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Sunday, May 10, 2026
7:00 PM ET
Centre Bell (ESPN)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
2 – 6
Final
Montreal Canadiens
 MTL
41% xGF%
59% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 2.90 goals MTL was expected to score 4.22 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 8:14 1.06 1 9:30 2.16 2
Even Strength 42:16 1.72 1 42:16 2.07 3
Penalty Kill 9:30 0.12 0 8:14 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 29:17 1.78 2
Up 1 14:38 0.46 0 4:38 0.29 1
Tied 11:27 0.60 1 11:27 1.13 1
Down 1 4:38 0.13 0 14:38 1.02 1
Down 2+ 29:17 1.72 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 0:53 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (1-0)
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 15:31 in the 1st period 0.03 xG (1-1)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 6:05 in the 2nd period 0.16 xG (1-2)
  • ► Zachary Bolduc scores at 10:43 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (1-3)
  • ► Juraj Slafkovský scores at 12:17 in the 2nd period 0.18 xG (1-4)
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 14:46 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (2-4)
  • ► Kirby Dach scores at 8:46 in the 3rd period 0.21 xG (2-5)
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 15:14 in the 3rd period (2-6)
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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 Cole Caufield (R) 0.87 1 1 2 18 17:17 3 -1 0 1 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.71 1 0 1 20 18:12 4 -1 0 1 0 0 0
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.57 1 0 1 17 12:12 4 +2 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.48 0 0 0 22 18:07 3 -1 12 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.39 0 0 0 26 20:06 4 -2 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.35 0 1 1 16 14:39 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.34 1 1 2 24 21:06 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.30 0 0 0 18 15:26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.30 0 1 1 21 19:44 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.29 0 1 1 20 15:32 4 0 4 0 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.28 0 1 1 17 14:52 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.24 0 0 0 22 13:45 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.23 0 0 0 19 15:28 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.21 2 0 2 22 16:43 4 +2 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.20 0 1 1 16 12:18 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.20 0 0 0 22 16:53 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.12 1 0 1 15 10:43 1 +1 16 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.11 0 2 2 19 13:12 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.10 0 0 0 20 13:51 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.09 0 1 1 15 13:38 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.06 0 0 0 11 06:47 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.06 0 0 0 16 12:15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.04 0 0 0 11 06:17 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 18 13:31 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.21 1 1 2 24 23:04 3 -2 2 1 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.16 0 0 0 25 20:32 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.09 0 0 0 25 23:05 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.07 0 0 0 9 07:10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.04 0 2 2 24 20:35 1 +2 2 0 0 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 22 17:45 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 19:42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 26 25:06 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 17:48 0 +1 14 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.00 0 1 1 26 24:31 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Logan Stanley (D) 0.00 0 0 0 15 11:51 0 -1 12 0 0 0 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 17:22 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +3.22% 0.929 0.9 2 26 59:53 28 W 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) -2.16% 0.861 -0.8 5 31 58:39 36 L 0