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Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

2nd Round, Game 6 · May 16, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 8 36
Montréal Canadiens 3 22

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:32 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (3) Mattias Samuelsson (3), Zach Benson (4) 1 - 0
01:40 MTL Arber Xhekaj (1) Jake Evans (6) 1 - 1
08:12 MTL Ivan Demidov (2) PP Lane Hutson (11), Cole Caufield (5) 1 - 2
10:14 MTL Jake Evans (2) SH Mike Matheson (2) 1 - 3
13:56 BUF Jason Zucker (2) PP Josh Norris (2), Jack Quinn (5) 2 - 3
2nd Period
01:00 BUF Zach Benson (5) Tage Thompson (8), Bowen Byram (3) 3 - 3
10:54 BUF Jack Quinn (1) PP Rasmus Dahlin (7), Tage Thompson (9) 4 - 3
12:59 BUF Konsta Helenius (2) Jason Zucker (2), Rasmus Dahlin (8) 5 - 3
3rd Period
09:58 BUF Jack Quinn (2) PP Tage Thompson (10), Rasmus Dahlin (9) 6 - 3
14:12 BUF Tage Thompson (5) Unassisted 7 - 3
17:49 BUF Zach Metsa (1) PP Ryan McLeod (3), Rasmus Dahlin (10) 8 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:43 BUF Peyton Krebs Roughing 2
08:30 MTL Phillip Danault Hooking 2
09:50 MTL Jakub Dobes Slashing 2
09:50 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
11:47 MTL Mike Matheson High sticking double minor 4
17:17 BUF Josh Norris Tripping 2
17:17 MTL Lane Hutson Embellishment 2
2nd Period
07:08 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
10:10 MTL Alexandre Carrier Interference 2
15:55 BUF Alex Tuch Hooking 2
3rd Period
09:12 MTL Josh Anderson Slashing 2
17:16 MTL Arber Xhekaj Interference 2
17:16 MTL Arber Xhekaj Misconduct 10
17:20 MTL Jake Evans Roughing 2
17:20 BUF Josh Norris Slashing 2
17:20 BUF Zach Benson Misconduct 10
17:20 MTL Alexandre Carrier Misconduct 10
17:20 MTL Jake Evans Misconduct 10
17:52 MTL Kirby Dach Misconduct 10
17:52 BUF Peyton Krebs Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 59 50 36 8 4.5 55.4
Montréal Canadiens 55 35 22 3 2.5 44.6

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 4.5 expected, 8 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.5 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 0:32 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 13:56 of 1st, a 33% chanceBUF goal, 1:00 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 10:54 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 12:59 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 9:58 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 14:12 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 17:49 of 3rd, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 1:40 of 1st, a 5% chanceMTL goal, 8:12 of 1st, a 7% chanceMTL goal, 10:14 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF 4.5MTL 2.5

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 · Ryan McLeod · Josh Doan10:5357.979.70-0
Tage Thompson · Josh Norris · Zach Benson9:5973.386.61-0
Jason Zucker · Jack Quinn · Konsta Helenius9:2047.657.11-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs3:3040.011.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin9:1185.7100.01-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power7:4060.094.11-0
Conor Timmins · Bowen Byram4:0837.525.10-0

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
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 4 5 2 2 3 0 19:56 0.39 12-6 0.81-0.23
72 Tage Thompson C 1 3 4 3 0 6 3 18:14 0.69 13-6 0.98-0.31
22 Jack Quinn R 2 1 3 1 0 3 1 18:18 0.31 12-15 0.53-0.34
6 Zach Benson L 1 1 2 3 10 6 1 20:04 0.62 15-7 1.02-0.26
17 Jason Zucker L 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 13:29 0.46 11-13 0.49-0.34
73 Zach Metsa D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 12:19 0.08 6-12 0.13-0.37
94 Konsta Helenius C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:36 0.22 11-11 0.41-0.29
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 1 4 2 3 15:27 0.23 12-7 0.90-0.23
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:53 0.05 18-8 1.04-0.33
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 19:53 0.41 21-13 1.57-0.53
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:56 0.25 16-10 1.34-0.41
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:15 4-4 0.27-0.28
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 12 0 1 06:25 2-4 0.03-0.29
21 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:26 0.02 7-13 0.24-0.74
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:22 18-14 1.58-0.14
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:22 0.07 3-4 0.04-0.28
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 19:10 0.49 13-10 1.14-0.23
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:31 0.27 11-8 0.90-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 18 18 0 49:41 1.89 +1.89
34 Alex Lyon 4 1 3 10:14 0.37 -2.63

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský10:2653.318.60-1
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov8:2350.041.51-1
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier7:3430.80.00-1
Joseph Veleno · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc6:1725.022.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson14:2650.025.60-0
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier8:470.00.00-2
Kaiden Guhle · Arber Xhekaj4:5872.771.31-1

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
71 Jake Evans C 1 1 2 1 12 1 1 16:13 0.13 10-11 0.63-0.74
72 Arber Xhekaj D 1 0 1 0 12 1 3 07:12 0.05 8-5 0.48-0.29
93 Ivan Demidov R 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 17:14 0.62 10-8 0.64-0.58
8 Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 -2 4 0 3 22:05 9-17 0.24-0.92
13 Cole Caufield R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:01 0.40 8-7 0.17-0.72
48 Lane Hutson D 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 24:28 0.12 14-14 0.36-1.05
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:20 0.26 10-8 0.17-0.72
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:32 0.17 10-10 0.65-0.82
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:03 0.14 6-13 0.19-0.78
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:46 0.31 9-7 0.17-0.72
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:27 13-14 0.57-0.48
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 12:06 0.05 5-13 0.05-0.73
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -2 12 0 0 17:32 3-14 0.05-0.97
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25:22 0.06 20-18 0.64-1.43
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 13:39 0.04 10-13 0.21-0.60
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 -1 10 2 3 11:24 0.06 7-10 0.13-0.47
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:04 10-13 0.39-1.13
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:59 0.07 4-11 0.12-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes L 33 27 6 49:58 4.04 -1.96
32 Jacob Fowler 2 1 1 08:23 0.09 -0.91