Saturday, January 31, 2026
- Expected goals, MTL–BUF
- 2.7–4.5
- all situations, empty nets out
- BUF share of xG
- 62.3%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 31–38
- MTL–BUF
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Canadiens beat the Sabres 4-2 while losing the expected-goals count 2.7 to 4.4. Tage Thompson had 12 shot attempts. Three points for Cole Caufield: two goals and one assist.
- Tage ThompsonVolume
Tage Thompson had 12 shot attempts. Five got through to the goalie, and none went in. His average this season was 6.6. The Sabres fell 4-2 to the Canadiens.
- Cole CaufieldBig night
Three points for Cole Caufield: two goals and one assist. His goal stood up as the winner. He has 32 goals this season. It finished 4-2 for the Canadiens.
- Owen PowerDrought over
Owen Power scored for the first time in 24 games. That was his fourth goal of the season. The Sabres lost 4-2 to the Canadiens.
- Juraj SlafkovskýVolume
Juraj Slafkovský had 7 shots on goal. His average this season was 2.0. That was his 21st goal of the season. The Canadiens beat the Sabres 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 98 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Montreal Canadiens
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Matheson D | 27:33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.89 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| Noah Dobson D | 20:32 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.21 | 2 | 2 | 63 |
| Alexandre Carrier D | 20:28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| Lane Hutson D | 20:10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.57 | 0 | 1 | 65 |
| Kaiden Guhle D | 19:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 3 | 4 | 34 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 18:52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| Phillip Danault C | 18:13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Oliver Kapanen C | 17:28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.86 | 1 | 2 | 58 |
| Juraj Slafkovský L | 17:26 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1.40 | 2 | 0 | 62 |
| Ivan Demidov R | 16:49 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Jake Evans C | 16:33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Cole Caufield R | 15:39 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.44 | 3 | 1 | 44 |
| Kirby Dach C | 12:29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
| Josh Anderson R | 12:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| Joseph Veleno C | 10:33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Brendan Gallagher R | 10:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| Zachary Bolduc R | 10:10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | 7:09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 26:03 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.19 | 3 | 1 | 74 |
| Owen Power D | 24:00 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.49 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| Alex Tuch R | 22:29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.45 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| Tage Thompson C | 22:21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.44 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 21:48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.17 | 6 | 0 | 66 |
| Zach Benson L | 20:45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.26 | 1 | 0 | 65 |
| Bowen Byram D | 20:19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
| Jason Zucker L | 18:40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.57 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 17:38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Jack Quinn R | 17:28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Josh Doan R | 17:22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.78 | 4 | 0 | 76 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 13:18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Zach Metsa D | 10:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Konsta Helenius C | 9:54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.09 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 9:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 | 61 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 8:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 58 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 8:46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 3 | 2 | 34 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 6:49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
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