BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
SO
W
W
W
W
L
L
W
W
L
Final
3—2
2026-05-12 · Bell Centre
MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
L
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
W
W
MTL controlled xG 3.4 to 2.9 but BUF won on execution

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
BUF xG
2.86
ACTUAL
3 — 2
MTL xG
3.40

Scoring Timeline

0.11
HIGH xG
BUF1P 6:32Even Strength
Mattias Samuelsson
23
Mattias Samuelsson(3)
D · BUF · #23
Josh Norris (1), Josh Doan (6)
BUF 1 - 0 MTL
0.20
HIGH xG
MTL1P 10:08Even Strength
Alex Newhook
15
Alex Newhook(6)
C · MTL · #15
Jake Evans (5), Ivan Demidov (4)
BUF 1 - 1 MTL
0.34
HIGH xG
MTL1P 19:47Power Play
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(3)
R · MTL · #13
Juraj Slafkovský (2), Lane Hutson (8)
BUF 1 - 2 MTL
0.01
LOW xG
BUF2P 7:00Power Play
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(4)
C · BUF · #72
Rasmus Dahlin (5)
BUF 2 - 2 MTL
0.16
HIGH xG
BUF3P 4:41Power Play
Zach Benson
9
Zach Benson(4)
L · BUF · #9
Josh Doan (7), Tage Thompson (7)
BUF 3 - 2 MTL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
28/30 saves, .933 SV%, +1.4 GSAx
★2
Jakub Dobes
75
Jakub Dobes
G · MTL · #75
19/22 saves, .863 SV%, -0.1 GSAx
★3
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson
C · BUF · #72
1G, 1A, 2 SOG

Team Stats

BUFMTL
22Shots30
2.75xGF2.88
37.2CF%62.8
52.5FO%47.5
2/4PP1/7
23Hits26
27Blocks6
14Giveaways15
6Takeaways2
16PIM10

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGMTL SOGBUF xGMTL xG
1st1161.451.12
2nd4100.761.27
3rd4120.651.01
Total19282.863.40

Penalties

11 TOTAL
1P 11:28
MTL
Alexandre Carriertripping (2 min)
Drawn by Jason Zucker
1P 12:06
BUF
Rasmus Dahlininterference (2 min)
Drawn by Kaiden Guhle
1P 14:57
BUF
Jason Zuckerroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Joe Veleno
1P 17:25
MTL
Zack Bolducroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Peyton Krebs
1P 17:25
BUF
Peyton Krebsroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Zack Bolduc
1P 19:19
BUF
Tage Thompsoncross-checking (2 min)
Drawn by Kaiden Guhle
2P 2:23
BUF
Bowen Byramhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Josh Anderson
2P 5:56
MTL
Alexandre Carrierhigh-sticking-double-minor (4 min)
Drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
2P 11:21
BUF
Rasmus Dahlininterference (2 min)
Drawn by Cole Caufield
2P 18:31
BUF
Bowen Byramhigh-sticking-double-minor (4 min)
Drawn by Alexandre Texier
3P 3:47
MTL
Jake Evansholding (2 min)
Drawn by Peyton Krebs