Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres — May 18, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

After a back-and-forth affair, the Montreal Canadiens pulled out a 3-2 win in overtime on Monday. BUF won't like the result, but they can take something from the 5-on-5 numbers: 4.66 expected goals to MTL's 3.63. BUF generated 19 high-danger looks compared to just 12 from MTL. Shots on goal: BUF 39, MTL 25.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on May 18, 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
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MTL3 - 2BUF (OT)

May 18, 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	21	17	55.3	15	14	51.7	9	11	45.0	10	12	45.5	4	4	50.0	1.04	1.30	44.4	0	2	0.0
	P2	37	14	72.5	25	13	65.8	14	7	66.7	25	10	71.4	10	3	76.9	2.22	1.04	68.1	1	0	100.0
	P3	21	19	52.5	15	13	53.6	10	4	71.4	14	15	48.3	4	7	36.4	0.99	1.21	45.1	1	0	100.0
	OT	12	11	52.2	9	8	52.9	6	3	66.7	8	9	47.1	1	1	50.0	0.50	0.48	51.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	91	61	59.9	64	48	57.1	39	25	60.9	57	46	55.3	19	15	55.9	4.75	4.03	54.1	2	3	40.0
MTL	P1	17	21	44.7	14	15	48.3	11	9	55.0	12	10	54.5	4	4	50.0	1.30	1.04	55.6	2	0	100.0
	P2	14	37	27.5	13	25	34.2	7	14	33.3	10	25	28.6	3	10	23.1	1.04	2.22	31.9	0	1	0.0
	P3	19	21	47.5	13	15	46.4	4	10	28.6	15	14	51.7	7	4	63.6	1.21	0.99	54.9	0	1	0.0
	OT	11	12	47.8	8	9	47.1	3	6	33.3	9	8	52.9	1	1	50.0	0.48	0.50	49.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	61	91	40.1	48	64	42.9	25	39	39.1	46	57	44.7	15	19	44.1	4.03	4.75	45.9	3	2	60.0

Win Probability

BUF Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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MTL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MTL ShootBUF Shoot

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Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

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	Evans	Newhook	Dach	Kapanen	Texier	Slafkovský	Anderson	Demidov	Caufield	Bolduc	Hutson	Matheson	Carrier	Dobson	Guhle	Xhekaj
Thompson	59	78	50	22	88	100	56	50	77	11	45	83	50	61	63	57	53	—
Norris	63	82	38	0	88	100	63	57	83	0	54	83	58	57	59	67	53	—
McLeod	64	91	92	78	63	40	93	71	83	100	63	67	79	77	86	55	79	100
Helenius	59	40	33	57	0	0	54	29	54	67	29	67	48	64	63	38	38	0
Krebs	75	57	60	60	60	50	25	67	40	60	50	57	45	67	57	69	55	0
Benson	63	78	50	22	88	100	56	57	77	11	54	83	58	61	63	63	53	—
Zucker	56	45	25	50	0	0	57	29	57	67	25	67	45	63	55	30	38	0
Greenway	50	63	50	50	50	50	40	33	50	50	40	40	36	29	60	77	60	0
Malenstyn	75	67	50	50	67	50	33	50	50	40	50	57	50	50	60	82	60	0
Tuch	50	89	86	78	45	40	92	59	80	92	55	50	63	73	92	54	71	100
Doan	78	89	100	89	63	40	92	83	75	100	83	67	83	94	100	56	73	100
Quinn	58	50	67	63	0	0	59	56	53	67	38	67	52	69	64	40	50	0
Dahlin	69	71	69	54	67	—	65	68	74	50	60	83	62	68	68	65	62	—
Samuelsson	68	90	56	47	64	60	88	68	86	50	56	62	70	67	70	80	65	0
Byram	59	65	65	47	44	20	61	40	68	62	50	44	52	65	67	48	58	0
Power	66	56	100	100	91	75	56	44	46	93	50	89	62	81	86	55	71	50
Timmins	8	70	20	17	42	63	70	42	50	14	13	45	36	30	50	50	47	25
Metsa	50	25	—	—	33	20	25	0	25	—	0	33	33	33	33	33	20	0