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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

2nd Round, Game 4 · May 12, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 22
Montréal Canadiens 2 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:32 BUF Mattias Samuelsson (3) Josh Norris (1), Josh Doan (6) 1 - 0
10:08 MTL Alex Newhook (6) Jake Evans (5), Ivan Demidov (4) 1 - 1
19:47 MTL Cole Caufield (3) PP Juraj Slafkovský (2), Lane Hutson (8) 1 - 2
2nd Period
07:00 BUF Tage Thompson (4) PP Rasmus Dahlin (5) 2 - 2
3rd Period
04:41 BUF Zach Benson (4) PP Josh Doan (7), Tage Thompson (7) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:28 MTL Alexandre Carrier Tripping 2
12:06 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Interference 2
14:57 BUF Jason Zucker Roughing 2
17:25 BUF Peyton Krebs Roughing 2
17:25 MTL Zachary Bolduc Roughing 2
19:19 BUF Tage Thompson Cross checking 2
2nd Period
02:23 BUF Bowen Byram High sticking 2
05:56 MTL Alexandre Carrier High sticking double minor 4
11:21 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Interference 2
18:31 BUF Bowen Byram High sticking double minor 4
3rd Period
03:47 MTL Jake Evans Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 47 38 22 3 3.3 39.7
Montréal Canadiens 72 45 31 2 3.4 60.3

How the game went

1050510152025Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.4 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:32 of 1st, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 7:00 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 4:41 of 3rd, a 18% chanceMTL goal, 10:08 of 1st, a 26% chanceMTL goal, 19:47 of 1st, a 22% chanceMTL 3.4BUF 3.3

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
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs9:1046.750.50-0
Jason Zucker · Jack Quinn · Konsta Helenius8:3754.582.30-0
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Zach Benson8:1112.529.61-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Ryan McLeod3:0850.015.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power6:1455.660.90-0
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram5:035.94.40-0
Conor Timmins · Mattias Samuelsson4:200.00.00-0

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
72 Tage Thompson C 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 19:14 0.16 9-12 0.30-0.38
91 Josh Doan R 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 15:30 3-18 0.18-0.52
6 Zach Benson L 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:21 0.35 6-16 0.47-0.39
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 23:47 0.17 11-15 0.61-0.76
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:41 2-14 0.16-0.39
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 1 4 2 2 19:29 0.06 13-22 0.82-0.41
2 Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:04 4-4 0.41-0.06
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:58 3-5 0.09-0.53
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:14 0.18 12-13 1.29-0.47
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:47 0.12 12-12 0.53-0.41
21 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:38 0.14 9-14 0.60-0.41
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:06 0.58 13-14 1.41-0.33
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 6 2 0 20:42 0.08 9-25 0.52-1.26
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:43 16-15 1.43-0.78
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 10:52 0.27 5-5 0.27-0.66
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:35 0.08 3-3 0.09-0.48
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 21:58 0.49 10-10 0.33-0.32
94 Konsta Helenius C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:53 0.59 15-18 1.46-0.58
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 31 29 2 60:00 3.15 +1.15

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský9:1684.259.10-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier7:5454.526.20-0
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov6:5662.567.31-0
Joseph Veleno · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc3:5633.34.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson10:2070.663.30-1
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier9:0737.545.81-0
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson4:5392.993.80-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 21:21 0.60 16-3 0.40-0.28
15 Alex Newhook C 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 14:26 0.81 12-8 0.91-0.43
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 23:10 0.75 16-4 0.40-0.30
48 Lane Hutson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 28:02 0.01 16-9 0.48-0.40
71 Jake Evans C 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 12:47 0.22 12-7 0.87-0.43
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:45 0.14 10-6 0.85-0.41
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 22:01 0.19 22-11 1.09-0.75
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:34 0.18 17-6 0.42-0.42
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:35 0.26 16-14 0.47-1.10
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:16 0.05 15-12 0.56-1.21
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:42 0.03 15-11 0.46-0.96
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 17:00 0.01 11-14 0.63-1.06
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 24:09 0.06 30-12 0.90-0.75
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:46 0-6 0.00-0.41
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 09:39 5-6 0.10-0.22
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:51 0.03 4-7 0.10-0.49
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:59 0.08 14-12 0.34-0.98
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:42 4-7 0.14-0.39
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes L 22 19 3 57:17 3.00 +0.00