Baptiste R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	7:00	—	—	46	32
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	1	3	0	25:11	—	—	59	93
Justin Falk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	2	0	19:04	—	—	44	88
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	1	0	21:40	—	—	64	66
Taylor Fedun D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	16:24	—	—	57	57
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	2	1	0	21:19	—	—	47	59
Josh Gorges D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	5	15:56	—	—	28	54

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson(start)	O	29	27	2	.931	1.68	63:08

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	21:15	—	—	44	21
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	2	0	2	18:52	—	—	45	18
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	2	16:19	—	—	47	24
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	1	2	+1	9	0.70	2	1	0	19:56	—	—	39	38
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	39	36
Andrew Shaw R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	17:27	—	—	29	22
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	17:04	—	—	62	80
Tomas Plekanec C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	16:56	—	—	55	50
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:21	—	—	62	51
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	8:59	—	—	78	100
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	0	2	7:35	—	—	75	60
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	6:32	—	—	86	100
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	28:22	—	—	59	53
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	5	19:49	—	—	54	41
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	23:20	—	—	55	29
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	22:42	—	—	51	28
Joe Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	30	15
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	37	20

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	4.18	63:08

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 11, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Buffalo Sabres 2–1 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens