MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-24-10 · L1 · L10: 7-3-0
L
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
W
W
Final/OT
3—2
2026-05-18 · KeyBank Center
BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
50-23-9 · OT1 · L10: 6-3-1
SO
W
W
W
W
L
L
W
W
L
BUF controlled xG 4.4 to 2.4 but MTL won on execution · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
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MTL xG
2.43
ACTUAL
3 — 2
BUF xG
4.38

Scoring Timeline

0.14
HIGH xG
MTL1P 4:30Even Strength
Phillip Danault
24
Phillip Danault(1)
C · MTL · #24
Kaiden Guhle (6), Alexandre Texier (4)
MTL 1 - 0 BUF
0.15
HIGH xG
MTL1P 14:29Power Play
Zack Bolduc
76
Zack Bolduc(3)
R · MTL · #76
Nick Suzuki (9), Lane Hutson (12)
MTL 2 - 0 BUF
0.12
HIGH xG
BUF2P 13:19Even Strength
Jordan Greenway
12
Jordan Greenway(2)
L · BUF · #12
Mattias Samuelsson (4), Beck Malenstyn (2)
MTL 2 - 1 BUF
0.05
MED xG
BUF3P 6:27Even Strength
Rasmus Dahlin
26
Rasmus Dahlin(4)
D · BUF · #26
Owen Power (6), Ryan McLeod (4)
MTL 2 - 2 BUF
0.01
LOW xG
MTLOT 11:22Even Strength
Alex Newhook
15
Alex Newhook(7)
C · MTL · #15
Alexandre Carrier (4)
MTL 3 - 2 BUF

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Jakub Dobes
75
Jakub Dobes
G · MTL · #75
37/39 saves, .948 SV%, +2.1 GSAx
★2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
22/25 saves, .880 SV%, -0.8 GSAx
★3
Rasmus Dahlin
26
Rasmus Dahlin
D · BUF · #26
1G, 5 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

MTLBUF
25Shots39
2.43xGF4.38
37.5CF%62.5
46.4FO%53.6
1/1PP0/1
28Hits21
22Blocks12
22Giveaways16
7Takeaways3
2PIM2

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGBUF SOGMTL xGBUF xG
1st991.140.91
2nd7130.582.00
3rd490.410.82
OT260.290.65
Total22372.424.38

Penalties

2 TOTAL
1P 12:34
BUF
Zach Bensondelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
3P 1:34
MTL
Phillip Danaulthigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Mattias Samuelsson