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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Oct 20, 2025 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 32
Montréal Canadiens 4 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:29 MTL Oliver Kapanen (4) Ivan Demidov (4), Alex Newhook (2) 0 - 1
2nd Period
06:51 BUF Jiri Kulich (2) Zach Benson (6) 1 - 1
3rd Period
02:57 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (3) Noah Dobson (3), Nick Suzuki (8) 1 - 2
11:38 MTL Lane Hutson (1) Alex Newhook (3) 1 - 3
12:30 BUF Tyson Kozak (1) Jack Quinn (1), Rasmus Dahlin (5) 2 - 3
19:29 MTL Jake Evans (1) Nick Suzuki (9) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:09 MTL Juraj Slafkovský Roughing 2
16:09 BUF Zach Metsa Roughing 2
2nd Period
10:49 MTL Brendan Gallagher Slashing 2
3rd Period
08:12 BUF Zach Benson Tripping 2
15:16 MTL Juraj Slafkovský Roughing 2
15:16 BUF Tage Thompson Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 75 51 32 2 4.2 55.5
Montréal Canadiens 57 47 32 4 3.9 44.5

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdMontréal Canadiens aheadBuffalo Sabres ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 4.2 expected, 2 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.9 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:51 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 12:30 of 3rd, a 34% chanceMTL goal, 8:29 of 1st, a 13% chanceMTL goal, 2:57 of 3rd, a 30% chanceMTL goal, 11:38 of 3rd, a 12% chanceMTL goal, 19:29 of 3rd, a 48% chanceBUF 4.2MTL 3.9

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres
Montréal Canadiens

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tage Thompson · Jiri Kulich · Zach Benson14:0555.249.61-1
Alex Tuch · Ryan McLeod · Josh Doan11:4459.069.00-0
Jason Zucker · Peyton Krebs · Jack Quinn8:1750.026.70-1
Mason Geertsen · Josh Dunne · Tyson Kozak4:5171.475.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Conor Timmins · Owen Power11:2257.165.60-2
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram9:5448.454.91-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin5:3975.050.40-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
20 Jiri Kulich C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:00 0.21 18-14 0.75-0.71
48 Tyson Kozak C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 10:59 0.40 14-7 0.83-0.17
6 Zach Benson L 0 1 1 -1 2 7 1 21:11 0.50 18-13 0.84-0.70
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:17 0.10 12-9 0.54-0.42
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 26:52 0.40 29-19 1.81-1.46
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:35 0.02 6-13 0.13-0.90
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:29 0.01 11-13 0.66-0.90
21 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:47 0.02 17-14 0.87-0.55
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:13 0.05 19-16 0.91-0.85
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:07 0.14 24-26 1.63-1.28
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 21:17 0.22 21-13 1.11-0.45
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:35 0.24 5-3 0.24-0.08
55 Mason Geertsen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:27 5-2 0.24-0.08
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:58 0.17 27-19 1.79-0.78
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 20:18 0.61 17-15 0.71-0.85
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 09:02 12-10 0.54-0.44
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:08 0.47 25-23 1.77-1.20
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:53 0.68 25-16 1.81-0.74
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Alex Lyon L 31 28 3 57:52 2.91 -0.09

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský12:4559.165.21-0
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Jake Evans10:1545.935.50-0
Alex Newhook · Oliver Kapanen · Ivan Demidov8:1540.041.21-1
Joseph Veleno · Zachary Bolduc · Owen Beck6:4437.519.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson15:0462.174.21-0
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson10:2635.530.01-0
Alexandre Carrier · Arber Xhekaj8:0025.019.91-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 21:37 0.26 16-17 0.88-0.63
15 Alex Newhook C 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 15:44 0.00 6-10 0.41-0.76
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 0 1 1 4 3 3 17:17 0.48 15-13 0.90-0.61
48 Lane Hutson D 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 19:59 0.13 13-26 0.66-1.69
71 Jake Evans C 1 0 1 1 0 8 2 18:16 0.37 22-25 1.09-1.81
91 Oliver Kapanen C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 12:34 0.27 5-9 0.32-0.42
53 Noah Dobson D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:46 0.07 18-12 1.05-0.41
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:27 0.11 7-8 0.50-0.42
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 15:46 0.27 20-28 0.88-1.77
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 26:30 0.01 22-18 1.14-0.66
13 Cole Caufield R 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 17:48 0.17 13-13 0.86-0.47
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 15:55 0.29 24-23 1.23-1.57
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:36 0.13 15-23 0.67-1.38
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:09 0.18 23-26 1.22-1.82
62 Owen Beck C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:01 0.04 6-10 0.11-0.46
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:08 0.01 7-17 0.28-0.91
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:03 0.24 6-15 0.11-0.76
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:27 7-12 0.23-0.64
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 32 30 2 59:57 4.06 +2.06