Tue, Dec 17, 2024·Centre Bell, Montreal
Buffalo Sabres 1, Montréal Canadiens 6
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 52% of the time.
42%
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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.
| Cozens–Quinn–Peterka | Aube-Kubel–Malenstyn–Krebs | Tuch–Thompson–Kulich | Zucker–McLeod–Benson | Zucker–Tuch–Thompson | McLeod–Kulich–Benson | Tuch–Thompson–Benson | Zucker–McLeod–Kulich | Aube-Kubel–Krebs–Benson | Samuelsson–Power | Jokiharju–Byram | Clifton–Gilbert | Jokiharju–Power | Jokiharju–Samuelsson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský | 1:100.13–0.00 | 1:460.12–0.06 | 2:180.05–0.05 | 1:010.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.06 | 1:130.04–0.00 | 3:060.06–0.06 | 4:440.34–0.00 | ||||||
| Gallagher–Anderson–Dvorak | 2:190.00–0.01 | 0:500.05–0.15 | 1:140.00–0.00 | 1:230.00–0.10 | 0:390.08–0.00 | 0:430.14–0.00 | 2:150.28–0.01 | 2:370.08–0.20 | 3:110.14–0.10 | |||||
| Armia–Evans–Heineman | 2:380.00–0.00 | 2:200.18–0.00 | 1:230.01–0.02 | 3:240.18–0.02 | 2:150.00–0.00 | 1:360.01–0.06 | ||||||||
| Laine–Dach–Newhook | 2:470.17–0.00 | 1:580.04–0.00 | 1:170.00–0.12 | 0:360.00–0.19 | 0:310.21–0.00 | 2:460.17–0.01 | 2:250.04–0.19 | 2:300.21–0.12 | ||||||
| Gallagher–Evans–Heineman | 0:360.00–0.00 | 1:000.00–0.05 | ||||||||||||
| Gallagher–Dach–Newhook | 0:430.00–0.12 | |||||||||||||
| Savard–Xhekaj | 5:000.25–0.00 | 3:030.18–0.09 | 1:130.00–0.00 | 5:550.23–0.01 | 1:400.17–0.09 | 1:510.20–0.00 | ||||||||
| Matheson–Hutson | 1:380.27–0.00 | 1:160.00–0.21 | 3:010.05–0.13 | 1:050.13–0.00 | 1:170.00–0.08 | 1:230.04–0.00 | 4:010.25–0.08 | 5:200.25–0.28 | 0:370.00–0.00 | |||||
| Guhle–Barron | 2:130.00–0.00 | 2:070.09–0.00 | 2:040.13–0.34 | 0:340.01–0.00 | 1:010.35–0.00 | 2:190.28–0.12 | 2:510.17–0.00 | 4:220.36–0.28 | ||||||
| Matheson–Guhle | 1:320.00–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 1:390.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Xhekaj–Hutson | 0:520.00–0.01 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.01 | 1:210.00–0.05 | 0:300.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Guhle–Xhekaj | 0:570.00–0.19 | |||||||||||||
| Savard–Matheson | 0:340.12–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 |
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
 Mike MathesonMTL | 24 | 24:40 | 1:02 | 3:21 | 3 | 8 |
 Bowen ByramBUF | 31 | 24:11 | 0:47 | 1:48 | 8 | 3 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 29 | 23:39 | 0:49 | 2:02 | 5 | 3 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 31 | 20:39 | 0:40 | 1:29 | 3 | 8 |
 Arber XhekajMTL | 21 | 20:18 | 0:58 | 1:36 | 2 | 2 |
 Kaiden GuhleMTL | 22 | 20:15 | 0:55 | 1:32 | 1 | 5 |
 Lane HutsonMTL | 18 | 18:30 | 1:02 | 2:27 | 4 | 1 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 23 | 18:19 | 0:48 | 1:28 | 3 | 1 |
 Christian DvorakMTL | 23 | 17:57 | 0:47 | 1:34 | 2 | 9 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 19 | 17:55 | 0:57 | 2:36 | 7 | 4 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 21 | 17:19 | 0:49 | 1:38 | 6 | 4 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 21 | 17:14 | 0:49 | 2:06 | 3 | 3 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 21 | 17:08 | 0:49 | 1:57 | 6 | 3 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 23 | 16:48 | 0:44 | 1:29 | 2 | 4 |
 Josh AndersonMTL | 18 | 16:17 | 0:54 | 1:50 | 2 | 4 |
 David SavardMTL | 18 | 16:10 | 0:54 | 2:10 | 2 | 4 |
 Jake EvansMTL | 18 | 15:54 | 0:53 | 1:59 | 1 | 4 |
 Alex NewhookMTL | 17 | 15:47 | 0:56 | 1:38 | 2 | 1 |
 Brendan GallagherMTL | 17 | 15:13 | 0:54 | 1:55 | 3 | 1 |
 Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 17 | 14:35 | 0:51 | 1:25 | 4 | 3 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 25 | 14:34 | 0:35 | 0:56 | 6 | 6 |
 Nick SuzukiMTL | 18 | 14:32 | 0:48 | 1:25 | 5 | 4 |
 Emil HeinemanMTL | 17 | 14:28 | 0:51 | 2:03 | 2 | 1 |
 Connor CliftonBUF | 21 | 14:18 | 0:41 | 1:14 | 2 | 7 |
 Cole CaufieldMTL | 16 | 14:13 | 0:53 | 1:25 | 4 | 4 |
 Kirby DachMTL | 15 | 14:02 | 0:56 | 1:46 | 2 | 1 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 21 | 13:59 | 0:40 | 1:43 | 1 | 1 |
 Jiri KulichBUF | 19 | 13:54 | 0:44 | 1:24 | 5 | 1 |
 Justin BarronMTL | 19 | 13:27 | 0:42 | 1:09 | 2 | 2 |
 Patrik LaineMTL | 15 | 13:12 | 0:53 | 2:17 | 5 | 1 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 20 | 12:53 | 0:39 | 1:01 | 1 | 7 |
 Jason ZuckerBUF | 20 | 12:35 | 0:38 | 1:12 | 1 | 3 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 17 | 12:00 | 0:42 | 1:31 | 0 | 1 |
 Dennis GilbertBUF | 19 | 11:55 | 0:38 | 1:13 | 2 | 4 |
 Joel ArmiaMTL | 18 | 11:50 | 0:39 | 1:14 | 1 | 2 |
 Nicolas Aube-KubelBUF | 15 | 11:12 | 0:45 | 1:28 | 0 | 1 |