Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres — May 8, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

A lopsided 5-1 result saw the Montreal Canadiens blow by the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. MTL had a big edge in high-danger chances, 12-6 over BUF at 5-on-5. Keep an eye on Caufield — 0.32 individual xG on 1 shots at 5-on-5. Alex Newhook found the net 2 times. MTL had the better of the chances at even strength, putting up 2.31 xG against 1.53 while holding 45.5% of shot attempts. MTL outshot BUF 28-26.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on May 8, 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

MTL5 - 1BUF

May 8, 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	25	40.5	13	20	39.4	8	13	38.1	10	17	37.0	1	10	9.1	0.74	1.78	29.3	0	2	0.0
	P2	21	18	53.8	15	13	53.6	11	8	57.9	14	13	51.9	4	3	57.1	0.90	1.04	46.2	1	1	50.0
	P3	27	14	65.9	17	12	58.6	10	7	58.8	18	8	69.2	5	1	83.3	1.34	0.63	67.9	0	2	0.0
	Total	65	57	53.3	45	45	50.0	29	28	50.9	42	38	52.5	10	14	41.7	2.98	3.45	46.3	1	5	16.7
MTL	P1	25	17	59.5	20	13	60.6	13	8	61.9	17	10	63.0	10	1	90.9	1.78	0.74	70.7	2	0	100.0
	P2	18	21	46.2	13	15	46.4	8	11	42.1	13	14	48.1	3	4	42.9	1.04	0.90	53.8	1	1	50.0
	P3	14	27	34.1	12	17	41.4	7	10	41.2	8	18	30.8	1	5	16.7	0.63	1.34	32.1	2	0	100.0
	Total	57	65	46.7	45	45	50.0	28	29	49.1	38	42	47.5	14	10	58.3	3.45	2.98	53.7	5	1	83.3

Win Probability

BUF Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

BUF

MTL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

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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 →	Suzuki	Danault	Newhook	Evans	Veleno	Dach	Slafkovský	Texier	Caufield	Anderson	Bolduc	Demidov	Matheson	Guhle	Hutson	Carrier	Dobson	Xhekaj
Thompson	67	50	63	63	43	75	50	44	67	56	75	33	65	69	50	58	25	0
Norris	80	100	61	65	50	50	71	100	80	100	50	29	90	65	73	92	60	0
McLeod	25	60	50	25	75	60	18	70	18	83	60	0	65	43	18	80	50	0
Krebs	100	38	43	33	50	75	100	44	100	33	80	40	33	88	56	33	80	50
Kozak	0	25	43	50	38	30	0	17	0	0	36	22	20	60	0	33	20	50
Benson	80	75	33	45	100	40	71	57	80	100	50	33	69	57	80	100	53	—
Greenway	7	25	50	50	29	33	0	25	7	33	25	17	20	60	6	38	29	43
Zucker	50	78	71	67	50	50	50	60	40	78	50	20	88	71	36	80	83	25
Malenstyn	0	0	67	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	50	0	0	25	33
Tuch	33	55	69	67	38	50	0	58	33	65	60	25	64	73	25	60	44	0
Doan	73	67	33	45	100	100	63	100	73	100	50	33	73	50	73	100	57	0
Quinn	44	60	50	29	50	33	38	70	29	75	33	20	50	56	38	60	69	20
Dahlin	46	58	61	61	25	0	30	25	42	60	17	25	71	57	47	56	43	14
Power	55	59	50	57	55	67	50	85	50	76	75	40	63	67	45	69	65	60
Samuelsson	29	0	27	14	20	25	21	13	29	25	18	11	20	33	29	22	14	0
Byram	31	50	40	33	42	56	29	75	31	67	63	22	40	60	27	46	59	60
Timmins	31	29	50	40	33	33	14	30	27	33	25	14	42	80	28	57	46	—
Stanley	20	50	40	45	100	100	20	57	0	57	100	30	67	38	22	67	40	33