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Sat, Mar 23, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Buffalo Sabres 4, Montréal Canadiens 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 84% of the time.

MTL winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF'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.

Sheary–Eichel–NylanderOkposo–Larsson–GirgensonsPominville–Skinner–RodriguesSobotka–Reinhart–MittelstadtPominville–Larsson–GirgensonsSobotka–Okposo–RodriguesMontour–DahlinScandella–NelsonBogosian–RistolainenBogosian–ScandellaRistolainen–DahlinRistolainen–Nelson
Tatar–Gallagher–Danault9:010.90–0.070:350.00–0.000:400.00–0.000:400.00–0.153:150.31–0.005:470.09–0.072:320.59–0.000:330.00–0.000:460.00–0.15
Thompson–Byron–Weal3:230.16–0.005:330.02–0.231:500.00–0.002:020.16–0.066:270.38–0.16
Shaw–Lehkonen–Domi2:020.52–0.001:380.00–0.135:160.44–0.190:540.11–0.005:290.44–0.331:240.11–0.001:140.41–0.001:060.11–0.000:460.13–0.00
Armia–Drouin–Kotkaniemi3:010.08–0.132:280.18–0.092:290.09–0.002:250.09–0.072:470.06–0.071:510.13–0.030:390.04–0.000:370.04–0.06
Thompson–Byron–Lehkonen0:510.00–0.000:590.00–0.00
Petry–Kulak0:470.02–0.002:150.13–0.078:260.26–0.292:370.08–0.163:290.00–0.233:290.08–0.076:430.34–0.170:440.08–0.00
Weber–Mete9:190.90–0.071:340.12–0.000:480.16–0.004:430.59–0.015:220.09–0.072:340.59–0.00
Benn–Folin5:410.52–0.061:090.00–0.064:420.24–0.034:280.14–0.063:420.25–0.063:110.34–0.000:430.04–0.06
Petry–Mete0:540.11–0.000:450.29–0.021:000.11–0.00
Kulak–Folin0:520.00–0.000:400.00–0.150:520.00–0.000:400.00–0.15
Weber–Folin0:350.00–0.100:350.00–0.001:100.00–0.10
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndGallagher FDanault FTatar FThompson FByron FWeal FDomi FShaw FLehkonen FKotkaniemi FArmia FDrouin FWeber DMete DKulak DPetry DBenn DFolin DPrice GEichel FSheary FNylander FRodrigues FPominville FSkinner FSobotka FReinhart FMittelstadt FLarsson FGirgensons FOkposo FScandella DNelson DBogosian DRistolainen DMontour DDahlin DHutton G
MTLBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Shea WeberMTL2922:450:472:4519
Rasmus RistolainenBUF2521:430:521:5165
Rasmus DahlinBUF2621:380:501:2052
Jeff PetryMTL2621:210:491:4121
Jordie BennMTL2519:260:472:4562
Jack EichelBUF2419:190:482:1691
Zach BogosianBUF2019:180:581:5742
Brandon MontourBUF2218:400:512:0921
Brett KulakMTL2418:300:461:2931
Marco ScandellaBUF2718:120:401:2941
Victor MeteMTL2817:580:391:3715
Nate ThompsonMTL2316:530:441:1231
Christian FolinMTL2416:450:421:1070
Casey NelsonBUF2816:410:361:2953
Evan RodriguesBUF2416:390:421:1053
Artturi LehkonenMTL2116:380:481:2422
Sam ReinhartBUF1816:310:551:5150
Phillip DanaultMTL2616:150:381:34210
Jeff SkinnerBUF2116:050:461:4341
Conor ShearyBUF2116:010:462:0361
Kyle OkposoBUF2116:000:461:4618
Brendan GallagherMTL2215:310:421:3426
Paul ByronMTL2115:310:441:1331
Tomas TatarMTL2315:020:391:3426
Jordan WealMTL2014:480:441:0451
Joel ArmiaMTL2014:440:441:1362
Max DomiMTL2014:340:441:1521
Alex NylanderBUF2014:340:441:5180
Johan LarssonBUF2114:300:411:3207
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF1814:130:471:3007
Vladimir SobotkaBUF1813:390:461:2924
Jesperi KotkaniemiMTL1712:290:441:1260
Andrew ShawMTL1712:270:441:1021
Jonathan DrouinMTL1612:130:461:1260
Jason PominvilleBUF2012:040:361:1341
Casey MittelstadtBUF1411:140:481:0220