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Fri, Nov 28, 2014·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Montréal Canadiens 1, Buffalo Sabres 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 71% of the time.

BUF winsMTL wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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.

Plekanec–Gallagher–GalchenyukParenteau–Desharnais–PaciorettyPrust–Eller–SekacMalhotra–Tangradi–WeiseEller–Weise–SekacDesharnais–Pacioretty–WeiseTangradi–Eller–SekacPlekanec–Tangradi–GallagherMalhotra–Weise–SekacGonchar–EmelinMarkov–SubbanAllen–Weaver
Moulson–Ennis–Girgensons5:550.08–0.262:570.11–0.141:210.17–0.001:050.07–0.000:460.03–0.000:360.02–0.004:010.04–0.268:130.37–0.081:400.02–0.08
Gionta–Mitchell–Flynn3:050.26–0.232:290.11–0.000:410.00–0.000:450.02–0.000:420.00–0.001:510.11–0.003:440.13–0.094:040.18–0.15
Kaleta–Stewart–Foligno0:410.00–0.000:410.00–0.001:020.02–0.002:280.02–0.001:190.00–0.00
Stewart–Hodgson–Deslauriers0:440.00–0.060:560.00–0.001:000.00–0.000:470.00–0.06
Hodgson–Foligno–Deslauriers1:050.00–0.001:020.00–0.00
Stafford–Hodgson–Deslauriers0:390.02–0.130:460.00–0.08
Stewart–Hodgson–Foligno0:380.00–0.010:450.00–0.001:260.00–0.01
Stewart–Foligno–Girgensons0:520.00–0.021:070.00–0.02
Stewart–Foligno–Deslauriers0:510.00–0.040:400.00–0.04
Gionta–Flynn–Girgensons0:550.00–0.050:550.00–0.05
Kaleta–Stewart–Flynn
Strachan–Myers6:060.26–0.384:240.28–0.231:380.00–0.050:440.05–0.000:450.00–0.005:070.16–0.157:250.30–0.173:330.15–0.27
Ristolainen–Zadorov2:380.06–0.084:260.02–0.190:440.00–0.001:140.02–0.060:360.00–0.004:360.21–0.192:270.07–0.004:330.03–0.14
Meszaros–Weber1:150.04–0.121:080.00–0.013:080.17–0.002:260.02–0.270:520.03–0.001:000.00–0.004:530.02–0.214:210.22–0.202:380.02–0.02
Meszaros–Zadorov0:320.00–0.070:370.00–0.050:310.00–0.050:480.00–0.07
Myers–Zadorov0:340.00–0.000:370.00–0.000:340.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndMoulson FGirgensons FEnnis FGionta FMitchell FFlynn FKaleta FStewart FFoligno FHodgson FStafford FDeslauriers FZadorov DRistolainen DStrachan DMyers DWeber DMeszaros DEnroth GParenteau FDesharnais FPacioretty FGallagher FPlekanec FGalchenyuk FPrust FMalhotra FEller FSekac FTangradi FWeise FGonchar DEmelin DSubban DMarkov DAllen DWeaver DPrice G
BUFMTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Tyler MyersBUF3227:280:521:5458
Andrei MarkovMTL2924:460:511:5476
Tyler EnnisBUF2523:550:572:2253
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2623:540:552:0854
P.K. SubbanMTL2723:380:531:4942
Tyson StrachanBUF2822:450:491:2337
Alexei EmelinMTL2421:160:531:3311
Max PaciorettyMTL2520:530:501:3562
Matt MoulsonBUF2320:100:531:2151
Rasmus RistolainenBUF2719:250:431:3524
Tomas PlekanecMTL2719:120:431:2143
Sergei GoncharMTL2518:460:451:1722
David DesharnaisMTL2218:410:511:2842
Nikita ZadorovBUF2318:240:482:0322
Brendan GallagherMTL2317:260:451:3640
Mike WeaverMTL2117:080:491:5217
Andrej MeszarosBUF2316:590:441:2691
Lars EllerMTL2016:120:491:4517
Alex GalchenyukMTL2116:080:461:2441
Brian FlynnBUF2316:070:421:4222
Mike WeberBUF2415:580:401:4771
Brian GiontaBUF2115:080:431:2722
Jiri SekacMTL1915:060:481:2433
Chris StewartBUF1914:390:461:3051
PA ParenteauMTL1914:350:461:1141
Bryan AllenMTL1814:040:471:3403
Torrey MitchellBUF2213:410:371:0634
Marcus FolignoBUF1813:170:441:1042
Cody HodgsonBUF1612:260:471:1043
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF1611:470:441:4561
Dale WeiseMTL1811:370:391:2423
Eric TangradiMTL138:540:411:2711
Manny MalhotraMTL228:500:241:00314
Brandon PrustMTL107:100:431:2214
Patrick KaletaBUF107:040:421:1410
Drew StaffordBUF52:130:270:4020