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Friday, May 8, 2026
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (TNT)
MTL
Montreal Canadiens
5 – 1
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
57% xGF%
43% xGF%
MTL was expected to score 3.65 goals BUF was expected to score 2.73 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG MTL BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Montreal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 9:49 0.83 0 9:47 1.21 0
Even Strength 40:24 2.66 4 40:24 1.51 1
Penalty Kill 9:47 0.16 0 9:49 0.01 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 55:33 3.41 2 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 2:51 0.13 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 1:36 0.11 1 1:36 0.00 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 2:51 0.05 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 55:33 2.68 1
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 1:36 in the 1st period 0.11 xG (1-0)
  • ► Mike Matheson scores at 4:27 in the 1st period 0.02 xG (2-0)
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 4:47 in the 2nd period 0.22 xG (3-0)
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 19:22 in the 2nd period 0.21 xG (3-1)
  • ► Alexandre Carrier scores at 3:54 in the 3rd period 0.09 xG (4-1)
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 15:59 in the 3rd period (5-1)
  • ► 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 PPP SHG GWG
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.55 0 0 0 16 11:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.54 2 0 2 18 16:46 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.54 0 0 0 18 17:06 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.49 0 0 0 22 20:19 6 -3 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.39 1 0 1 19 20:03 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.33 0 0 0 19 17:39 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.32 0 0 0 14 10:02 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.30 0 1 1 20 14:29 0 +2 12 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.28 0 1 1 21 16:28 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.25 0 0 0 20 18:38 1 -4 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.22 1 0 1 22 19:25 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.21 0 1 1 19 16:32 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.19 0 0 0 15 13:18 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.18 0 0 0 24 17:17 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.18 0 0 0 13 11:08 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.13 0 0 0 20 14:30 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.13 0 1 1 21 14:33 0 +3 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.12 0 0 0 18 17:56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.07 0 0 0 15 10:32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.03 0 0 0 17 12:02 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.02 0 0 0 17 12:25 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.01 0 0 0 15 12:55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 9 07:11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.00 0 0 0 14 09:21 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.27 0 0 0 24 22:17 5 -1 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.16 0 1 1 24 16:20 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.15 0 1 1 20 20:54 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.09 1 0 1 24 19:38 1 +4 4 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.08 1 0 1 25 26:44 3 +3 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.06 0 0 0 12 09:32 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.04 0 1 1 24 20:56 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.03 0 0 0 23 20:18 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.01 0 0 0 22 21:27 1 -3 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Logan Stanley (D) 0.00 0 0 0 16 10:27 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 21 19:47 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.00 0 1 1 19 18:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +5.96% 0.966 1.7 1 28 60:00 29 W 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) -1.30% 0.852 -0.4 4 23 58:13 27 L 0