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Saturday, May 16, 2026 (8:00 PM ET)
Centre Bell | ABC
Buffalo Sabres BUF
8-3
Final
MTL Montreal Canadiens
62% xGF Expected Goals Share 38% xGF
BUF was expected to score 4.04 goals MTL was expected to score 2.45 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG BUF MTL Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 0:32 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (1-0)
  • ► Arber Xhekaj scores at 1:40 in the 1st period 0.02 xG (1-1)
  • ► Ivan Demidov scores at 8:12 in the 1st period 0.09 xG (1-2)
  • ► Jake Evans scores at 10:14 in the 1st period 0.11 xG (1-3)
  • ► Jason Zucker scores at 13:56 in the 1st period 0.22 xG (2-3) End of Period 1
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 1:00 in the 2nd period 0.05 xG (3-3)
  • ► Jack Quinn scores at 10:54 in the 2nd period 0.05 xG (4-3)
  • ► Konsta Helenius scores at 12:59 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (5-3) End of Period 2
  • ► Jack Quinn scores at 9:58 in the 3rd period 0.09 xG (6-3)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 14:12 in the 3rd period (7-3)
  • ► Zach Metsa scores at 17:49 in the 3rd period 0.07 xG (8-3) End of Game
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xG by State
Buffalo Sabres
Montreal Canadiens
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 6:17 1.49 4 7:40 0.59 1
Even Strength 46:03 2.55 3 46:03 1.75 1
Short-Handed 7:40 0.00 0 6:17 0.11 1
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 27:01 0.91 2 3:42 0.00 0
Up 1 3:13 0.23 1 9:06 0.26 1
Tied 16:58 1.31 2 16:58 0.85 1
Down 1 9:06 0.89 1 3:13 0.25 1
Down 2+ 3:42 0.69 1 27:01 1.08 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.59 1 3 4 26 18:14 6 +3 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.55 1 1 2 27 20:04 6 +3 10 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.55 1 0 1 18 17:14 5 0 0 1
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.51 0 0 0 26 19:10 4 -1 2 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.41 0 1 1 18 16:01 2 -1 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.36 1 1 2 21 13:29 2 0 0 1
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.32 0 0 0 21 19:20 2 -1 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.29 0 0 0 19 17:46 3 -1 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.29 2 1 3 25 18:18 3 +1 0 2
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.29 0 1 1 29 21:56 1 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.25 0 1 1 25 15:27 2 +1 4 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.24 0 0 0 22 16:31 2 0 0 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.19 1 0 1 19 12:36 2 +1 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.18 0 0 0 22 16:32 3 -1 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.16 0 0 0 21 14:03 1 0 2 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.11 1 1 2 20 16:13 1 +1 12 0
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.07 0 0 0 16 11:24 2 -1 10 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.06 0 0 0 20 12:06 0 -1 2 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.04 0 0 0 13 09:59 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.04 0 0 0 17 13:39 0 -1 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.02 0 0 0 12 08:22 1 -1 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.00 0 0 0 20 13:04 0 -2 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 0 0 13 06:25 0 -1 12 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 13 08:15 0 -1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.34 1 4 5 25 19:56 3 +2 2 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.28 0 1 1 24 19:53 2 +1 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.14 0 1 1 27 24:28 1 0 2 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.07 0 0 0 27 25:22 1 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.07 1 0 1 15 12:19 1 -1 0 1
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.03 0 1 1 27 22:53 1 +1 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.02 1 0 1 9 07:12 1 0 12 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.01 0 0 0 19 17:26 0 +1 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 17:32 0 -2 12 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 22:22 0 +1 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 29 22:05 0 -2 4 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 19:27 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +6.67% 1.000 2.1 0 18 49:41 18 W 0
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) -4.45% 0.818 -2.0 6 27 49:58 33 L 0
MTL Jacob Fowler (G) -30.41% 0.500 -0.9 1 1 08:23 2 - 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) -65.43% 0.250 -2.6 3 1 10:14 4 - 0