Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 13, 2022

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	2	2	5		BUF	12	12	8	32
MTL	0	3	0	3		MTL	8	11	13	32

: BUF 48MTL 58
: BUF 2.34MTL 2.98
PP goals: BUF 1MTL 0
Hits: BUF 19MTL 24
Blocks: BUF 15MTL 8
PIM: BUF 6MTL 4
: BUF 38%MTL 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at MTL. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 4G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Krebs) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:47 together.

Points
Jeff Skinner had 4 goals and an assist (5 points) on 6 shots in 17:32.Skinner
Points
Alex Tuch had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:45.Tuch
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Krebs) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:47 together.Skinner Tuch Thompson Dahlin Krebs
New line
New look for MTL: Toffoli–Suzuki–Caufield skated 12:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Suzuki Caufield
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Eakin–Asplund skated 11:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Eakin Asplund
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Lehkonen–Poehling skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Lehkonen Poehling
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 2.34 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Olofsson–Krebs–Cozens skated 9:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Olofsson Krebs Cozens

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 106 of 106 attempts · MTL 58 · BUF 48

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 23% of the game, MTL 43%.

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
	53	55
	2.56	2.74
	2.47	2.62
	14	8
	7	5
	20	13
	−0.052	+0.052
	23%	43%

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

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
11:5638% CF
L2Okposo – Eakin – Asplund
11:2859% CF
L3Olofsson – Krebs – Cozens
9:0350% CF
L4Jankowski – Hayden – Bjork
8:2138% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
16:3153% CF
D2Fitzgerald – Samuelsson
13:4639% CF
D3Hagg – Bryson
13:0848% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
1:47100% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Jokiharju – Bryson – Cozens
0:37
PK1FEakin – Asplund
0:58
PK2FOkposo – Jankowski
0:50
PK1DHagg – Fitzgerald
2:00
PK2DJokiharju – Samuelsson
1:00

Current BUF line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
12:0550% CF
L2Armia – Lehkonen – Poehling
10:2356% CF
L3Byron – Hoffman – Gallagher
9:4455% CF
L4Anderson – Evans – Pitlick
8:3250% CF
D1Romanov – Schueneman
15:2148% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
14:3255% CF
D3Wideman – Clague
11:0757% CF

PP1Hoffman – Wideman – Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
1:58100% CF
PP2Petry – Gallagher – Anderson – Pitlick – Poehling
1:40100% CF
PK1FToffoli – Suzuki
1:13
PK2FLehkonen – Evans
0:30
PK1DPetry – Romanov
1:29
PK2DKulak – Schueneman
0:38

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
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	3	3	+3	5	0.47	0	1	0	19:45	—	—	44	51
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.18	3	1	0	19:25	—	—	47	54
Jeff Skinner L	L1	4	1	5	+3	6	0.62	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	41	48
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	15:12	—	—	67	67
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	63	67
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	14:18	—	—	56	63
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:51	—	—	59	56
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	2	1	0	14:14	—	—	57	43
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	50	44
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:42	—	—	32	23
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	3	0	0	10:40	—	—	40	31
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	2	0	10:25	—	—	39	30
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	2	0	23:16	—	—	53	53
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	1	2	21:22	—	—	55	60
Casey Fitzgerald D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	19:41	—	—	40	35
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	3	1	0	17:55	—	—	41	37
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	2	0	19:09	—	—	52	51
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:16	—	—	48	46

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.98	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.48	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	50	53
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.07	2	0	0	18:38	—	—	50	53
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.37	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	48	53
Ryan Poehling C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	14:45	—	—	53	65
Joel Armia R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	14:34	—	—	53	64
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.42	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	53	64
Mike Hoffman C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	15:46	—	—	54	43
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.54	1	0	2	13:51	—	—	52	43
Paul Byron L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	4	0	0	12:45	—	—	52	42
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	44	27
Rem Pitlick C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:18	—	—	44	27
Jake Evans C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:07	—	—	44	27
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	20:46	—	—	46	42
Corey Schueneman D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	50	56
Jeff Petry D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	3	3	0	22:23	—	—	53	51
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	4	1	0	20:20	—	—	56	50
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	56	67
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	15:35	—	—	47	52

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	2.34	58:18

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 CanadiensFeb 13, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens