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Thursday, May 14, 2026
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (TNT)
MTL
Montreal Canadiens
6 – 3
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
44% xGF%
56% xGF%
MTL was expected to score 2.75 goals BUF was expected to score 3.45 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 1:33 0.20 2 8:21 0.62 0
Even Strength 50:06 2.54 4 50:06 2.83 3
Penalty Kill 8:21 0.00 0 1:33 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 22:27 0.38 1 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 1:18 0.10 1 22:26 1.07 0
Tied 13:49 1.45 1 13:49 0.42 3
Down 1 22:26 0.82 3 1:18 0.00 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 22:27 1.96 0
  • ► Jason Zucker scores at 2:00 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (0-1)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 6:31 in the 1st period 0.24 xG (1-1)
  • ► Josh Doan scores at 7:45 in the 1st period 0.02 xG (1-2)
  • ► Alexandre Texier scores at 7:54 in the 1st period 0.14 xG (2-2)
  • ► Konsta Helenius scores at 10:15 in the 1st period 0.06 xG (2-3)
  • ► Josh Anderson scores at 8:01 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (3-3)
  • ► Jake Evans scores at 16:15 in the 2nd period 0.30 xG (4-3)
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 17:33 in the 2nd period 0.10 xG (5-3)
  • ► Ivan Demidov scores at 3:32 in the 3rd period 0.10 xG (6-3)
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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 Norris (C) 0.65 0 0 0 27 20:32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.54 1 1 2 17 14:44 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.36 1 0 1 26 21:32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.35 1 0 1 21 16:48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.33 1 0 1 20 11:47 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.32 1 0 1 18 12:27 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.30 1 0 1 22 17:50 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.30 0 0 0 17 09:05 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.25 0 1 1 25 16:10 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.19 0 0 0 20 14:46 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.18 1 0 1 25 13:35 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.18 0 0 0 21 13:23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.17 0 3 3 24 19:17 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.16 0 0 0 25 21:04 1 0 10 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.16 0 0 0 26 20:05 3 -2 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.15 0 0 0 25 16:59 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.15 0 0 0 17 09:56 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.15 0 0 0 16 09:52 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.11 1 0 1 21 14:29 1 +2 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.10 1 2 3 23 20:45 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.07 0 2 2 23 16:00 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.04 0 1 1 21 16:15 0 +1 10 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.03 0 0 0 13 09:21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.01 0 0 0 13 10:03 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.30 0 1 1 30 27:28 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.21 0 0 0 26 21:47 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.14 0 1 1 26 25:27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.12 0 1 1 26 21:52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.07 0 0 0 31 20:20 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.04 0 0 0 28 26:18 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.02 0 2 2 27 20:33 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.01 0 1 1 34 23:27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.01 0 1 1 13 10:56 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 20:38 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.00 0 0 0 10 07:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Luke Schenn (D) 0.00 0 0 0 11 08:01 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +1.25% 0.917 0.4 3 33 60:00 36 W 0
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -11.45% 0.783 -2.6 5 18 40:00 23 L 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) -20.67% 0.667 -0.6 1 2 13:39 3 — 0