Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens — May 10, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens rolled past the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on May 10, 2026. A close game in the analytics too — MTL and BUF were nearly dead even in expected goals at 5-on-5 (2.19 vs 2.11). Benson was the most dangerous skater at 5-on-5, racking up 0.42 individual expected goals on 3 shots. High-danger chances at 5-on-5: BUF 7, MTL 6. Alex Newhook found the net 2 times.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on May 10, 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

BUF2 - 6MTL

May 10, 2026 · Playoffs

Strength:

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	24	17	58.5	16	12	57.1	14	8	63.6	18	9	66.7	2	2	50.0	1.25	1.03	54.8	1	1	50.0
	P2	26	15	63.4	20	15	57.1	15	10	60.0	21	9	70.0	10	0	100.0	2.01	0.87	69.9	3	1	75.0
	P3	14	26	35.0	10	16	38.5	8	10	44.4	10	19	34.5	1	10	9.1	0.75	1.52	33.1	2	0	100.0
	Total	64	58	52.5	46	43	51.7	37	28	56.9	49	37	57.0	13	12	52.0	4.02	3.42	54.0	6	2	75.0
BUF	P1	17	24	41.5	12	16	42.9	8	14	36.4	9	18	33.3	2	2	50.0	1.03	1.25	45.2	1	1	50.0
	P2	15	26	36.6	15	20	42.9	10	15	40.0	9	21	30.0	0	10	0.0	0.87	2.01	30.1	1	3	25.0
	P3	26	14	65.0	16	10	61.5	10	8	55.6	19	10	65.5	10	1	90.9	1.52	0.75	66.9	0	2	0.0
	Total	58	64	47.5	43	46	48.3	28	37	43.1	37	49	43.0	12	13	48.0	3.42	4.02	46.0	2	6	25.0

Win Probability

MTL Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

MTL

BUF

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

MTL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

BUF ShootMTL Shoot

Save

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 →	Thompson	Krebs	Norris	McLeod	Carrick	Benson	Greenway	Malenstyn	Zucker	Tuch	Doan	Quinn	Samuelsson	Dahlin	Timmins	Power	Byram	Stanley
Suzuki	55	50	43	75	—	50	100	100	50	55	43	50	78	43	80	88	44	57
Newhook	43	50	75	71	100	58	100	100	67	71	60	50	60	67	86	63	67	75
Dach	100	100	40	80	67	33	63	63	100	100	40	100	60	60	67	63	57	67
Evans	33	33	71	75	—	56	100	100	67	60	56	50	50	63	86	50	67	67
Veleno	33	33	33	100	63	33	67	67	100	33	33	100	50	43	67	67	40	67
Danault	70	70	33	50	—	40	67	100	50	73	25	50	43	50	50	67	64	100
Slafkovský	53	47	43	75	100	44	100	100	67	57	33	60	77	43	82	86	44	67
Texier	83	83	17	56	100	17	67	100	50	86	20	50	29	33	50	64	67	100
Caufield	56	50	33	75	—	44	100	100	50	58	33	60	79	46	81	83	44	63
Demidov	75	75	83	50	—	83	100	100	40	100	83	50	82	83	83	100	100	80
Bolduc	67	67	100	67	67	50	63	63	—	75	100	—	50	67	75	60	60	80
Anderson	70	70	29	67	—	43	67	100	100	70	33	67	60	40	67	67	62	50
Hutson	80	67	42	88	50	50	93	93	80	75	50	88	77	70	79	75	100	64
Matheson	56	58	80	50	100	50	100	100	50	63	43	25	67	44	86	85	50	67
Carrier	61	61	56	100	—	50	100	100	100	67	40	50	62	47	83	83	50	75
Dobson	56	40	44	73	100	55	83	100	80	55	67	80	80	77	73	56	63	57
Guhle	25	33	30	43	67	36	63	67	25	50	30	29	36	29	50	45	44	60
Xhekaj	0	0	—	33	50	—	50	50	33	0	—	33	20	33	40	50	50	67