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Saturday, October 17, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
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BUF
Buffalo Sabres
3 – 4
Final/OT
Montreal Canadiens
 MTL
40% xGF%
60% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 2.75 goals MTL was expected to score 4.09 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 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 6:45 0.58 0 7:07 1.09 1
Even Strength 47:02 1.98 2 47:02 2.75 3
Penalty Kill 7:07 0.19 1 6:45 0.25 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 2:13 0.10 0
Up 1 3:24 0.01 0 33:58 2.66 1
Tied 21:19 1.00 1 21:19 0.98 2
Down 1 33:58 1.37 1 3:24 0.36 1
Down 2+ 2:13 0.37 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Josh Norris scores at 8:21 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-0)
  • ► Zachary Bolduc scores at 11:45 in the 1st period 0.15 xG (1-1)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 14:01 in the 1st period 0.04 xG (1-2)
  • ► Alexandre Texier scores at 7:39 in the 2nd period 0.09 xG (1-3)
  • ► Jack Quinn scores at 9:52 in the 2nd period 0.19 xG (2-3)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 10:12 in the 3rd period 0.20 xG (3-3)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 0:54 in the OT period 0.18 xG (3-4)
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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
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.71 2 0 2 22 18:03 5 +2 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.64 0 1 1 24 20:49 2 +1 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.63 1 0 1 23 14:30 4 -1 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.58 0 1 1 24 21:17 3 +1 2 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.51 1 0 1 17 14:48 5 0 0 1
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.45 0 0 0 19 16:21 2 -2 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.40 1 0 1 23 19:19 5 -1 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.34 0 2 2 19 17:51 1 +1 2 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.32 0 0 0 18 14:22 2 -2 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.30 1 0 1 22 21:30 2 +1 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.22 1 0 1 18 11:29 2 0 2 0
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.16 0 1 1 23 13:00 0 +1 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.14 0 0 0 17 11:40 3 0 2 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.14 0 1 1 16 09:11 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.10 0 0 0 22 19:44 1 0 4 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.10 0 1 1 22 15:14 1 0 0 0
MTL Chris Kreider (L) 0.10 0 0 0 17 14:06 2 -2 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.08 0 0 0 21 15:06 0 +1 0 0
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.05 0 0 0 15 11:37 1 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 16 12:12 0 0 0 0
BUF Justin Danforth (R) 0.00 0 0 0 12 08:34 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.00 0 0 0 22 14:35 0 -1 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 13:29 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 0 0 13 09:04 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.26 0 0 0 26 21:16 3 -2 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.17 0 0 0 27 26:38 3 0 2 0
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.12 0 0 0 25 20:47 4 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.12 0 0 0 25 27:39 3 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.07 0 1 1 28 26:59 2 +1 2 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.06 0 0 0 16 12:29 1 -1 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.04 0 2 2 26 22:08 1 +2 0 0
MTL David Reinbacher (D) 0.02 0 0 0 13 09:09 1 -1 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.02 0 0 0 17 14:57 1 0 0 0
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.01 0 0 0 18 14:12 0 0 0 0
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.00 0 0 0 14 11:31 0 0 2 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.00 0 1 1 27 23:21 0 +1 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +0.27% 0.882 0.1 4 30 60:01 34 O 0
MTL Jacob Fowler (G) -0.98% 0.885 -0.3 3 23 60:54 26 W 0