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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

2nd Round, Game 5 · May 14, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 6 26
Buffalo Sabres 3 36

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:00 BUF Jason Zucker (1) Jack Quinn (4), Conor Timmins (2) 0 - 1
06:31 MTL Cole Caufield (4) Nick Suzuki (7), Juraj Slafkovský (3) 1 - 1
07:45 BUF Josh Doan (3) Owen Power (5) 1 - 2
07:54 MTL Alexandre Texier (3) Alexandre Carrier (3), Phillip Danault (4) 2 - 2
10:15 BUF Konsta Helenius (1) Mattias Samuelsson (2), Rasmus Dahlin (6) 2 - 3
2nd Period
08:01 MTL Josh Anderson (3) Lane Hutson (9), Phillip Danault (5) 3 - 3
16:15 MTL Jake Evans (1) Ivan Demidov (5), Alex Newhook (2) 4 - 3
17:33 MTL Nick Suzuki (4) PP Juraj Slafkovský (4), Lane Hutson (10) 5 - 3
3rd Period
03:32 MTL Ivan Demidov (1) PP Juraj Slafkovský (5), Nick Suzuki (8) 6 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
12:51 MTL Juraj Slafkovský High sticking 2
17:23 BUF Tage Thompson Cross checking 2
3rd Period
02:09 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Cross checking 2
16:32 MTL Josh Anderson Slashing 2
16:32 BUF Bowen Byram Cross checking 2
16:32 MTL Lane Hutson Cross checking 2
17:50 BUF Zach Benson Misconduct 10
17:50 MTL Alex Newhook Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 50 39 26 6 3.1 39.8
Buffalo Sabres 85 57 36 3 3.8 60.2

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.1 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.8 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 6:31 of 1st, a 31% chanceMTL goal, 7:54 of 1st, a 9% chanceMTL goal, 8:01 of 2nd, a 14% chanceMTL goal, 16:15 of 2nd, a 32% chanceMTL goal, 17:33 of 2nd, a 17% chanceMTL goal, 3:32 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 2:00 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 7:45 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 10:15 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF 3.8MTL 3.1

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 Slafkovský14:2422.023.61-1
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier10:4555.064.82-0
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov9:5831.858.11-0
Joseph Veleno · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc7:3961.167.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier14:0739.443.70-1
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson12:3656.755.73-2
Alexandre Carrier · Kaiden Guhle4:5736.475.61-0

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
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 20:45 0.17 14-32 0.82-1.80
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 3 3 -1 2 2 1 19:17 0.26 10-33 0.68-1.87
93 Ivan Demidov R 1 1 2 0 0 5 2 14:44 0.68 10-18 1.04-0.77
24 Phillip Danault C 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 16:00 0.04 12-11 0.53-0.39
48 Lane Hutson D 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 20:33 0.02 21-23 1.58-1.43
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:48 0.42 10-32 0.64-1.80
17 Josh Anderson R 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 14:29 0.14 11-9 0.53-0.29
71 Jake Evans C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17:50 0.32 8-15 0.96-0.59
85 Alexandre Texier L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:27 0.34 13-11 0.80-0.39
15 Alex Newhook C 0 1 1 1 10 0 1 16:15 0.05 8-17 0.81-0.68
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 23:27 0.02 17-27 1.04-0.83
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 26:18 0.05 20-32 0.88-1.37
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:38 0.00 9-24 0.67-0.93
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:20 0.10 20-23 1.34-1.53
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:16 3-7 0.10-0.27
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:52 0.10 14-8 0.55-0.31
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 09:05 0.26 14-8 0.55-0.26
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:56 0.12 11-10 0.49-0.40
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 36 33 3 60:00 3.52 +0.52

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Zach Benson14:5371.168.11-1
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs9:2229.424.10-1
Jason Zucker · Jack Quinn · Konsta Helenius7:0343.870.12-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Ryan McLeod6:2666.763.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin11:5055.958.81-1
Bowen Byram · Owen Power10:5775.082.71-0
Conor Timmins · Owen Power3:5057.111.20-1

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
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:35 0.17 14-13 0.80-0.56
91 Josh Doan R 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 21:32 0.24 27-15 1.29-0.84
94 Konsta Helenius C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:47 0.33 12-15 0.75-0.68
21 Conor Timmins D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 10:56 0.01 10-12 0.27-0.97
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 16:10 0.31 17-9 0.79-0.21
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 25:27 0.15 35-20 1.89-1.03
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 21:52 0.10 25-12 0.94-0.57
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 27:28 0.54 26-26 1.54-1.61
2 Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:01 10-4 0.19-0.12
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 21:04 0.30 33-12 1.59-0.73
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 20:32 0.61 35-13 1.59-0.61
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:03 0.01 8-6 0.19-0.55
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:46 0.18 12-15 0.45-1.42
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 21:47 0.23 30-16 1.52-1.32
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 09:21 0.14 8-3 0.19-0.10
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:23 0.17 12-3 0.48-0.10
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 20:05 0.24 12-15 0.62-1.41
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 16:59 0.12 14-16 0.82-1.21
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 23 18 5 40:00 2.44 -2.56
34 Alex Lyon 3 2 1 13:39 0.37 -0.63