Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens — October 20, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on October 20, 2025. Despite the result, the Buffalo Sabres held the edge in expected goals (10.20 to 8.66) at 5-on-5, indicating the Montreal Canadiens received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Buffalo Sabres created 15 high-danger scoring chances compared to 13 from the Montreal Canadiens at 5-on-5. Zach Benson was the most dangerous skater with 2.08 individual expected goals on 6 shots at 5-on-5. Both teams finished with 32 shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on Oct 20, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

BUF2 - 4MTL

Oct 20, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
MTL	P1	27	23	54.0	21	15	58.3	14	6	70.0	20	17	54.1	9	3	75.0	5.51	2.52	68.6	1	0	100.0
	P2	14	20	41.2	8	15	34.8	4	11	26.7	9	10	47.4	2	5	28.6	0.74	4.02	15.6	0	1	0.0
	P3	18	30	37.5	18	21	46.2	14	15	48.3	12	20	37.5	2	9	18.2	3.25	5.39	37.6	3	1	75.0
	Total	59	73	44.7	47	51	48.0	32	32	50.0	41	47	46.6	13	17	43.3	9.50	11.94	44.3	4	2	66.7
BUF	P1	23	27	46.0	15	21	41.7	6	14	30.0	17	20	45.9	3	9	25.0	2.52	5.51	31.4	0	1	0.0
	P2	20	14	58.8	15	8	65.2	11	4	73.3	10	9	52.6	5	2	71.4	4.02	0.74	84.4	1	0	100.0
	P3	30	18	62.5	21	18	53.8	15	14	51.7	20	12	62.5	9	2	81.8	5.39	3.25	62.4	1	3	25.0
	Total	73	59	55.3	51	47	52.0	32	32	50.0	47	41	53.4	17	13	56.7	11.94	9.50	55.7	2	4	33.3

Win Probability

MTL Favored

BUF Favored

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

MTL Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Goal Against

Missed Shot Against

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (MTL) performed against every skater on the away team (BUF) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = MTL players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the MTL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

MTL ↓ / BUF →	McLeod	Thompson	Kulich	Kozak	Krebs	Dunne	Benson	Zucker	Tuch	Doan	Quinn	Dahlin	Byram	Samuelsson	Power	Timmins	Metsa	Geertsen
Suzuki	57	42	41	38	67	—	39	100	59	83	33	56	59	41	40	64	14	—
Evans	37	38	38	67	100	100	35	71	41	32	40	26	36	69	50	60	100	100
Newhook	44	18	0	29	50	100	10	50	44	27	43	21	29	40	50	54	67	100
Veleno	71	67	0	45	45	50	50	50	80	57	44	50	63	44	67	63	33	50
Kapanen	0	0	0	20	60	67	0	55	0	0	56	20	25	67	29	50	75	50
Beck	60	0	0	50	43	50	0	43	67	67	44	25	50	44	80	75	33	50
Slafkovský	63	50	50	75	50	—	43	100	71	75	75	61	82	50	46	62	0	—
Anderson	38	53	60	83	100	100	47	80	43	34	100	32	42	77	60	67	100	100
Caufield	67	45	45	50	50	—	41	100	77	80	50	67	82	46	30	58	0	—
Gallagher	31	38	37	67	100	100	38	100	38	25	60	30	40	50	47	62	57	100
Bolduc	71	25	0	46	40	43	25	43	80	50	50	40	57	46	56	60	27	43
Demidov	50	50	50	17	50	67	50	80	50	60	43	20	0	71	43	50	83	50
Matheson	50	32	42	56	86	50	32	45	55	41	33	41	63	50	40	50	20	50
Dobson	50	32	44	40	83	50	31	56	57	46	33	52	65	47	40	45	0	50
Struble	44	64	62	67	83	60	58	83	45	45	83	36	48	56	67	63	67	50
Carrier	48	29	17	40	33	100	25	38	50	41	31	22	39	54	31	43	70	100
Hutson	35	56	56	57	78	50	50	78	35	30	78	32	40	46	55	70	33	40
Xhekaj	60	33	13	25	40	67	33	56	60	43	33	30	27	67	20	50	55	67