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Monday, March 3, 2025 (7:00 PM ET)
Centre Bell | MSG-B
Buffalo Sabres BUF
3-4
Final/OT
MTL Montreal Canadiens
61% xGF Expected Goals Share 39% xGF
BUF was expected to score 4.76 goals MTL was expected to score 3.00 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 5 Cumulative xG BUF MTL Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 9:42 in the 1st period 0.18 xG (0-1)
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 11:41 in the 1st period 0.17 xG (0-2)
  • ► Juraj Slafkovský scores at 13:42 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (0-3) End of Period 1
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 18:07 in the 2nd period 0.20 xG (1-3) End of Period 2
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 3:24 in the 3rd period 0.02 xG (2-3)
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 18:59 in the 3rd period 0.06 xG (3-3) End of Period 3
  • ► Mike Matheson scores at 1:21 in the OT period 0.07 xG (3-4) End of Game
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xG by State
Buffalo Sabres
Montreal Canadiens
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 8:57 1.66 0 8:43 0.69 2
Even Strength 43:41 3.08 3 43:41 2.14 1
Short-Handed 8:43 0.01 0 8:57 0.17 1
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 31:43 1.23 1
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 17:34 0.71 1
Tied 12:04 0.22 0 12:04 1.06 2
Down 1 17:34 1.86 1 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 31:43 2.68 2 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 1.19 1 0 1 24 21:42 4 +1 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.68 1 3 4 21 20:11 4 -1 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.52 0 1 1 22 17:19 4 0 2 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.46 0 2 2 21 20:22 6 +1 2 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.44 0 0 0 17 14:16 3 -1 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.43 1 1 2 19 17:29 3 0 0 1
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.42 1 0 1 19 17:44 3 -1 0 1
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.36 0 0 0 17 11:31 2 0 0 0
MTL Emil Heineman (L) 0.32 0 0 0 17 13:20 0 -1 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.28 0 0 0 14 13:14 2 0 4 0
MTL Christian Dvorak (C) 0.25 0 0 0 21 15:48 1 0 2 0
BUF Sam Lafferty (C) 0.24 0 0 0 12 09:46 3 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.24 1 0 1 21 18:36 5 +1 0 0
MTL Joel Armia (R) 0.09 0 0 0 21 18:51 0 -1 0 0
MTL Patrik Laine (R) 0.06 0 0 0 14 13:03 1 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.04 0 0 0 18 12:04 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.03 0 0 0 15 11:14 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.00 0 0 0 21 15:28 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 21 17:05 0 +1 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 13:08 0 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.00 0 0 0 17 12:56 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.00 0 0 0 22 16:33 0 -1 0 0
MTL Owen Beck (C) 0.00 0 0 0 11 07:49 0 0 0 0
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.00 0 1 1 21 15:13 0 +1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.46 0 0 0 25 21:10 2 -1 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.36 1 0 1 30 25:34 6 +2 6 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.29 0 0 0 14 13:08 3 -1 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.23 0 0 0 31 24:59 1 +2 2 0
BUF Connor Clifton (D) 0.17 0 0 0 18 14:45 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.10 0 0 0 24 20:51 2 -2 2 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.07 1 1 2 24 28:22 1 0 0 0
MTL David Savard (D) 0.01 0 0 0 17 17:05 0 0 0 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 15:18 0 0 2 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.00 0 2 2 19 19:11 0 0 0 0
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.00 0 1 1 14 11:40 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 26 16:11 0 +1 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Samuel Montembeault (G) +2.88% 0.917 1.8 3 33 61:03 36 W 0
BUF James Reimer (G) -3.12% 0.800 -1.0 4 16 60:24 20 O 0