MTL 3 @ BUF 1 · Oct 23, 2023

Mon, Oct 23, 2023·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Away

Montréal Canadiens

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Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 57% of the time.

34%

50%

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.

	Suzuki–Harvey-Pinard–Caufield	Anderson–Newhook–Slafkovský	Evans–Pezzetta–Ylonen	Gallagher–Pearson–Monahan	Anderson–Monahan–Slafkovský	Kovacevic–Harris	Barron–Xhekaj	Savard–Matheson
Greenway–Thompson–Cozens	1:380.09–0.00	4:070.21–0.09	1:220.05–0.00			5:000.27–0.00	0:310.00–0.07	2:010.08–0.03
Skinner–Tuch–Mittelstadt	1:260.18–0.09	2:100.00–0.00		1:550.00–0.44	1:150.09–0.00	0:580.11–0.00	2:130.00–0.09	4:260.34–0.44
Olofsson–Krebs–Peterka		0:490.00–0.09	4:020.23–0.08	0:580.00–0.29		1:160.04–0.00	4:310.20–0.35	1:260.04–0.09
Okposo–Girgensons–Jost	3:210.00–0.09			2:140.00–0.14		2:480.00–0.00	2:400.00–0.09	0:370.00–0.14
Skinner–Tuch–Krebs							0:340.00–0.00
Okposo–Girgensons–Mittelstadt		0:320.03–0.00					1:040.03–0.03
Skinner–Mittelstadt–Cozens			1:000.12–0.00			1:000.12–0.00
Jokiharju–Power	2:200.02–0.09	4:490.10–0.03	1:220.03–0.08	0:550.00–0.03		3:570.06–0.50	3:510.06–0.16	3:030.16–0.05
Samuelsson–Dahlin	0:520.00–0.00	3:030.13–0.16	3:310.19–0.00	1:410.00–0.29	0:300.00–0.00	2:500.16–0.00	4:400.17–0.35	3:170.20–0.09
Johnson–Clifton	4:170.17–0.16	0:420.00–0.00	0:420.01–0.00	2:210.00–0.14		2:290.00–0.00	2:330.14–0.09	2:320.04–0.21
Dahlin–Power	0:360.09–0.00		1:000.12–0.00			2:040.21–0.00
Clifton–Dahlin				0:380.00–0.00		0:380.00–0.00		0:550.25–0.00
Jokiharju–Samuelsson							0:400.00–0.03
Jokiharju–Dahlin						0:510.11–0.00

Shift chart

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 DahlinBUF	27	26:12	0:58	2:04	12	0
Mike MathesonMTL	24	24:06	1:00	2:24	4	12
Tage ThompsonBUF	22	22:16	1:01	2:07	4	5
Owen PowerBUF	24	20:48	0:52	1:29	6	1
Johnathan KovacevicMTL	22	20:24	0:56	2:07	0	2
Jeff SkinnerBUF	20	20:09	1:00	1:55	11	0
Dylan CozensBUF	18	20:05	1:07	1:58	6	1
Alex TuchBUF	21	19:49	0:57	1:19	11	0
Nick SuzukiMTL	19	19:03	1:00	2:01	3	2
Arber XhekajMTL	22	18:48	0:51	1:34	0	0
Sean MonahanMTL	21	18:38	0:53	2:29	4	5
Jordan HarrisMTL	19	18:33	0:59	1:51	0	2
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	21	18:19	0:52	1:49	5	4
Cole CaufieldMTL	19	17:34	0:55	1:51	5	0
David SavardMTL	19	16:54	0:53	1:52	1	10
Henri JokiharjuBUF	19	15:58	0:50	1:43	5	2
Connor CliftonBUF	21	15:52	0:45	1:12	2	1
Justin BarronMTL	20	15:49	0:47	1:32	1	0
Rafael Harvey-PinardMTL	19	15:38	0:49	1:16	2	5
Jake EvansMTL	22	15:29	0:42	1:26	0	6
Casey MittelstadtBUF	17	15:28	0:55	1:28	8	0
Jordan GreenwayBUF	19	15:18	0:48	1:28	2	4
Josh AndersonMTL	15	15:10	1:01	1:46	4	3
Alex NewhookMTL	16	14:46	0:55	1:35	1	5
Juraj SlafkovskýMTL	17	14:36	0:52	1:50	1	3
Peyton KrebsBUF	17	14:09	0:50	1:42	5	2
Erik JohnsonBUF	16	13:57	0:52	3:01	1	3
JJ PeterkaBUF	16	13:28	0:51	1:31	5	0
Tanner PearsonMTL	20	13:24	0:40	1:14	2	6
Jesse YlonenMTL	18	12:50	0:43	1:27	0	3
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF	17	12:09	0:43	1:17	2	2
Victor OlofssonBUF	13	11:52	0:55	1:26	4	0
Kyle OkposoBUF	16	11:21	0:43	1:12	2	1
Brendan GallagherMTL	15	11:14	0:45	1:09	2	2
Tyson JostBUF	13	10:01	0:46	1:17	1	1
Michael PezzettaMTL	12	8:56	0:45	1:21	0	2

Montréal Canadiens 3, Buffalo Sabres 1

Who was on the ice

Shift totals