Wed, Mar 21, 2012·First Niagara Center, Buffalo
Montréal Canadiens 0, Buffalo Sabres 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 56% of the time.
46%
9%
8%
36%
BUF winsMTL wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against MTL's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Cole–Desharnais–Pacioretty | Plekanec–Bourque–Eller | Blunden–White–Leblanc | Nokelainen–Staubitz–Palushaj | Gorges–Subban | Campoli–Weber | Markov–Emelin | Gorges–Emelin | Markov–Subban | Campoli–Subban | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy–Pominville–Leino | 8:520.64–0.13 | 2:510.02–0.05 | 6:330.16–0.06 | 2:200.28–0.05 | 2:080.22–0.06 | 1:150.00–0.00 | ||||
| Vanek–Tropp–Hodgson | 1:170.00–0.01 | 4:220.26–0.04 | 2:190.06–0.07 | 2:330.26–0.04 | 1:440.00–0.08 | 3:120.31–0.04 | 3:100.14–0.00 | 2:200.27–0.03 | ||
| Stafford–Ennis–Foligno | 1:260.20–0.22 | 2:550.08–0.53 | 4:240.13–0.55 | 2:280.00–0.43 | 3:450.09–0.38 | 1:590.12–0.50 | 1:390.01–0.02 | |||
| Boyes–McCormick–Turnbull | 1:210.00–0.00 | 0:420.03–0.00 | 1:270.00–0.18 | 1:380.03–0.00 | 1:330.00–0.00 | 0:510.00–0.21 | ||||
| Boyes–McCormick–Leino | 1:040.01–0.00 | 0:380.12–0.00 | ||||||||
| Regehr–Sekera | 9:360.63–0.27 | 1:230.08–0.00 | 1:400.14–0.02 | 4:210.12–0.07 | 3:310.48–0.00 | 0:400.03–0.14 | 0:310.00–0.02 | 2:410.22–0.06 | 0:490.00–0.00 | |
| Ehrhoff–Sulzer | 1:220.24–0.08 | 4:080.35–0.09 | 4:310.16–0.20 | 2:370.26–0.04 | 2:220.15–0.13 | 3:410.28–0.17 | 3:360.23–0.00 | 2:450.25–0.03 | 0:370.20–0.08 | |
| Leopold–Myers | 1:020.02–0.05 | 5:110.02–0.20 | 1:270.00–0.00 | 2:160.00–0.18 | 4:060.02–0.05 | 5:170.04–0.44 | 1:320.02–0.01 | 1:180.03–0.21 | 0:470.00–0.00 | |
| Ehrhoff–Sekera | 1:000.00–0.01 | 0:430.00–0.37 | 1:080.00–0.37 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFMTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 P.K. SubbanMTL | 31 | 28:00 | 0:54 | 2:13 | 7 | 4 |
 Josh GorgesMTL | 28 | 23:06 | 0:50 | 1:37 | 3 | 4 |
 Christian EhrhoffBUF | 23 | 23:01 | 1:00 | 2:33 | 5 | 3 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 26 | 21:35 | 0:50 | 1:35 | 4 | 7 |
 Tomas PlekanecMTL | 24 | 21:01 | 0:53 | 2:06 | 1 | 5 |
 Tyler MyersBUF | 28 | 20:52 | 0:45 | 1:43 | 5 | 1 |
 David DesharnaisMTL | 23 | 20:16 | 0:53 | 1:27 | 4 | 2 |
 Rene BourqueMTL | 25 | 20:07 | 0:48 | 1:38 | 1 | 3 |
 Jordan LeopoldBUF | 25 | 19:49 | 0:48 | 1:17 | 5 | 0 |
 Andrej SekeraBUF | 24 | 19:26 | 0:49 | 1:45 | 2 | 4 |
 Derek RoyBUF | 23 | 18:57 | 0:49 | 1:29 | 4 | 6 |
 Cody HodgsonBUF | 24 | 18:45 | 0:47 | 1:30 | 11 | 5 |
 Erik ColeMTL | 24 | 18:42 | 0:47 | 1:27 | 4 | 2 |
 Chris CampoliMTL | 21 | 18:10 | 0:52 | 1:59 | 0 | 4 |
 Robyn RegehrBUF | 23 | 17:59 | 0:47 | 1:35 | 1 | 4 |
 Max PaciorettyMTL | 23 | 17:50 | 0:47 | 1:27 | 6 | 2 |
 Drew StaffordBUF | 24 | 17:47 | 0:44 | 1:23 | 4 | 2 |
 Yannick WeberMTL | 22 | 17:45 | 0:48 | 1:27 | 0 | 4 |
 Thomas VanekBUF | 20 | 16:50 | 0:51 | 1:27 | 10 | 2 |
 Alexei EmelinMTL | 25 | 16:34 | 0:40 | 1:22 | 0 | 6 |
 Ville LeinoBUF | 20 | 16:08 | 0:48 | 1:35 | 1 | 6 |
 Tyler EnnisBUF | 20 | 16:02 | 0:48 | 1:22 | 3 | 1 |
 Andrei MarkovMTL | 21 | 15:47 | 0:45 | 1:28 | 5 | 4 |
 Alexander SulzerBUF | 17 | 15:33 | 0:55 | 1:36 | 4 | 1 |
 Ryan WhiteMTL | 20 | 15:33 | 0:47 | 1:10 | 0 | 5 |
 Lars EllerMTL | 19 | 15:16 | 0:48 | 1:38 | 1 | 2 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 21 | 14:37 | 0:42 | 1:04 | 3 | 1 |
 Corey TroppBUF | 18 | 13:33 | 0:45 | 1:13 | 7 | 2 |
 Mike BlundenMTL | 13 | 11:27 | 0:53 | 1:18 | 0 | 2 |
 Louis LeblancMTL | 14 | 10:13 | 0:44 | 1:10 | 0 | 2 |
 Petteri NokelainenMTL | 13 | 9:16 | 0:43 | 1:15 | 0 | 3 |
 Brad BoyesBUF | 13 | 8:56 | 0:41 | 1:10 | 1 | 0 |
 Aaron PalushajMTL | 11 | 8:18 | 0:45 | 1:15 | 0 | 3 |
 Cody McCormickBUF | 10 | 7:56 | 0:48 | 1:32 | 1 | 0 |
 Travis TurnbullBUF | 9 | 6:14 | 0:42 | 1:02 | 1 | 0 |
 Brad StaubitzMTL | 8 | 5:52 | 0:44 | 1:15 | 0 | 3 |