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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

2nd Round, Game 2 · May 8, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 5 28
Buffalo Sabres 1 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:36 MTL Alex Newhook (2) Kaiden Guhle (5), Lane Hutson (5) 1 - 0
04:27 MTL Mike Matheson (1) Phillip Danault (2) 2 - 0
2nd Period
04:47 MTL Alex Newhook (3) Jake Evans (2), Noah Dobson (1) 3 - 0
19:22 BUF Zach Benson (3) Conor Timmins (1), Josh Doan (4) 3 - 1
3rd Period
03:54 MTL Alexandre Carrier (1) Unassisted 4 - 1
15:59 MTL Nick Suzuki (3) Josh Anderson (2) 5 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:34 MTL Alexandre Carrier Tripping 2
11:47 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Interference 2
19:50 BUF Josh Doan Interference 2
2nd Period
02:43 MTL Alexandre Carrier Hooking 2
05:33 MTL Arber Xhekaj Slashing 2
09:36 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Tripping 2
14:38 MTL Team Too many men on the ice 2
17:04 MTL Kaiden Guhle Roughing 2
17:04 BUF Logan Stanley Roughing 2
3rd Period
13:08 BUF Bowen Byram Elbowing 2
17:18 MTL Josh Anderson Cross checking 2
17:18 MTL Josh Anderson Misconduct 10
18:34 BUF Zach Benson Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 58 45 28 5 4.3 44.3
Buffalo Sabres 63 44 29 1 2.2 55.7

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadMontréal Canadiens 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 4.3 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.2 expected, 1 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 1:36 of 1st, a 7% chanceMTL goal, 4:27 of 1st, a 1% chanceMTL goal, 4:47 of 2nd, a 32% chanceMTL goal, 3:54 of 3rd, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 15:59 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 19:22 of 2nd, a 8% chanceMTL 4.3BUF 2.2

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

Montréal Canadiens
Buffalo Sabres

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský8:3347.478.30-0
Joseph Veleno · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc7:0625.047.50-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier6:5233.338.81-0
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov6:1661.595.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier10:4542.968.92-0
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson5:3640.072.80-0
Kaiden Guhle · Lane Hutson4:0255.688.51-0

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
15 Alex Newhook C 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 16:46 0.70 9-7 0.68-0.05
8 Mike Matheson D 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 26:44 0.25 14-18 1.09-0.44
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 20:03 0.54 9-16 0.78-0.36
45 Alexandre Carrier D 1 0 1 4 4 1 2 19:38 0.10 13-16 0.97-0.41
17 Josh Anderson R 0 1 1 2 12 0 1 14:29 0.33 8-14 0.45-0.41
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 20:56 0.03 11-18 0.86-0.47
24 Phillip Danault C 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 14:33 0.08 11-13 0.59-0.25
48 Lane Hutson D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:54 0.14 15-17 1.34-0.33
53 Noah Dobson D 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 16:20 0.15 15-19 1.00-0.37
71 Jake Evans C 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16:32 0.21 9-7 0.68-0.17
13 Cole Caufield R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:06 0.78 11-14 0.97-0.36
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:56 0.19 11-12 0.93-0.22
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 09:32 0.11 6-4 0.40-0.18
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:02 0.05 5-10 0.40-0.27
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:18 0.35 6-9 0.45-0.27
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 09:21 7-12 0.40-0.36
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:32 0.08 8-10 0.70-0.27
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:18 0.17 9-5 0.42-0.02
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 29 28 1 60:00 1.99 +0.99

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Zach Benson10:3070.054.81-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs5:1022.21.00-1
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Ryan McLeod3:1785.764.70-1
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak3:1642.915.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power10:3066.748.50-2
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin9:3838.914.20-0
Logan Stanley · Conor Timmins5:1457.10.40-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
6 Zach Benson L 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 19:25 0.12 15-7 0.40-0.48
21 Conor Timmins D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:08 8-7 0.20-0.60
91 Josh Doan R 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 16:28 0.24 14-7 0.39-0.47
8 Logan Stanley D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 10:27 0.00 9-9 0.15-0.75
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 17:39 0.28 14-8 0.39-0.66
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:55 0.02 5-8 0.18-0.35
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 11:08 0.18 12-8 0.17-0.96
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 12:25 0.01 14-11 0.25-0.61
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:30 0.14 11-11 0.21-0.75
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 19:47 11-14 0.20-0.93
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 21:27 0.01 20-12 0.57-0.85
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 20:18 0.02 27-11 0.75-0.61
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 22:17 0.26 13-19 0.21-1.55
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:11 3-4 0.02-0.09
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:02 0.15 6-7 0.18-0.51
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:17 0.15 13-9 0.38-0.82
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -4 0 1 6 18:38 0.18 13-11 0.25-1.02
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -3 0 6 2 20:19 0.41 12-12 0.30-0.98
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Alex Lyon L 27 23 4 58:13 3.83 -0.17