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
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- Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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BUF3 - 2MTL
May 12, 2026 · Playoffs
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 | |
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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.
| 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 |
