Fri, Mar 23, 2018·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Montréal Canadiens 3, Buffalo Sabres 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 68% of the time.
23%
9%
61%
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.
| Byron–Gallagher–Drouin | Galchenyuk–de la Rose–Lehkonen | Shaw–Hudon–Scherbak | Deslauriers–Froese–Carr | Alzner–Juulsen | Petry–Reilly | Benn–Lernout | Petry–Benn | Petry–Alzner | Reilly–Juulsen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Reilly–Wilson–Reinhart | 6:390.32–0.42 | 1:100.05–0.36 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 2:150.27–0.00 | 3:510.21–0.42 | 6:080.40–0.36 | 1:400.02–0.00 | 1:110.00–0.00 | ||
| Pominville–Girgensons–Eichel | 3:230.20–0.02 | 4:290.05–0.00 | 0:300.03–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.04 | 4:260.08–0.04 | 2:050.00–0.00 | 3:150.12–0.06 | 1:200.09–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | |
| Nolan–Baptiste–Rodrigues | 1:570.10–0.00 | 3:020.02–0.09 | 0:470.08–0.00 | 2:530.10–0.00 | 1:320.09–0.00 | 1:060.00–0.05 | ||||
| Pouliot–Okposo–Larsson | 1:520.04–0.03 | 2:150.00–0.07 | 0:510.01–0.00 | 1:260.00–0.03 | 1:460.00–0.07 | 0:320.02–0.01 | ||||
| Okposo–Nolan–Larsson | 1:450.09–0.03 | 0:570.00–0.03 | 1:140.09–0.00 | |||||||
| Okposo–Larsson–Girgensons | 0:330.00–0.04 | 0:480.09–0.00 | 1:210.09–0.04 | |||||||
| Pouliot–Baptiste–Rodrigues | 0:390.03–0.00 | 0:390.03–0.00 | ||||||||
| Guhle–Nelson | 1:570.03–0.00 | 6:580.13–0.04 | 2:470.02–0.03 | 1:520.03–0.04 | 6:520.18–0.08 | 4:340.02–0.03 | 2:300.02–0.00 | 1:070.01–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.01 | |
| Scandella–Ristolainen | 7:300.35–0.42 | 1:300.03–0.03 | 3:350.22–0.00 | 2:520.14–0.42 | 7:350.32–0.44 | 3:510.22–0.03 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 0:570.00–0.09 | ||
| Gorges–Antipin | 3:100.15–0.00 | 3:530.12–0.07 | 1:560.10–0.07 | 4:150.25–0.00 | 0:530.02–0.00 | 3:430.09–0.09 | ||||
| Nelson–Antipin | 0:460.02–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.02 | ||||||||
| Ristolainen–Antipin | 0:490.08–0.00 | 0:390.09–0.00 | 0:390.09–0.00 | 0:500.08–0.00 | ||||||
| Gorges–Guhle | 0:390.00–0.20 | 0:380.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Ristolainen–Guhle | 0:430.09–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Ristolainen–Nelson |
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
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 27 | 26:36 | 0:59 | 3:53 | 7 | 4 |
 Jeff PetryMTL | 28 | 24:56 | 0:53 | 2:07 | 4 | 5 |
 Casey NelsonBUF | 28 | 21:59 | 0:47 | 1:34 | 0 | 4 |
 Marco ScandellaBUF | 24 | 21:42 | 0:54 | 1:42 | 5 | 1 |
 Karl AlznerMTL | 26 | 21:09 | 0:49 | 2:03 | 3 | 4 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 20 | 20:46 | 1:02 | 3:20 | 3 | 1 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 25 | 20:15 | 0:49 | 2:58 | 7 | 6 |
 Brendan GuhleBUF | 27 | 20:03 | 0:45 | 1:29 | 2 | 4 |
 Mike ReillyMTL | 23 | 19:23 | 0:51 | 1:21 | 3 | 5 |
 Noah JuulsenMTL | 24 | 18:53 | 0:47 | 1:38 | 2 | 2 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 19 | 18:52 | 1:00 | 2:58 | 7 | 2 |
 Jonathan DrouinMTL | 22 | 18:21 | 0:50 | 1:20 | 3 | 7 |
 Alex GalchenyukMTL | 21 | 17:37 | 0:50 | 1:30 | 3 | 0 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 19 | 17:36 | 0:56 | 1:47 | 3 | 0 |
 Jordie BennMTL | 24 | 17:15 | 0:43 | 1:12 | 0 | 1 |
 Brendan GallagherMTL | 21 | 17:05 | 0:49 | 1:14 | 3 | 6 |
 Paul ByronMTL | 23 | 17:02 | 0:44 | 1:04 | 3 | 7 |
 Nikita ScherbakMTL | 21 | 16:43 | 0:48 | 1:22 | 1 | 0 |
 Artturi LehkonenMTL | 20 | 16:35 | 0:50 | 1:25 | 2 | 1 |
 Scott WilsonBUF | 21 | 16:20 | 0:47 | 1:17 | 7 | 3 |
 Jacob de la RoseMTL | 18 | 15:46 | 0:53 | 1:28 | 0 | 2 |
 Charles HudonMTL | 18 | 15:27 | 0:52 | 1:23 | 1 | 0 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 18 | 15:01 | 0:50 | 1:17 | 3 | 0 |
 Brett LernoutMTL | 21 | 14:26 | 0:41 | 1:04 | 1 | 1 |
 Logan ShawMTL | 20 | 13:56 | 0:42 | 1:11 | 0 | 2 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 15 | 13:40 | 0:55 | 3:48 | 0 | 0 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 21 | 13:32 | 0:39 | 1:32 | 1 | 2 |
 Victor AntipinBUF | 21 | 13:10 | 0:38 | 1:06 | 1 | 1 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 17 | 12:53 | 0:45 | 1:30 | 0 | 2 |
 Nick BaptisteBUF | 16 | 11:48 | 0:44 | 1:34 | 2 | 1 |
 Jordan NolanBUF | 18 | 11:44 | 0:39 | 1:01 | 2 | 0 |
 Daniel CarrMTL | 13 | 11:09 | 0:51 | 1:26 | 2 | 1 |
 Evan RodriguesBUF | 16 | 11:06 | 0:42 | 1:34 | 2 | 3 |
 Byron FroeseMTL | 14 | 10:29 | 0:45 | 1:26 | 0 | 2 |
 Benoit PouliotBUF | 14 | 10:08 | 0:43 | 1:17 | 1 | 1 |
 Nicolas DeslauriersMTL | 13 | 9:48 | 0:45 | 1:26 | 1 | 1 |