Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens — May 12, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens fell to the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Tuesday. A close game in the analytics too — MTL and BUF were nearly dead even in expected goals at 5-on-5 (1.91 vs 2.09). High-danger chances at 5-on-5: MTL 8, BUF 7. Alex Newhook generated the most offense at even strength with 0.56 ixG on 4 shots. Shots on goal: MTL 30, BUF 22.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on May 12, 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

BUF3 - 2MTL

May 12, 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	19	24	44.2	11	21	34.4	8	12	40.0	16	14	53.3	3	5	37.5	0.91	1.53	37.2	2	1	66.7
	P2	22	12	64.7	15	10	60.0	11	5	68.8	16	6	72.7	3	6	33.3	0.83	0.92	47.3	0	1	0.0
	P3	34	8	81.0	19	7	73.1	12	5	70.6	23	6	79.3	4	2	66.7	1.25	0.64	66.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	75	44	63.0	45	38	54.2	31	22	58.5	55	26	67.9	10	13	43.5	2.99	3.10	49.1	2	3	40.0
BUF	P1	24	19	55.8	21	11	65.6	12	8	60.0	14	16	46.7	5	3	62.5	1.53	0.91	62.8	1	2	33.3
	P2	12	22	35.3	10	15	40.0	5	11	31.3	6	16	27.3	6	3	66.7	0.92	0.83	52.7	1	0	100.0
	P3	8	34	19.0	7	19	26.9	5	12	29.4	6	23	20.7	2	4	33.3	0.64	1.25	34.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	44	75	37.0	38	45	45.8	22	31	41.5	26	55	32.1	13	10	56.5	3.10	2.99	50.9	3	2	60.0

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

Goal

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Giveaway

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	Helenius	Norris	McLeod	Benson	Zucker	Malenstyn	Greenway	Tuch	Doan	Quinn	Dahlin	Samuelsson	Power	Timmins	Byram	Schenn
Suzuki	0	14	71	93	89	83	33	92	100	59	81	63	50	83	93	67	100	100
Danault	50	60	57	40	0	33	50	100	100	53	57	46	71	43	63	50	63	0
Newhook	44	67	30	60	60	50	30	86	83	67	50	20	30	67	54	75	57	100
Evans	67	83	38	50	60	75	25	75	75	60	63	25	40	71	55	100	53	100
Dach	60	0	0	33	0	14	50	50	67	67	25	0	33	40	44	33	67	50
Veleno	33	33	50	33	0	17	33	0	0	50	50	0	60	13	17	0	75	0
Slafkovský	0	25	71	92	78	93	50	86	93	64	92	83	63	79	82	75	100	100
Texier	64	50	55	100	—	100	67	100	100	54	100	67	72	67	75	38	91	25
Caufield	0	25	83	92	89	93	50	92	100	67	92	83	67	86	93	75	100	100
Anderson	44	53	57	33	0	33	50	100	100	41	57	46	64	33	57	38	61	0
Demidov	100	100	38	100	82	100	29	88	92	83	100	29	50	79	76	86	70	100
Bolduc	57	40	0	33	0	25	50	60	60	67	33	0	40	50	57	50	60	50
Hutson	43	44	50	73	78	65	25	75	93	71	69	43	58	66	78	77	60	90
Dobson	53	41	67	76	33	81	78	83	80	50	74	86	65	63	86	56	76	75
Matheson	45	53	60	50	50	44	47	83	80	56	54	44	61	64	53	50	65	67
Carrier	33	36	43	50	60	30	40	33	50	56	33	36	40	54	25	50	67	50
Guhle	17	33	53	67	33	62	29	33	100	13	82	45	46	44	55	38	75	67
Xhekaj	—	—	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0