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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
7:00 PM ET
Centre Bell (ESPN)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
3 – 2
Final
Montreal Canadiens
 MTL
48% xGF%
52% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 3.21 goals MTL was expected to score 3.44 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 4:36 0.58 2 13:49 1.48 1
Even Strength 41:35 2.59 1 41:35 1.96 1
Penalty Kill 13:49 0.04 0 4:36 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 18:55 1.12 0 7:13 0.31 0
Tied 33:52 1.74 2 33:52 1.79 1
Down 1 7:13 0.36 1 18:55 1.35 1
  • ► Mattias Samuelsson scores at 6:32 in the 1st period 0.11 xG (1-0)
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 10:08 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (1-1)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 19:47 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (1-2)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 7:00 in the 2nd period 0.00 xG (2-2)
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 4:41 in the 3rd period 0.21 xG (3-2)
  • ► 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
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.90 0 1 1 21 23:10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.83 1 0 1 21 14:26 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.63 0 0 0 17 12:53 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.47 1 0 1 22 14:21 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.42 0 0 0 26 21:58 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.42 1 0 1 22 21:21 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.36 0 0 0 17 14:06 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.35 0 0 0 18 12:14 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.25 0 0 0 17 10:52 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.25 0 0 0 24 24:34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.23 0 0 0 23 16:35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.17 0 1 1 19 18:45 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.14 0 1 1 17 12:47 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.14 1 1 2 24 19:14 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.10 0 0 0 23 15:47 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.08 0 0 0 22 14:42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.06 0 0 0 16 12:59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.04 0 0 0 16 09:35 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.02 0 0 0 14 08:51 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.00 0 0 0 15 09:39 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 16 09:58 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.00 0 1 1 21 12:41 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.00 0 0 0 11 06:42 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.00 0 2 2 25 15:30 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.21 0 0 0 24 21:38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.17 0 0 0 22 22:01 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.14 1 0 1 27 23:47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.08 0 0 0 26 24:09 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.06 0 0 0 20 15:16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.06 0 0 0 22 20:42 2 -1 6 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.04 0 1 1 26 19:29 2 +1 4 0 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.02 0 1 1 26 28:02 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.01 0 0 0 22 17:00 0 +1 6 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.00 0 0 0 29 23:43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.00 0 0 0 6 03:46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Luke Schenn (D) 0.00 0 0 0 13 07:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +4.79% 0.933 1.4 2 28 60:00 30 W 0
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +0.97% 0.864 0.2 3 19 57:17 22 L 0