Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres — May 6, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens fell to the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Wednesday. Quinn was the most dangerous skater at 5-on-5, racking up 0.40 individual expected goals on 1 shots. High-danger chances favored BUF by a wide margin: 9 to 5. The expected goals were nearly even at 5-on-5 — BUF 2.07, MTL 1.92. Shots on goal: BUF 16, MTL 28.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on May 6, 2026
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

MTL2 - 4BUF

May 6, 2026 · Playoffs

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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	%
BUF	P1	17	18	48.6	9	14	39.1	6	10	37.5	12	12	50.0	7	4	63.6	0.81	1.08	43.1	2	1	66.7
	P2	20	14	58.8	16	10	61.5	9	8	52.9	18	10	64.3	4	2	66.7	1.45	0.68	68.2	2	1	66.7
	P3	10	24	29.4	6	18	25.0	1	11	8.3	9	15	37.5	1	5	16.7	0.50	1.33	27.3	0	0	—
	Total	47	56	45.6	31	42	42.5	16	29	35.6	39	37	51.3	12	11	52.2	2.77	3.08	47.3	4	2	66.7
MTL	P1	18	17	51.4	14	9	60.9	10	6	62.5	12	12	50.0	4	7	36.4	1.08	0.81	56.9	1	2	33.3
	P2	14	20	41.2	10	16	38.5	8	9	47.1	10	18	35.7	2	4	33.3	0.68	1.45	31.8	1	2	33.3
	P3	24	10	70.6	18	6	75.0	11	1	91.7	15	9	62.5	5	1	83.3	1.33	0.50	72.7	0	0	—
	Total	56	47	54.4	42	31	57.5	29	16	64.4	37	39	48.7	11	12	47.8	3.08	2.77	52.7	2	4	33.3

Win Probability

BUF Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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MTL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MTL ShootBUF Shoot

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Goal Against

Missed Shot Against

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = BUF players, Columns = MTL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF 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:

BUF ↓ / MTL →	Danault	Suzuki	Newhook	Evans	Dach	Veleno	Slafkovský	Texier	Anderson	Demidov	Caufield	Bolduc	Hutson	Dobson	Matheson	Guhle	Carrier	Xhekaj
Thompson	100	38	56	50	60	60	38	100	100	50	38	50	29	33	67	60	50	100
Norris	67	80	33	40	33	0	80	67	50	0	80	0	80	50	63	0	57	—
McLeod	100	25	71	75	50	50	25	100	100	56	25	50	58	88	50	100	67	100
Krebs	—	38	60	50	60	60	38	—	—	50	38	50	29	25	75	50	50	100
Kozak	60	25	100	100	100	100	100	44	47	100	100	100	53	71	100	67	100	38
Benson	89	83	50	100	33	0	83	67	86	50	83	0	88	71	88	57	75	100
Greenway	56	10	100	100	100	100	14	41	44	33	14	100	38	67	100	57	100	38
Zucker	100	0	55	55	50	50	0	100	100	57	0	50	57	71	38	50	50	—
Malenstyn	53	17	100	100	100	100	25	40	44	50	25	100	44	64	100	60	100	43
Tuch	100	21	63	57	67	60	23	50	0	25	23	50	18	38	67	40	55	50
Doan	88	83	33	67	0	0	83	50	86	33	83	0	78	57	88	57	67	100
Quinn	100	50	63	67	50	50	50	100	100	63	50	50	70	80	63	86	67	100
Dahlin	100	40	56	50	83	80	50	88	86	50	50	75	63	78	71	75	62	50
Byram	86	50	38	44	67	67	50	75	85	27	50	67	65	67	77	50	60	50
Power	60	43	75	88	40	50	50	25	45	60	50	40	59	52	86	40	67	67
Timmins	25	0	100	100	33	50	0	11	20	33	0	50	6	27	0	80	50	50
Samuelsson	75	25	71	71	80	80	27	50	50	33	27	75	44	78	64	0	71	50
Stanley	57	0	0	—	33	50	0	57	50	100	0	33	20	67	0	60	50	25