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Sunday, May 10, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
Centre Bell | ESPN
Buffalo Sabres BUF
2-6
Final
MTL Montreal Canadiens
43% xGF Expected Goals Share 57% xGF
BUF was expected to score 3.65 goals MTL was expected to score 4.77 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 Cumulative xG BUF MTL Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 0:53 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (1-0)
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 15:31 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (1-1) End of Period 1
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 6:05 in the 2nd period 0.18 xG (1-2)
  • ► Zachary Bolduc scores at 10:43 in the 2nd period 0.22 xG (1-3)
  • ► Juraj Slafkovský scores at 12:17 in the 2nd period 0.19 xG (1-4)
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 14:46 in the 2nd period 0.09 xG (2-4) End of Period 2
  • ► Kirby Dach scores at 8:46 in the 3rd period 0.15 xG (2-5)
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 15:14 in the 3rd period (2-6) End of Game
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xG by State
Buffalo Sabres
Montreal Canadiens
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 8:14 1.20 1 9:30 1.99 2
Even Strength 42:16 2.22 1 42:16 2.77 3
Short-Handed 9:30 0.23 0 8:14 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 29:17 1.87 2
Up 1 14:38 0.46 0 4:38 0.37 1
Tied 11:27 0.78 1 11:27 1.06 1
Down 1 4:38 0.10 0 14:38 1.47 1
Down 2+ 29:17 2.32 1 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.93 1 1 2 18 17:17 3 -1 0 1
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.65 0 0 0 22 18:07 3 -1 12 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.57 1 0 1 20 18:12 4 -1 0 1
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.53 0 1 1 16 14:39 3 +1 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.47 0 0 0 26 20:06 4 -2 2 0
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.44 1 0 1 17 12:12 4 +2 2 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.44 1 1 2 24 21:06 3 -2 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.43 0 1 1 21 19:44 4 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.40 0 0 0 22 13:45 2 0 2 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.33 0 0 0 18 15:26 4 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.33 0 1 1 20 15:32 4 0 4 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.33 2 0 2 22 16:43 4 +2 2 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.33 0 0 0 22 16:53 1 -1 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.28 0 1 1 17 14:52 1 +1 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.28 0 1 1 16 12:18 1 +1 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.22 0 0 0 19 15:28 1 -2 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.22 1 0 1 15 10:43 1 +1 16 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.18 0 2 2 19 13:12 3 +2 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.12 0 1 1 15 13:38 0 +1 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.09 0 0 0 20 13:51 2 -1 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.04 0 0 0 11 06:47 0 -1 0 0
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.03 0 0 0 11 06:17 2 0 2 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.02 0 0 0 16 12:15 0 0 2 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 18 13:31 0 0 2 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.31 0 0 0 25 20:32 2 -2 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.22 1 1 2 24 23:04 3 -2 2 1
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.11 0 0 0 25 23:05 1 0 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.08 0 0 0 9 07:10 2 0 2 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.04 0 2 2 24 20:35 1 +2 2 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 22 17:45 1 +1 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.00 0 1 1 26 24:31 0 +1 0 0
BUF Logan Stanley (D) 0.00 0 0 0 15 11:51 0 -1 12 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 17:22 0 -1 2 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 17:48 0 +1 14 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 26 25:06 0 +1 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 19:42 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +3.84% 0.929 1.7 2 26 59:53 28 W 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) -0.52% 0.861 -0.2 5 31 58:39 36 L 0