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Monday, October 20, 2025 (7:30 PM ET)
Centre Bell | MSG-B
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
2 – 4
Final
Montreal Canadiens
 MTL
58% xGF%
42% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 4.21 goals MTL was expected to score 3.05 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG BUF MTL Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 4:08 0.61 0 2:03 0.21 0
Even Strength 53:49 3.60 2 53:49 2.84 3
Penalty Kill 2:03 0.00 0 4:08 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 34:02 1.76 1
Tied 24:35 1.25 0 24:35 1.28 2
Down 1 34:02 2.12 1 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 1:23 0.83 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Oliver Kapanen scores at 8:29 in the 1st period 0.15 xG (0-1)
  • ► Jiri Kulich scores at 6:51 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (1-1)
  • ► Juraj Slafkovský scores at 2:57 in the 3rd period 0.25 xG (1-2)
  • ► Lane Hutson scores at 11:38 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (1-3)
  • ► Tyson Kozak scores at 12:30 in the 3rd period 0.22 xG (2-3)
  • ► Jake Evans scores at 19:29 in the 3rd period (2-4)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
MTL MTL xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.67 0 0 0 25 20:18 3 -2 2 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.62 0 1 1 25 21:11 7 -1 2 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.56 0 0 0 21 15:53 2 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.55 1 0 1 22 17:17 3 +1 4 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.45 0 0 0 21 15:55 4 +2 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.44 0 0 0 26 20:08 2 -1 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.38 1 0 1 15 10:59 2 +1 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.38 1 0 1 22 18:16 8 +1 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.28 0 0 0 21 15:46 3 0 2 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.27 1 0 1 15 12:34 1 0 0 0
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.22 1 0 1 26 18:00 2 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.21 0 0 0 16 11:03 2 -1 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.20 0 0 0 26 19:58 2 -1 0 0
BUF Josh Dunne (C) 0.18 0 0 0 8 06:35 1 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.18 0 2 2 23 21:37 1 +2 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.12 0 0 0 21 17:48 1 +1 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.12 0 1 1 19 13:17 1 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.10 0 1 1 18 12:27 0 0 0 0
MTL Owen Beck (C) 0.03 0 0 0 12 08:01 0 -1 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.01 0 0 0 16 12:35 1 -2 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.01 0 0 0 18 13:29 1 -1 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.00 0 2 2 19 15:44 1 +1 0 0
BUF Mason Geertsen (L) 0.00 0 0 0 7 05:27 0 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.00 0 0 0 16 09:27 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.33 0 1 1 30 26:52 4 -1 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.26 0 0 0 28 21:17 2 -2 0 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.13 0 0 0 24 19:09 2 +1 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.13 1 0 1 23 19:59 2 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.12 0 0 0 24 18:36 1 +1 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.11 0 0 0 25 23:07 1 +1 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.08 0 1 1 23 20:46 3 +1 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.05 0 0 0 26 19:13 1 -1 0 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.02 0 0 0 24 18:47 0 -2 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.02 0 0 0 25 26:30 0 +2 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.01 0 0 0 16 13:08 0 -1 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.00 0 0 0 12 09:02 0 +1 2 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +6.90% 0.938 2.2 2 30 59:57 32 W 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +0.15% 0.903 0.0 3 28 57:52 31 L 0