Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 23, 2022

FinalWednesday, Feb 23, 2022· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	4	14	14	32
MTL	1	1	2	4		MTL	11	6	12	29

: BUF 56MTL 45
: BUF 2.32MTL 3.74
PP goals: BUF 0MTL 0
Hits: BUF 14MTL 13
Blocks: BUF 7MTL 17
PIM: BUF 9MTL 11
: BUF 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 4–0 at home. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for BUF: Skinner–Tuch–Mittelstadt skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (78.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nick Suzuki had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:48.Suzuki
Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:08.Caufield
New line
New look for BUF: Skinner–Tuch–Mittelstadt skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (78.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Tuch Mittelstadt
Usage
Paul Byron (MTL) played 1:11, −11:51 down on his 13:02 season average over 26 games.Byron
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BUF) played 11:19, −10:45 down on his 22:04 season average over 59 games.Jokiharju
New line
New look for MTL: Hoffman–Suzuki–Caufield skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Suzuki Caufield
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.32 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Jankowski–Asplund–Biro skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski Asplund Biro

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 101 of 101 attempts · MTL 45 · BUF 56

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 31% of the game, MTL 38%.

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
	58	49
	2.07	3.32
	2.03	2.84
	13	12
	7	7
	42	43
	−0.052	+0.052
	31%	38%

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 – Mittelstadt
8:2579% CF
L2Eakin – Hayden – Bjork
5:2322% CF
L3Thompson – Krebs – Cozens
4:5443% CF
L4Jankowski – Asplund – Biro
4:4963% CF
D1Pysyk – Bryson
10:0036% CF
D2Jokiharju – Dahlin
8:3260% CF
D3Fitzgerald – Samuelsson
6:4925% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
2:1271% CF
PP2Asplund – Mittelstadt – Bryson – Cozens – Biro
1:11
PK1FJankowski – Asplund
0:51
PK2FTuch – Thompson
0:29
PK1DFitzgerald – Samuelsson
0:51
PK2DJokiharju – Dahlin
0:43

Current BUF line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Lehkonen – Evans – Pitlick
11:0919% CF
L2Hoffman – Suzuki – Caufield
7:2343% CF
L3Gallagher – Dauphin – Poehling
2:5971% CF
D1Chiarot – Romanov
19:0737% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
15:0152% CF
D3Wideman – Clague
12:5744% CF

PP1Hoffman – Wideman – Gallagher – Suzuki – Caufield
1:05
PP2Chiarot – Anderson – Lehkonen – Pitlick – Poehling
0:44
PK1FEvans – Pitlick
0:55
PK2FDauphin – Lehkonen
0:43
PK1DPetry – Chiarot
1:56
PK2DKulak – Romanov
0:00

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	-1	4	0.60	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	67	78
Alex Tuch R	L1	-1	5	0.32	0	2	0	20:17	—	—	60	51
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	-1	3	0.23	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	62	52
Cody Eakin C	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	29	3
Anders Bjork L	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	37	3
John Hayden C	L2	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	44	14
Tage Thompson C	L3	-2	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	42	67
Dylan Cozens C	L3	-1	3	0.29	0	0	2	15:55	—	—	48	60
Peyton Krebs C	L3	-1	2	0.39	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	48	66
Brandon Biro L	L4	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:30	—	—	65	39
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	12:58	—	—	61	25
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	62	20
Jacob Bryson D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:16	—	—	48	15
Mark Pysyk D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:42	—	—	33	15
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	-2	5	0.18	1	3	2	26:34	—	—	67	71
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:19	—	—	63	47
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	3	0.04	3	2	0	19:33	—	—	56	59
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	-1	0	0.00	2	0	5	18:49	—	—	52	56

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	3.20	59:49

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rem Pitlick C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	30	20
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.25	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	27	34
Jake Evans C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.53	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	32	7
Nick Suzuki C	L2	2	1	3	+3	3	0.80	0	2	0	20:48	—	—	50	72
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	19:49	—	—	56	75
Cole Caufield R	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.34	1	1	2	17:08	—	—	47	78
Laurent Dauphin C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.69	1	1	0	18:21	—	—	53	67
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	0	1	7	14:31	—	—	62	80
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	47	72
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	1	1	0	24:21	—	—	39	31
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	2	2	22:48	—	—	42	42
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	0	4	0	20:41	—	—	53	76
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	2	0	19:18	—	—	58	68
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:51	—	—	45	88
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	47	88
Josh Anderson R	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:13	—	—	47	88
Michael Pezzetta L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:57	—	—	27	34
Paul Byron L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:11	—	—	100	—

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	2.32	60:00

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 23, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

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