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Saturday, March 1, 2025
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (MSG-B)
MTL
Montreal Canadiens
4 – 2
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
53% xGF%
47% xGF%
MTL was expected to score 2.76 goals BUF was expected to score 2.45 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG MTL BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Montreal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 3:49 0.40 1 3:36 0.38 0
Even Strength 52:35 2.36 2 52:35 2.07 2
Penalty Kill 3:36 0.00 0 3:49 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 1:38 0.10 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 23:16 0.75 0 6:00 0.45 0
Tied 29:06 1.63 2 29:06 0.92 1
Down 1 6:00 0.27 1 23:16 1.08 1
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 1:13 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (1-0)
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 6:04 in the 2nd period 0.06 xG (1-1)
  • ► Jiri Kulich scores at 7:33 in the 2nd period 0.10 xG (1-2)
  • ► Josh Anderson scores at 13:33 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (2-2)
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 19:57 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (3-2)
  • ► Jake Evans scores at 18:22 in the 3rd period (4-2)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
MTL MTL xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
MTL Christian Dvorak (C) 0.50 0 2 2 22 16:27 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.34 0 0 0 24 16:18 2 0 4 0 0 0 0
MTL Emil Heineman (L) 0.33 0 0 0 15 10:29 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.33 0 0 0 26 17:44 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.30 0 0 0 19 13:58 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.30 0 0 0 27 20:17 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.30 1 0 1 18 13:41 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.26 1 0 1 22 15:39 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.24 1 0 1 22 17:58 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.23 0 1 1 25 20:29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.21 0 0 0 19 15:47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Patrik Laine (R) 0.13 0 1 1 14 11:25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.13 1 0 1 22 14:41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.13 0 0 0 20 16:35 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.13 1 0 1 26 20:22 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.11 0 0 0 17 12:09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Joel Armia (R) 0.10 0 0 0 17 13:18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.09 0 0 0 13 08:51 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.06 0 1 1 23 20:01 1 +1 12 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.05 0 0 0 20 14:51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Owen Beck (C) 0.03 0 0 0 14 09:43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.01 0 0 0 15 10:32 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.00 1 0 1 21 16:14 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.28 0 0 0 29 22:07 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.17 0 1 1 27 24:44 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.14 0 2 2 25 21:58 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.07 0 0 0 22 17:17 1 -1 4 0 0 0 0
BUF Connor Clifton (D) 0.07 0 0 0 20 12:18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.07 0 0 0 25 19:30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.05 0 1 1 24 15:34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.04 0 0 0 31 20:21 2 +1 4 0 0 0 0
MTL David Savard (D) 0.01 0 0 0 20 15:35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.00 0 0 0 12 07:20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 19 16:55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 31 26:34 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 16:05 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +1.79% 0.920 0.4 2 23 60:00 25 W 0
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -0.86% 0.893 -0.2 3 25 58:41 28 L 0