1972–73 Round 1

Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

The Canadiens defeated the Sabres 4-2.

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Series Summary

MTL had more shot attempts in all situations and won the series 4-2.

2-4
RECORD
16
GF
21
GA
-5
DIFF
IN NET
Buffalo Dryden .873
Buffalo Crozier .904
TOP SKATER
Perreault, 8.7 series Game Score (3G, 7A)

Win Probability by Game

Buffalo's chance of winning, one game at a time.

Game 1, Apr 4, 1973: BUF 1 at MTL 2. Game page

WIN PROBABILITY

Opened at 33%.

P3 20:00
100%75%50%25%0%Buffalo win chanceBUFMTL
BIGGEST SWINGS
  1. P2 17:01J. Lemaire (1) 65% to 38%-27
  2. P3 04:27Y. Cournoyer (1) 35% to 14%-21
  3. P2 03:13C. Ramsay (1) 36% to 58%+22
  4. P3 03:51Hooking on Tracy Pratt, 2 min 39% to 33%-6

Dots are goals, diamonds penalties, squares a goalie pull; navy for Buffalo.

Win DNA

Winning traits, game by game. Definitions and season win rates are on Team Stats.

Wins (2)Losses (4)
3+ scorersD combined 3+ ptsScored firstDepth goal50%100%

6 games: a small sample.

Skaters

Player
GP
Scoring
PP
Game Score
GAP+/-PIMSOGGS
Gilbert Perreault
6
3710+2222
1
8.7
Rene Robert
6
538+1233
1
8.0
Rick Martin
6
325+11238
2
6.2
Jim Lorentz
6
033-3216
0
3.2
Jim Schoenfeld
6
213+1410
0
3.0
Craig Ramsay
6
112-2013
0
2.4
Don Luce
6
112-3215
0
2.6
Norm Gratton
6
011-122
0
0.9
Larry Mickey
6
101-3519
0
2.2
Gerry Meehan
6
011-3012
0
1.5
Tim Horton
6
011-445
0
0.9
Larry Carriere
6
011-2810
0
1.5
Hugh Harris
5
000000
0
0.0
Mike Robitaille
6
000-1015
0
1.1
Tracy Pratt
6
000-166
0
0.5
Larry Hillman
6
000-585
0
0.4
Paul Terbenche
6
000-306
0
0.5
Steve Atkinson
1
000000
0
0.0

Goalies

GoalieGPW-LGAGAASV%SOTOI/GGS
Roger Crozier42-2112.67.904061:422.1
Dave Dryden20-294.53.873059:40-0.5

A goalie is credited a game played for any appearance, relief included, so GP sums above the team's own games played by the number of relief outings. GA is the goals charged to a goalie, so it can add up to less than the goals against in the Game Log: a goal into an empty net is charged to no goalie.