Thursday, January 22, 2026
- Expected goals, BUF–MTL
- 2.5–3.0
- all situations, empty nets out
- MTL share of xG
- 54.4%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 17–34
- BUF–MTL
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Sabres beat the Canadiens 4-2. Expected goals had it close, 2.5 to 3.0. Cole Caufield has scored in 4 straight games. Beck Malenstyn scored for the first time in 24 games. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 34-17.
- Cole CaufieldStreak
Cole Caufield has scored in 4 straight games. That was his 26th goal of the season. He played 17:56 and had two shots on goal. The Canadiens fell 4-2 to the Sabres.
- Beck MalenstynDrought over
Beck Malenstyn scored for the first time in 24 games. He has 4 goals this season. He played 11:41 and had one shot on goal. The Sabres beat the Canadiens 4-2.
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
6 goals from 73 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram D | 27:21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Owen Power D | 26:25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 23:03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 22:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.18 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 20:53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.94 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
| Alex Tuch R | 19:46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.31 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Tage Thompson C | 17:14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Jason Zucker L | 17:00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| Jack Quinn R | 16:57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Josh Doan R | 15:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 13:02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 12:04 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.16 | 0 | 1 | 79 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 11:41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.27 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway L | 10:57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Benson L | 10:47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.62 | 1 | 0 | 79 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 10:38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.85 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Konsta Helenius C | 9:36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.16 | 1 | 1 | 81 |
| Jacob Bryson D | 6:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 79 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson D | 24:14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.15 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
| Mike Matheson D | 23:53 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.19 | 1 | 1 | 87 |
| Noah Dobson D | 23:26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 2 | 3 | 86 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 20:14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.38 | 2 | 1 | 56 |
| Alexandre Carrier D | 18:53 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
| Juraj Slafkovský L | 18:50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
| Cole Caufield R | 17:56 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Ivan Demidov R | 17:44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.23 | 3 | 1 | 69 |
| Oliver Kapanen C | 15:54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.19 | 0 | 3 | 66 |
| Kirby Dach C | 15:25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Zachary Bolduc R | 14:18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.38 | 4 | 2 | 75 |
| Kaiden Guhle D | 14:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| Josh Anderson R | 13:21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Phillip Danault C | 13:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| Brendan Gallagher R | 13:09 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.24 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Jake Evans C | 11:25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.36 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| Joseph Veleno C | 10:02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 4 | 0 | 58 |
| Jayden Struble D | 9:06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
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