Fri, Nov 23, 2018·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Montréal Canadiens 2, Buffalo Sabres 3 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 69% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 08 | 111 | 113 | 01 | 233 |
| BUF | 112 | 07 | 116 | 15 | 340 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 12:39BUFCasey MittelstadtAssists: Conor Sheary, Jake McCabe · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–1
- P2 18:12MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
- P3 8:18MTLAndrew ShawPPAssists: David Schlemko, Kenny Agostino · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
- P3 17:34BUFJeff SkinnerAssists: Zach Bogosian, Jack Eichel · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–2
- OT 3:06BUFJeff SkinnerPPGWGAssists: Jack Eichel, Rasmus Dahlin · Wrist, 0.53 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
- P1 18:19MTLDavid Schlemko: Holding2 min
- P2 5:18MTLKenny Agostino: Too many men on the ice2 min
- P2 11:05MTLDavid Schlemko: Tripping2 min
- P2 19:25BUFZach Bogosian: Roughing2 min
- P3 8:13BUFJason Pominville: Holding2 min · PPG
- OT 1:32MTLMax Domi: Slashing2 min · PPG
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Eichel won the faceoff against Domi
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Montréal Canadiens
Forward lines
- bestTatar – Gallagher – Danault10:37
xG 0.50–0.19 (73%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0
- Peca – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi7:36
xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0
- Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino9:34
xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0
- Shaw – Drouin – Domi11:36
xG 0.49–0.71 (41%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestSchlemko – Kulak14:21
xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0
- Alzner – Mete12:04
xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0
- Petry – Benn17:28
xG 0.81–1.19 (41%)attempts 23–22goals 1–2
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestSobotka – Reinhart – Thompson9:45
xG 0.32–0.05 (86%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0
- Okposo – Sheary – Mittelstadt9:04
xG 0.55–0.39 (59%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0
- Pominville – Skinner – Eichel12:34
xG 0.35–0.33 (51%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0
- Larsson – Girgensons – Rodrigues7:49
xG 0.25–0.37 (40%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMcCabe – Ristolainen16:34
xG 0.92–0.38 (71%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0
- Bogosian – Dahlin14:40
xG 0.58–0.35 (62%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0
- Scandella – Beaulieu11:54
xG 0.03–0.30 (10%)attempts 4–14goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BUF's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BUF is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 69% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BUF − MTL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).