Thursday, January 15, 2026
- Expected goals, MTL–BUF
- 2.6–2.5
- all situations, empty nets out
- BUF share of xG
- 48.5%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 23–27
- MTL–BUF
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Sabres beat the Canadiens 5-3. Expected goals had it close, 2.5 to 2.6. Hat trick for Tage Thompson, plus two assists. Alex Tuch has a point in 6 straight games.
- Tage ThompsonHat trick
Hat trick for Tage Thompson, plus two assists. That makes 6 straight games with a point. His goal stood up as the winner. It finished 5-3 for the Sabres.
- Alex TuchStreak
Alex Tuch has a point in 6 straight games. He has 16 goals this season. He played 18:44 and had one shot on goal. The Sabres beat the Canadiens 5-3.
- Noah OstlundVolume
Noah Ostlund had 8 shot attempts, his most in a game since 2023-24. Three got through to the goalie, and none went in. His average this season was 1.9. It finished 5-3 for the Sabres.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
8 goals from 75 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Montreal Canadiens
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson D | 25:55 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 2 | 59 |
| Mike Matheson D | 22:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 22:17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Noah Dobson D | 21:39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 4 | 58 |
| Alexandre Carrier D | 21:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| Cole Caufield R | 19:17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Juraj Slafkovský L | 18:14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | 2 | 44 |
| Ivan Demidov R | 16:10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| Oliver Kapanen C | 16:02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 92 |
| Phillip Danault C | 14:58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Kaiden Guhle D | 14:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | 66 |
| Alexandre Texier L | 13:45 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.35 | 1 | 0 | 62 |
| Josh Anderson R | 13:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Zachary Bolduc R | 12:04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 5 | 0 | 34 |
| Joseph Veleno C | 11:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 62 |
| Brendan Gallagher R | 10:58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | 10:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 57 |
| Sammy Blais L | 7:29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.26 | 4 | 2 | 58 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 27:39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.27 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 25:24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Bowen Byram D | 25:05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Owen Power D | 23:04 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.11 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Tage Thompson C | 20:43 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.39 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Alex Tuch R | 18:44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.23 | 4 | 0 | 34 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 18:29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.18 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 17:21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Josh Doan R | 16:55 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| Zach Benson L | 16:06 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| Jason Zucker L | 14:27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Jack Quinn R | 14:21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Jordan Greenway L | 11:10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 44 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 10:55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 9:22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.02 | 3 | 0 | 92 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 8:45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.31 | 5 | 0 | 96 |
| Zach Metsa D | 7:38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| Jacob Bryson D | 6:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
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