Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 23, 2019
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | BUF | 8 | 7 | 12 | 27 | |
| MTL | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | MTL | 12 | 20 | 12 | 44 |
- BUF 48MTL 63
- BUF 2.06MTL 4.79
- PP goals
- BUF 1MTL 1
- Hits
- BUF 16MTL 30
- Blocks
- BUF 11MTL 9
- PIM
- BUF 4MTL 8
- BUF 41%MTL 59%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4
Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4 at home. Brendan Gallagher (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Nylander and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:16 together.
- PointsBrendan Gallagher had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 9 shots in 15:31.Gallagher
- PointsMax Domi had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:34.Domi
- PointsTomas Tatar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:02.Tatar
- PointsAndrew Shaw had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:27.Shaw
- PointsJack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:19.Eichel
- PointsPhillip Danault had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:15.Danault
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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.
Shot map, BUF at MTL: 111 attempts, 71 on goal, 11 goals, 6.85 expected goals; best chance Brendan Gallagher at 0.80 xG.
- MTL
- BUF
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 111 of 111 attempts · MTL 63 · BUF 48
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, BUF at MTL: expected goals 4.79 to 2.06 (MTL led the chances), shot attempts 63 to 48, 11 goals.
- MTL
- BUF
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 21% of the game, MTL 50%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, BUF at MTL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Carey Price (60:00) for MTL and Carter Hutton (59:55) for BUF, 11 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | BUF | MTL |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | 71 | |
| 1.95 | 4.93 | |
| 1.77 | 4.80 | |
| 5 | 22 | |
| 6 | 4 | |
| 28 | 25 | |
| −0.060 | +0.060 | |
| 21% | 50% |
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
- 11:0036% CF
- L2Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons10:5527% CF
- L3Pominville – Skinner – Rodrigues10:2554% CF
- L4Sobotka – Reinhart – Mittelstadt9:3040% CF
- 15:0650% CF
- 14:0241% CF
- D3Bogosian – Ristolainen13:5229% CF
- 3:16100% CF
- PP2Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Eichel – Dahlin0:58100% CF
- 1:26
- PK2FLarsson – Girgensons0:44
- PK1DBogosian – Ristolainen1:32
- 0:13
Montreal Canadiens
- 12:5367% CF
- 10:5654% CF
- 10:3767% CF
- L4Armia – Drouin – Kotkaniemi8:5359% CF
- 15:4149% CF
- 13:1169% CF
- 12:4368% CF
- PP1Weber – Weal – Armia – Drouin – Kotkaniemi1:55100% CF
- 1:09
- 1:46
- 1:33
- 5:00
- 1:06
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 12:26BUF 1 – 0 MTL
2nd period
- 5:09BUF 1 – 1 MTL
- 9:12BUF 1 – 2 MTL
- 14:23BUF: Sobotka, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Mittelstadt, DahlinMTL: Petry, Shaw, Kulak, Lehkonen, DomiBUF 1 – 3 MTL
- 14:53BUF 2 – 3 MTL
- 16:08BUF: Okposo, Scandella, Larsson, Girgensons, NelsonMTL: Petry, Armia, Kulak, Drouin, KotkaniemiBUF 3 – 3 MTL
- 18:03BUF 3 – 4 MTL
3rd period
- 8:35BUF 3 – 5 MTL
- 13:13BUF 4 – 5 MTL
- 15:30BUF 4 – 6 MTL
- 17:47BUF 4 – 7 MTL
Box score
Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel C | L1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 | — | — | 38 | 24 |
| Conor Sheary L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 | — | — | 35 | 6 |
| Alex Nylander L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 | — | — | 42 | 27 |
| Kyle Okposo R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.07 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:00 | — | — | 30 | 31 |
| Johan Larsson L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 | — | — | 32 | 26 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14:13 | — | — | 25 | 19 |
| Evan Rodrigues C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:39 | — | — | 50 | 44 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 | — | — | 58 | 56 |
| Jason Pominville R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:04 | — | — | 48 | 38 |
| Sam Reinhart C | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:31 | — | — | 46 | 45 |
| Vladimir Sobotka C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0.03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 | — | — | 33 | 23 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 | — | — | 38 | 19 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:38 | — | — | 45 | 35 |
| Brandon Montour D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 | — | — | 55 | 54 |
| Marco Scandella D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18:12 | — | — | 38 | 15 |
| Casey Nelson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:41 | — | — | 48 | 24 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 0.23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:43 | — | — | 33 | 20 |
| Zach Bogosian D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.05 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:18 | — | — | 28 | 10 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hutton(start) | L | 43 | 37 | 6 | .860 | 4.25 | 59:55 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Danault C | L1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 0.07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:15 | — | — | 67 | 93 |
| Brendan Gallagher R | L1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 9 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:31 | — | — | 71 | 93 |
| Tomas Tatar L | L1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 0.54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 | — | — | 70 | 93 |
| Nate Thompson C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:53 | — | — | 48 | 49 |
| Paul Byron L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 | — | — | 50 | 69 |
| Jordan Weal C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:48 | — | — | 52 | 70 |
| Artturi Lehkonen L | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:38 | — | — | 62 | 74 |
| Max Domi C | L3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 | — | — | 68 | 74 |
| Andrew Shaw R | L3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.56 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12:27 | — | — | 64 | 59 |
| Joel Armia R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 | — | — | 50 | 40 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 | — | — | 56 | 65 |
| Jonathan Drouin L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:13 | — | — | 56 | 60 |
| Jeff Petry D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21:21 | — | — | 58 | 69 |
| Brett Kulak D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0.11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 | — | — | 49 | 62 |
| Shea Weber D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 0.12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22:45 | — | — | 59 | 72 |
| Victor Mete D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:58 | — | — | 71 | 92 |
| Jordie Benn D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.06 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19:26 | — | — | 59 | 55 |
| Christian Folin D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.09 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 | — | — | 61 | 68 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Price(start) | W | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 2.06 | 60:00 |