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Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
KeyBank Center | TNT
Montreal Canadiens MTL
2-4
Final
BUF Buffalo Sabres
46% xGF Expected Goals Share 54% xGF
MTL was expected to score 2.55 goals BUF was expected to score 3.04 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG MTL BUF Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Josh Doan scores at 4:31 in the 1st period 0.25 xG (0-1)
  • ► Ryan McLeod scores at 13:26 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (0-2)
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 19:16 in the 1st period 0.27 xG (1-2) End of Period 1
  • ► Jordan Greenway scores at 3:32 in the 2nd period 0.03 xG (1-3)
  • ► Bowen Byram scores at 9:01 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (1-4)
  • ► Kirby Dach scores at 16:31 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (2-4) End of Period 2
  • No goals this period End of Game
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xG by State
Montreal Canadiens
Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 6:30 0.54 1 5:59 0.97 2
Even Strength 47:31 2.01 1 47:31 2.06 2
Short-Handed 5:59 0.00 0 6:30 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 42:18 1.81 1
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 13:11 0.57 2
Tied 4:31 0.13 0 4:31 0.66 1
Down 1 13:11 0.54 0 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 42:18 1.89 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 Josh Doan (R) 0.48 1 1 2 24 17:26 3 +1 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.46 0 0 0 17 15:19 1 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.43 0 0 0 22 19:16 1 -1 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.40 1 0 1 19 21:02 3 -1 2 1
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.39 0 1 1 18 19:41 4 -1 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.37 0 1 1 18 18:19 3 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.30 0 0 0 14 10:56 1 +1 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.24 0 0 0 20 16:52 4 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.22 0 2 2 23 16:56 1 +1 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.22 0 0 0 19 15:20 1 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.19 1 1 2 20 14:33 2 0 0 1
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.12 1 0 1 13 09:46 1 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.11 0 0 0 21 18:28 0 -1 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.10 0 0 0 20 15:49 2 0 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.09 0 0 0 18 19:08 2 -1 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.08 0 0 0 16 11:44 1 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.06 1 0 1 17 13:03 1 +1 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.04 0 0 0 10 08:33 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.02 0 0 0 17 14:15 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.00 0 0 0 17 15:46 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.00 0 0 0 21 17:08 0 +1 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.00 0 1 1 12 08:53 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:36 0 +1 2 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 0 0 17 14:02 0 -1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.57 0 0 0 23 21:04 4 +1 2 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.25 0 0 0 23 26:42 4 0 2 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.19 1 0 1 26 21:13 2 +1 0 1
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.14 0 0 0 24 18:45 0 -1 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.04 0 0 0 24 24:09 2 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.04 0 0 0 23 21:00 1 -1 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.02 0 0 0 20 18:22 0 0 2 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.01 0 0 0 11 07:42 0 0 0 0
BUF Logan Stanley (D) 0.00 0 0 0 16 12:52 0 0 0 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 19:39 0 -1 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 23 21:35 0 +1 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 18:41 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +1.38% 0.929 0.6 2 26 59:40 28 W 0
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) -3.11% 0.750 -1.0 4 12 56:48 16 L 0