Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal CanadiensMay 10, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	0	2		BUF	8	10	10	28
MTL	1	3	2	6		MTL	14	15	8	37

: BUF 58MTL 64
: BUF 3.74MTL 5.43
PP goals: BUF 1MTL 2
Hits: BUF 21MTL 25
Blocks: BUF 15MTL 14
PIM: BUF 42MTL 38
: BUF 38%MTL 62%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens rout Buffalo Sabres 6–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 6–2 at home. Alex Newhook (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:24 together.

Points
Alex Newhook had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:43.Newhook
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Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:17.Caufield
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:04.Dahlin
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Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:06.Thompson
Points
Jake Evans had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:12.Evans
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Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:35.Hutson
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:24 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn, Doan and Benson) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:37 together.Thompson Dahlin Quinn Doan Benson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · MTL 64 · BUF 58

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 22% of the game, MTL 46%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MTL

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MTL skaters (rows) against BUF skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MTL side.

Matchup matrix

MTL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	MTL
	47	49
	2.96	3.18
	2.89	3.08
	12	11
	4	4
	19	14
	−0.090	+0.090
	22%	46%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
12:3750% CF
L2Norris – Doan – Benson
9:3665% CF
L3Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
5:2642% CF
L4Carrick – Greenway – Malenstyn
5:0930% CF
D1Byram – Power
8:2946% CF
D2Stanley – Timmins
8:1153% CF
D3Samuelsson – Dahlin
7:1955% CF

PP1Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Doan – Benson
4:3790% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Dahlin – Krebs – Byram
0:23100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Malenstyn
5:33
PK2FTuch – McLeod
2:00
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
5:29
PK2DByram – Power
0:57

Current BUF line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
9:5333% CF
L2Danault – Anderson – Texier
8:1550% CF
L3Veleno – Dach – Bolduc
6:4069% CF
L4Evans – Newhook – Demidov
6:1964% CF
D1Matheson – Carrier
11:4852% CF
D2Dobson – Hutson
6:3869% CF
D3Guhle – Xhekaj
4:3945% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
5:24100% CF
PP2Texier – Dobson – Dach – Newhook – Bolduc
2:2950% CF
PK1FEvans – Newhook
3:55
PK2FDanault – Anderson
0:52
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
3:43
PK2DDobson – Guhle
0:23

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	1	2	-2	3	0.75	0	2	0	21:06	—	—	52	45
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.65	6	1	2	20:06	—	—	52	37
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	2	0	0	16:53	—	—	50	44
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.59	1	1	12	18:07	—	—	64	87
Josh Doan R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.38	2	0	4	15:32	—	—	68	92
Josh Norris C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	2	1	2	13:45	—	—	62	79
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	33	28
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	1	0	13:51	—	—	43	34
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	6:47	—	—	42	30
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	13:31	—	—	29	15
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	2	2	12:15	—	—	25	9
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	2	6:17	—	—	30	9
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	1	0	20:32	—	—	47	33
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	50	48
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:22	—	—	42	39
Logan Stanley D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	12	11:51	—	—	47	38
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	5	2	0	23:05	—	—	63	77
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	1	1	2	-2	3	0.24	1	0	2	23:04	—	—	43	49

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	L	36	31	5	.861	4.61	58:39

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.41	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	38	28
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.45	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	40	29
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.77	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	35	31
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	52	41
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.42	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	52	55
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	48	64
Joseph Veleno C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	5	0	0	12:18	—	—	62	48
Kirby Dach C	L3	1	0	1	+2	4	0.78	1	0	2	12:12	—	—	60	80
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.29	1	0	16	10:43	—	—	67	73
Alex Newhook C	L4	2	0	2	+2	4	1.19	4	0	2	16:43	—	—	67	75
Ivan Demidov R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	1	1	0	14:52	—	—	54	56
Jake Evans C	L4	0	2	2	+2	3	0.12	1	0	0	13:12	—	—	62	68
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	25:06	—	—	48	48
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	24:31	—	—	47	59
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	1	0	2	20:35	—	—	62	63
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:45	—	—	58	27
Kaiden Guhle D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	14	17:48	—	—	42	53
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	2	7:10	—	—	53	50

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.74	59:53

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tage Thompson (BUF) 1st 0:53 · assists Rasmus Dahlin · Forecheck turnover · 32.2 mph shot.

Tage Thompson · 1st 0:53 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.2 mph
Distance: 43 ft

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Alex Newhook · 3rd 15:14 · MTL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 17.7 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Alex Newhook · 1st 15:31 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 6.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 6:05 · MTL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Zachary Bolduc · 2nd 10:43 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 12:17 · MTL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 27.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 14:46 · BUF PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 34.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: deflection

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Kirby Dach · 3rd 8:46 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal CanadiensMay 10, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens rout Buffalo Sabres 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Tage Thompson · 1st 0:53 · BUF

Alex Newhook · 3rd 15:14 · MTL EN

Alex Newhook · 1st 15:31 · MTL

Cole Caufield · 2nd 6:05 · MTL PP

Zachary Bolduc · 2nd 10:43 · MTL

Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 12:17 · MTL PP

Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 14:46 · BUF PP

Kirby Dach · 3rd 8:46 · MTL