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Monday, May 18, 2026
7:30 PM ET
KeyBank Center (ESPN)
MTL
Montreal Canadiens
3 – 2
Final/OT
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
44% xGF%
56% xGF%
MTL was expected to score 3.24 goals BUF was expected to score 4.11 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 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 1:55 0.19 1 4:08 0.11 0
Even Strength 65:19 3.05 2 65:19 4.00 2
Penalty Kill 4:08 0.00 0 1:55 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 18:50 0.79 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 23:07 0.99 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 29:25 1.47 2 29:25 1.05 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 23:07 1.93 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 18:50 1.13 1
  • ► Phillip Danault scores at 4:30 in the 1st period 0.24 xG (1-0)
  • ► Zachary Bolduc scores at 14:29 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (2-0)
  • ► Jordan Greenway scores at 13:19 in the 2nd period 0.25 xG (2-1)
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 6:27 in the 3rd period 0.04 xG (2-2)
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 11:22 in the OT period 0.02 xG (3-2)
  • ► 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
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.56 0 0 0 24 19:12 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.55 0 0 0 25 17:10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.50 0 0 0 26 21:16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.49 0 0 0 26 18:38 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.44 1 0 1 27 19:52 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.42 1 0 1 16 11:11 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.39 0 0 0 24 16:37 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.39 0 0 0 33 21:37 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.36 0 0 0 32 21:56 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.32 0 0 0 26 22:19 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.31 0 0 0 27 21:25 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.27 1 0 1 14 09:11 2 -1 0 1 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.24 1 0 1 26 17:16 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.22 0 0 0 32 24:07 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.22 0 0 0 25 16:39 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.17 0 0 0 26 23:07 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.16 0 1 1 28 20:39 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.16 0 1 1 24 17:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.13 0 1 1 33 29:30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.08 0 0 0 14 08:58 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.04 0 1 1 15 10:42 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.04 0 0 0 7 04:45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.01 0 0 0 16 11:13 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.00 0 0 0 30 22:33 0 +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) 0.21 1 0 1 40 33:11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.20 0 0 0 39 31:28 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.14 0 0 0 36 28:18 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.08 0 0 0 24 18:43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.08 0 1 1 34 28:47 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.07 0 1 1 33 31:17 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.04 0 0 0 36 26:30 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.03 0 0 0 5 01:52 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.02 0 1 1 35 28:35 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.01 0 1 1 31 22:52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.00 0 1 1 39 27:03 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.00 0 0 0 5 03:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +5.41% 0.949 2.1 2 37 71:22 39 W 0
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +0.97% 0.880 0.2 3 22 71:22 25 L 0