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Saturday, December 9, 2023 (7:00 PM ET)
KeyBank Center | MSG-B
Montreal Canadiens MTL
3-2
Final/SO
BUF Buffalo Sabres
39% xGF Expected Goals Share 61% xGF
MTL was expected to score 3.25 goals BUF was expected to score 4.98 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 5 2 Cumulative xG MTL BUF Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • No goals this period End of Period 1
  • ► Jayden Struble scores at 12:59 in the 2nd period 0.04 xG (1-0)
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 13:13 in the 2nd period 0.06 xG (2-0) End of Period 2
  • ► Jeff Skinner scores at 1:06 in the 3rd period 0.16 xG (2-1)
  • Kyle Okposo scores at 6:36 in the 3rd period 0.17 xG (2-2) End of Period 3
  • No goals this period End of OT
  • MTL wins in the shootout End of Game
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xG by State
Montreal Canadiens
Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 9:20 1.04 1 14:04 1.34 0
Even Strength 41:36 2.10 1 41:36 3.64 2
Short-Handed 14:04 0.10 0 9:20 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 7:53 0.28 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 5:44 0.21 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 51:08 2.75 1 51:08 3.83 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 5:44 0.55 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 7:53 0.59 1
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Jeff Skinner (L) 0.97 1 0 1 23 23:25 7 +1 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.85 0 0 0 24 21:47 9 0 0 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.78 1 0 1 22 15:28 6 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.76 0 0 0 19 18:10 2 -1 5 0
BUF Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.76 0 0 0 25 27:01 5 +1 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.52 0 0 0 21 16:58 4 -1 0 0
BUF Victor Olofsson (L) 0.42 0 0 0 16 11:36 2 0 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.27 0 0 0 22 18:50 3 -1 0 0
MTL Joel Armia (R) 0.26 0 0 0 21 14:33 1 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.21 0 0 0 22 18:37 1 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.20 1 0 1 24 22:26 3 0 0 1
BUF Eric Robinson (L) 0.16 0 0 0 9 06:32 2 0 15 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.16 0 1 1 28 24:03 2 +1 2 0
MTL Christian Dvorak (C) 0.15 0 0 0 24 17:21 3 0 2 0
MTL Sean Monahan (C) 0.13 0 1 1 22 18:40 1 -1 0 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.12 0 0 0 22 19:42 5 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Jost (C) 0.11 0 0 0 12 09:03 1 +1 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.10 0 0 0 19 11:15 1 +1 0 0
MTL Jesse Ylonen (R) 0.07 0 0 0 14 09:44 0 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.06 0 0 0 16 12:52 2 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.00 0 0 0 24 21:21 0 -1 0 0
BUF Isak Rosen (R) 0.00 0 0 0 6 04:12 0 0 0 0
MTL Tanner Pearson (L) 0.00 0 0 0 6 02:50 0 0 0 0
MTL Mitchell Stephens (C) 0.00 0 0 0 13 07:54 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Connor Clifton (D) 0.23 0 1 1 16 13:21 1 +1 5 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.19 0 0 0 28 29:28 5 +1 0 0
BUF Erik Johnson (D) 0.19 0 0 0 18 11:01 1 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.15 0 0 0 25 20:46 3 +1 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.12 0 0 0 25 23:54 1 -1 0 0
MTL Johnathan Kovacevic (D) 0.09 0 1 1 26 20:50 1 +1 2 0
MTL Gustav Lindstrom (D) 0.08 0 0 0 19 15:09 1 -1 2 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.04 1 0 1 18 14:27 1 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.03 0 0 0 24 22:46 2 0 2 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.01 0 1 1 28 29:48 2 0 0 0
MTL Justin Barron (D) 0.01 0 0 0 26 21:30 1 -1 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.00 0 0 0 26 22:03 0 -1 4 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Cayden Primeau (G) +4.80% 0.958 3.0 2 46 64:37 48 W 0
BUF Devon Levi (G) +2.65% 0.936 1.2 2 29 65:00 31 O 0