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Saturday, January 31, 2026
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (NHLN)
MTL
Montreal Canadiens
4 – 2
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
42% xGF%
58% xGF%
MTL was expected to score 3.04 goals BUF was expected to score 4.23 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 4 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 5:11 0.51 1 8:52 1.21 2
Even Strength 45:57 2.53 2 45:57 3.02 0
Penalty Kill 8:52 0.00 0 5:11 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:48 0.00 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 25:15 0.87 0 5:18 0.26 0
Tied 28:39 1.20 2 28:39 2.04 1
Down 1 5:18 0.96 1 25:15 1.74 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 0:48 0.19 0
  • ► Juraj Slafkovský scores at 11:20 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (1-0)
  • ► Owen Power scores at 7:36 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (1-1)
  • ► Noah Ostlund scores at 18:56 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (1-2)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 4:14 in the 3rd period 0.13 xG (2-2)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 10:13 in the 3rd period 0.20 xG (3-2)
  • ► Oliver Kapanen scores at 19:12 in the 3rd period (4-2)
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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
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.84 0 0 0 19 17:22 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.67 0 0 0 20 18:40 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.55 1 0 1 19 17:28 7 +1 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.55 0 1 1 26 22:27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.49 2 1 3 20 15:39 5 +2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.38 0 0 0 19 16:51 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.36 0 1 1 24 22:21 5 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.26 0 0 0 20 17:28 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.25 0 0 0 22 16:31 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.20 0 0 0 22 18:11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.19 0 0 0 26 20:43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.15 0 0 0 25 17:36 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.14 0 0 0 12 10:10 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.13 1 0 1 18 13:16 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.09 0 1 1 17 12:29 1 +2 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.08 0 0 0 13 09:54 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.08 0 0 0 13 09:40 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.03 0 2 2 23 18:52 2 +3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.03 0 0 0 13 08:48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.01 1 0 1 21 17:30 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 12 06:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.00 0 0 0 14 10:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.00 0 0 0 12 10:33 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.00 0 0 0 16 12:11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.63 0 1 1 21 20:12 2 +1 4 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.40 1 0 1 27 24:02 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.20 0 0 0 24 21:50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.19 0 1 1 26 26:03 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.18 0 2 2 24 20:34 4 +3 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.10 0 1 1 25 20:17 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.05 0 0 0 26 27:31 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.01 0 0 0 23 19:29 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.01 0 0 0 21 20:26 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.00 0 0 0 12 08:53 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.00 0 0 0 11 10:46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.00 0 0 0 11 07:09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +5.88% 0.947 2.2 2 36 59:58 38 W 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +0.11% 0.900 0.0 3 27 57:43 30 L 0