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Thursday, January 22, 2026
7:00 PM ET
Centre Bell (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
4 – 2
Final
Montreal Canadiens
 MTL
44% xGF%
56% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 2.31 goals MTL was expected to score 2.93 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF MTL Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 3:25 0.00 0 6:52 0.34 0
Even Strength 49:43 1.76 2 49:43 2.59 2
Penalty Kill 6:52 0.55 1 3:25 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 17:06 0.88 1 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 42:10 1.34 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 0:44 0.09 1 0:44 0.00 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 42:10 1.63 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 17:06 1.31 2
  • ► Jason Zucker scores at 0:44 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (1-0)
  • ► Beck Malenstyn scores at 14:58 in the 1st period 0.38 xG (2-0)
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 2:25 in the 2nd period 0.37 xG (3-0)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 3:56 in the 2nd period 0.07 xG (3-1)
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 11:20 in the 2nd period 0.09 xG (3-2)
  • ► Peyton Krebs scores at 19:16 in the 3rd period (4-2)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.71 1 0 1 16 10:47 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.45 0 0 0 17 13:21 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.38 1 0 1 19 11:41 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.34 0 0 0 17 11:25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.32 0 1 1 19 14:18 2 -1 6 0 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.25 1 1 2 21 20:14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.25 0 0 0 26 19:46 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.23 0 1 1 23 16:57 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.20 0 0 0 19 17:44 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.18 0 0 0 21 15:54 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.17 0 0 0 18 18:50 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.15 1 0 1 20 17:00 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.15 0 0 0 17 13:09 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.10 1 0 1 20 17:56 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.09 0 1 1 13 09:36 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.07 0 1 1 28 20:53 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.05 0 1 1 23 17:14 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.04 0 0 0 14 10:02 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.01 0 0 0 20 13:20 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 18 10:57 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.00 0 0 0 22 15:26 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 1 0 1 16 10:38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.00 0 1 1 18 13:02 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.00 0 0 0 17 15:25 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.26 0 0 0 31 23:26 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.25 0 1 1 30 23:53 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.15 0 0 0 28 22:53 1 -2 4 0 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.14 0 0 0 25 24:14 4 -3 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.11 0 0 0 18 12:04 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.09 0 0 0 28 27:21 1 +3 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.06 0 0 0 25 18:53 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.03 0 1 1 31 23:03 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.00 0 0 0 23 14:17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.00 0 0 0 10 09:06 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.00 0 0 0 29 26:25 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 10 06:17 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +2.75% 0.941 0.9 2 32 60:00 34 W 0
MTL Samuel Montembeault (G) -4.33% 0.813 -0.7 3 13 58:33 16 L 0