Thu, Jan 4, 2024·Centre Bell, Montreal
Buffalo Sabres 6, Montréal Canadiens 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 55% of the time.
37%
9%
49%
MTL winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
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.
| Greenway–Mittelstadt–Benson | Skinner–Tuch–Thompson | Girgensons–Olofsson–Krebs | Cozens–Quinn–Peterka | Clifton–Samuelsson | Jokiharju–Dahlin | Johnson–Power | Jokiharju–Power | Clifton–Dahlin | Clifton–Power | Johnson–Samuelsson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský | 3:520.04–0.16 | 6:150.04–0.24 | 0:350.05–0.01 | 3:250.09–0.06 | 5:420.04–0.07 | 1:350.00–0.13 | |||||
| Armia–Stephens–Pezzetta | 0:380.00–0.04 | 3:480.17–0.51 | 0:570.00–0.42 | 4:070.17–0.92 | 1:000.00–0.04 | 0:350.13–0.00 | |||||
| Gallagher–Evans–Ylonen | 1:540.00–0.28 | 1:220.01–0.14 | 2:091.56–0.24 | 1:360.43–0.19 | 2:180.00–0.50 | 1:270.01–0.02 | |||||
| Gallagher–Anderson–Monahan | 0:450.05–0.00 | 1:090.00–0.12 | 2:170.00–0.12 | 0:580.05–0.10 | |||||||
| Armia–Anderson–Monahan | 0:490.00–0.00 | 1:330.41–0.07 | 0:440.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Anderson–Evans–Ylonen | 0:590.00–0.12 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:590.00–0.12 | 0:540.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.08 | ||||||
| Anderson–Monahan–Slafkovský | 1:400.02–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 1:000.02–0.00 | ||||||||
| Anderson–Monahan–Caufield | 0:380.00–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 1:130.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Guhle–Barron | 2:540.05–0.13 | 0:480.00–0.00 | 2:160.04–0.00 | 2:281.31–0.00 | 2:450.27–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 5:130.01–0.13 | ||||
| Harris–Struble | 2:550.02–0.04 | 1:230.01–0.14 | 2:470.13–0.17 | 3:030.38–0.06 | 2:320.00–0.16 | 1:190.03–0.00 | 0:350.13–0.00 | ||||
| Savard–Matheson | 0:520.00–0.03 | 3:510.00–0.19 | 0:540.00–0.01 | 1:270.00–0.34 | 2:010.00–0.25 | 4:420.17–0.14 | 1:390.00–0.29 | ||||
| Struble–Barron | 1:300.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.00 | 0:350.05–0.01 | 2:170.05–0.09 | 1:130.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Savard–Guhle | 1:070.00–0.03 | 0:490.00–0.27 | 0:470.00–0.03 | 0:360.00–0.24 | 1:080.00–0.08 | ||||||
| Harris–Guhle | 1:150.00–0.12 | 0:320.05–0.00 | 1:000.00–0.00 | 0:430.05–0.00 | |||||||
| Kovacevic–Harris | 1:160.00–0.28 | 0:330.00–0.44 | 0:330.00–0.44 | 1:200.00–0.28 | |||||||
| Kovacevic–Struble | 1:020.00–0.01 | 0:390.00–0.37 | 0:530.00–0.37 | 0:410.00–0.01 | |||||||
| Kovacevic–Guhle | 1:020.00–0.05 | 0:420.00–0.05 | |||||||||
| Matheson–Struble | 0:390.07–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Matheson–Kovacevic | 0:570.04–0.00 | 0:570.04–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
MTLBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Nick SuzukiMTL | 25 | 23:18 | 0:56 | 2:50 | 6 | 4 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 24 | 21:32 | 0:54 | 2:07 | 1 | 3 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 31 | 21:17 | 0:41 | 1:36 | 8 | 6 |
 Cole CaufieldMTL | 23 | 20:28 | 0:53 | 1:45 | 7 | 1 |
 Mike MathesonMTL | 20 | 19:57 | 1:00 | 2:23 | 5 | 5 |
 Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 24 | 19:46 | 0:49 | 1:47 | 8 | 2 |
 Connor CliftonBUF | 26 | 19:32 | 0:45 | 1:58 | 0 | 4 |
 Sean MonahanMTL | 23 | 19:00 | 0:50 | 2:09 | 10 | 4 |
 Kaiden GuhleMTL | 20 | 18:54 | 0:57 | 2:20 | 2 | 2 |
 Jordan GreenwayBUF | 20 | 18:39 | 0:56 | 1:57 | 3 | 7 |
 Erik JohnsonBUF | 24 | 17:54 | 0:45 | 1:17 | 3 | 7 |
 Casey MittelstadtBUF | 24 | 17:46 | 0:44 | 1:22 | 7 | 8 |
 Jayden StrubleMTL | 17 | 17:45 | 1:03 | 1:54 | 1 | 2 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 22 | 17:38 | 0:48 | 1:22 | 4 | 5 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 22 | 17:28 | 0:48 | 1:13 | 6 | 3 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 20 | 17:09 | 0:51 | 1:20 | 4 | 5 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 22 | 17:07 | 0:47 | 1:24 | 3 | 4 |
 Josh AndersonMTL | 20 | 17:05 | 0:51 | 1:34 | 7 | 4 |
 Justin BarronMTL | 18 | 16:47 | 0:56 | 1:28 | 4 | 2 |
 David SavardMTL | 19 | 16:45 | 0:53 | 1:31 | 2 | 6 |
 Jake EvansMTL | 20 | 16:30 | 0:50 | 1:26 | 0 | 7 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 21 | 16:23 | 0:47 | 1:17 | 7 | 1 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 20 | 15:57 | 0:48 | 1:20 | 7 | 0 |
 Jordan HarrisMTL | 16 | 15:34 | 0:58 | 1:35 | 2 | 0 |
 Brendan GallagherMTL | 19 | 15:32 | 0:49 | 1:36 | 3 | 3 |
 Joel ArmiaMTL | 21 | 15:12 | 0:43 | 1:57 | 6 | 2 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 21 | 14:40 | 0:42 | 1:49 | 4 | 5 |
 Jesse YlonenMTL | 16 | 13:28 | 0:51 | 1:30 | 1 | 2 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 21 | 13:26 | 0:38 | 1:25 | 4 | 4 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 16 | 12:16 | 0:46 | 1:14 | 0 | 3 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 17 | 11:58 | 0:42 | 1:13 | 0 | 4 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 17 | 11:52 | 0:42 | 1:14 | 0 | 3 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 18 | 11:28 | 0:38 | 1:25 | 3 | 2 |
 Mitchell StephensMTL | 17 | 11:04 | 0:39 | 1:03 | 2 | 1 |
 Michael PezzettaMTL | 14 | 10:04 | 0:43 | 1:04 | 3 | 0 |
 Johnathan KovacevicMTL | 7 | 8:07 | 1:10 | 1:54 | 0 | 3 |