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Thursday, January 15, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
KeyBank Center | MSG-B
Montreal Canadiens MTL
3-5
Final
BUF Buffalo Sabres
52% xGF Expected Goals Share 48% xGF
MTL was expected to score 2.76 goals BUF was expected to score 2.52 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG MTL BUF Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 3:11 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-0)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 4:05 in the 1st period 0.11 xG (1-1)
  • ► Josh Doan scores at 10:30 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-2)
  • ► Ivan Demidov scores at 14:20 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (2-2) End of Period 1
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 3:05 in the 2nd period 0.18 xG (3-2)
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 8:55 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (3-3) End of Period 2
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 5:12 in the 3rd period 0.15 xG (3-4)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 18:20 in the 3rd period (3-5) End of Game
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xG by State
Montreal Canadiens
Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 5:21 0.45 2 5:41 0.68 2
Even Strength 48:58 2.31 1 48:58 1.83 2
Short-Handed 5:41 0.00 0 5:21 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 6:44 0.13 0 16:58 0.32 0
Tied 34:38 1.57 2 34:38 1.59 2
Down 1 16:58 1.05 1 6:44 0.61 2
Down 2+ 1:40 0.01 0 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 Tage Thompson (C) 0.53 3 2 5 25 20:43 3 +2 0 1
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.41 1 1 2 21 19:17 5 -1 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.40 0 0 0 17 13:45 3 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.32 0 0 0 15 08:45 2 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.30 1 1 2 24 22:17 2 -1 0 1
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.28 1 0 1 19 16:10 3 -1 0 1
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.28 0 0 0 20 16:02 3 0 2 0
MTL Sammy Blais (L) 0.28 0 0 0 12 07:29 2 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.27 0 0 0 16 10:58 3 0 2 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.25 0 2 2 19 17:21 3 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.24 1 0 1 25 18:44 1 +1 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.19 0 0 0 26 18:29 1 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.14 0 0 0 15 10:55 0 +1 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.13 1 1 2 19 16:55 1 +1 0 1
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.11 0 0 0 18 13:27 0 -1 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.10 0 0 0 17 12:04 0 -1 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.10 0 1 1 24 16:06 2 +1 2 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.09 0 0 0 20 18:14 1 -1 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.04 0 0 0 19 14:21 1 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.01 0 0 0 16 09:22 2 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 19 11:10 0 0 2 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.00 0 0 0 17 11:12 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.00 0 1 1 15 14:27 0 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 14:58 0 -2 2 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.30 0 1 1 33 27:39 2 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.15 0 0 0 32 25:24 4 +2 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.12 0 2 2 28 25:55 1 -1 2 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.10 0 0 0 30 23:04 3 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.04 0 0 0 26 22:32 0 0 2 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.04 0 0 0 18 14:56 0 0 2 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.03 0 0 0 23 21:00 0 -1 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.02 0 1 1 26 21:39 0 -1 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.01 0 0 0 33 25:05 1 +1 4 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.01 0 0 0 8 07:38 1 +1 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 8 06:02 0 0 2 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.00 0 0 0 13 10:29 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Colten Ellis (G) -0.66% 0.870 -0.2 3 20 59:47 23 W 0
MTL Jacob Fowler (G) -3.91% 0.846 -1.5 4 22 58:08 26 L 0