Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens — May 16, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

A lopsided 8-3 result saw the Buffalo Sabres blow by the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Quinn put up 2 goals. BUF had the better of the chances at even strength, putting up 2.66 xG against 1.33 while holding 56.0% of shot attempts. High-danger chances favored BUF by a wide margin: 10 to 2. Keep an eye on Benson — 0.61 individual xG on 6 shots at 5-on-5.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on May 16, 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

BUF8 - 3MTL

May 16, 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	12	23	34.3	7	20	25.9	5	11	31.3	7	18	28.0	0	5	0.0	0.49	1.52	24.5	3	2	60.0
	P2	23	26	46.9	15	20	42.9	10	17	37.0	16	21	43.2	6	9	40.0	1.08	1.92	35.9	0	3	0.0
	P3	19	12	61.3	14	10	58.3	7	8	46.7	13	8	61.9	3	0	100.0	0.99	0.54	64.9	0	3	0.0
	Total	54	61	47.0	36	50	41.9	22	36	37.9	36	47	43.4	9	14	39.1	2.56	3.98	39.1	3	8	27.3
BUF	P1	23	12	65.7	20	7	74.1	11	5	68.8	18	7	72.0	5	0	100.0	1.52	0.49	75.5	2	3	40.0
	P2	26	23	53.1	20	15	57.1	17	10	63.0	21	16	56.8	9	6	60.0	1.92	1.08	64.1	3	0	100.0
	P3	12	19	38.7	10	14	41.7	8	7	53.3	8	13	38.1	0	3	0.0	0.54	0.99	35.1	3	0	100.0
	Total	61	54	53.0	50	36	58.1	36	22	62.1	47	36	56.6	14	9	60.9	3.98	2.56	60.9	8	3	72.7

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

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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	Norris	McLeod	Helenius	Krebs	Benson	Zucker	Greenway	Malenstyn	Tuch	Quinn	Doan	Samuelsson	Byram	Dahlin	Power	Timmins	Metsa
Suzuki	56	56	33	100	50	60	50	86	88	21	40	20	50	45	14	53	80	67
Evans	27	38	60	33	57	20	33	75	75	40	13	13	50	27	20	33	60	57
Newhook	13	33	60	67	50	11	67	71	67	43	25	33	43	50	30	57	75	50
Danault	23	23	33	20	50	15	17	—	—	38	17	40	33	21	14	25	67	67
Dach	0	50	43	43	—	50	56	75	—	33	64	0	0	0	67	50	86	100
Veleno	0	0	0	43	—	0	43	—	—	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	75	100
Slafkovský	56	63	33	100	50	60	67	86	88	18	67	13	55	45	20	53	80	100
Texier	25	33	62	25	0	33	50	75	—	60	50	50	20	38	33	56	88	60
Caufield	56	63	31	100	50	60	67	86	88	18	50	13	50	45	17	53	80	100
Anderson	31	25	45	20	33	25	22	—	—	36	13	40	30	31	10	29	100	50
Demidov	50	50	67	67	75	50	67	80	82	57	67	75	73	60	60	75	73	57
Bolduc	0	40	43	38	100	50	45	80	100	33	54	0	10	0	50	50	75	100
Carrier	15	31	38	33	50	15	50	100	100	38	25	10	33	14	21	33	50	40
Matheson	24	33	38	13	50	27	25	100	100	40	22	0	27	23	13	28	75	80
Dobson	54	50	35	25	33	50	40	50	—	35	42	33	10	43	25	50	75	80
Hutson	50	50	45	33	0	46	25	78	75	32	20	36	33	53	17	54	74	33
Guhle	22	29	29	50	75	22	47	100	100	29	35	14	35	14	30	13	88	70
Xhekaj	25	25	—	83	75	25	83	75	75	—	83	—	75	0	60	0	83	75