BUF @ MTL 4–2 · 2026-01-22

Team	1	2	3	SOG
BUF	2	1	1	17
MTL	0	2	0	34

Story

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Result BUF 4–2Call No lean · MTL 59%xG 3.51–2.78 · deserved BUF 63%Swing Suzuki +18 2nd 11:20Method

Goals and penalties with MTL win probability
Time	Event	MTL win before	MTL win after
1st 0:44	Goal BUF · J. Zucker	59%	41%
1st 13:01	BUF penalty · M. Kesselring · high sticking · 2 min
1st 14:58	Goal BUF · B. Malenstyn (SH)	38%	21%
2nd 2:25	Goal BUF · Z. Benson	18%	7%
2nd 3:56	Goal MTL · C. Caufield	7%	17%
2nd 7:44	BUF penalty · R. Dahlin · slashing · 2 min
2nd 11:20	Goal MTL · N. Suzuki	14%	32%
2nd 14:47	BUF penalty · M. Samuelsson · roughing · 2 min
2nd 14:47	MTL penalty · Z. Bolduc · roughing · 2 min
2nd 16:55	MTL penalty · Z. Bolduc · slashing · 2 min
2nd 16:55	MTL penalty · Z. Bolduc · roughing · 2 min
2nd 16:55	BUF penalty · R. Dahlin · roughing · 2 min
3rd 5:51	BUF penalty · N. Ostlund · slashing · 2 min
3rd 7:16	MTL penalty · L. Hutson · slashing · 2 min
3rd 19:16	Goal BUF · P. Krebs (EN)	2%	0%

On ice · final horn

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
71R. McLeodC	0:44	20:53	28	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	9-12
12J. GreenwayL	0:44	10:57	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
29B. MalenstynL	0:44	11:41	19	1	0	1	1	1	0	6	2	1-1
4B. ByramD	1:12	27:21	28	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	–
23M. SamuelssonD	0:44	23:03	31	0	1	1	0	4	2	5	2	–
1U. LuukkonenG		60:00	SA34GA2SV%.941xGA2.78GSAx+0.78

MTL6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
14N. SuzukiC	2:14	20:14	21	1	1	2	3	4	0	2	1	11-10
20J. SlafkovskýL	2:14	18:50	18	0	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	–
13C. CaufieldR	2:14	17:56	20	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	–
93I. DemidovR	0:26	17:44	19	0	0	0	2	4	0	3	1	–
48L. HutsonD	2:14	24:14	25	0	0	0	4	6	2	0	1	–
53N. DobsonD	0:44	23:26	31	0	0	0	1	6	0	2	3	–

Goals

1st
Jason Zucker(1)
J. Quinn (1), R. McLeod (1)
xG 0.12snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 BUF1st 00:44+17.859%
Beck Malenstyn(1)SH
M. Samuelsson (1)
xG 0.16backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 BUF1st 14:58+17.079%
2nd
Zach Benson(1)
K. Helenius (1), N. Ostlund (1)
xG 0.36snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–0 BUF2nd 02:25+10.493%
Cole Caufield(1)
N. Suzuki (1), M. Matheson (1)
xG 0.07snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 BUF2nd 03:56+10.217%
Nick Suzuki(1)
Z. Bolduc (1)
xG 0.22snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 BUF2nd 11:20+17.932%
3rd
Peyton Krebs(1)EN
T. Thompson (1)
xG 0.46snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–2 BUF3rd 19:16+1.3100%

Shots

BUF3.51 xG27 unblocked · 17 blocked27 unblocked · 17 blocked

MTL2.78 xG46 unblocked · 20 blocked46 unblocked · 20 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFMTL4Goals23.51xG2.7817Shots3427Unblocked4644Attempts666High danger30/2Power play0/320Faceoffs3626Hits2820Blocks175Takeaways39Giveaways1210PIM8

Skaters

Player

Player
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	27:21	0	0	0	1	3	0.25	−0.25	1	0	0	1	—	0	+3
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	26:25	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	1	2	0	2	—	0	+2
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	23:03	0	1	1	0	4	0.03	−0.03	5	2	1	1	—	2	-1
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	22:53	0	0	0	1	7	0.13	−0.13	1	2	0	1	—	4	-2
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	20:53	0	1	1	0	4	0.56	−0.56	1	0	1	0	43%	0	+1
89A. TuchAlex TuchR	19:46	0	0	0	4	4	0.39	−0.39	3	3	1	0	0%	0	0
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	17:14	0	1	1	1	2	0.13	−0.13	0	2	0	0	28%	0	-1
17J. ZuckerJason ZuckerL	17:00	1	0	1	2	2	0.20	+0.80	1	1	0	1	0%	0	+1
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	16:57	0	1	1	1	4	0.28	−0.28	0	0	0	0	—	0	+1
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	15:26	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	—	0	-2
86N. OstlundNoah OstlundC	13:02	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	1	0%	2	+1
8M. KesselringMichael KesselringD	12:04	0	0	0	2	2	0.15	−0.15	0	1	0	0	—	2	+1
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	11:41	1	0	1	1	1	0.16	+0.84	6	2	0	0	50%	0	+1
12J. GreenwayJordan GreenwayL	10:57	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	1	—	0	+1
6Z. BensonZach BensonL	10:47	1	0	1	2	4	0.59	+0.41	1	0	0	0	—	0	+1
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	10:38	1	0	1	1	1	0.46	+0.54	4	0	0	0	57%	0	0
94K. HeleniusKonsta HeleniusC	9:36	0	1	1	1	2	0.17	−0.17	1	1	0	1	33%	0	+1
78J. BrysonJacob BrysonD	6:17	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	2	0	0	—	0	+1
BUF total		4	6	10	17	44	3.51	+0.49	26	18	5	9	36%	10

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Benson+0.61

Malenstyn+0.57

Zucker+0.51

Helenius+0.50

Quinn+0.24

Thompson−0.01

Tuch−0.06

McLeod−0.29

Greenway−0.29

Ostlund−0.36

Krebs−0.38

Doan−0.55

Defence

Bryson+0.18

Samuelsson+0.15

Power−0.10

Kesselring−0.10

Dahlin−0.15

Byram−0.36

Goalie

Luukkonen+0.79

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Zucker·McLeod·Quinn	11:28	18	10	9	52.6%	4	7	1	0	0.69	0.36	65.3%	+0.32	2	1	67%
Thompson·Tuch·Doan	9:28	16	9	13	40.9%	3	8	0	1	0.23	0.64	26.2%	−0.42	3	2	60%
Greenway·Malenstyn·Krebs	7:50	13	2	13	13.3%	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.42	0.0%	−0.42	0	6	0%
Benson·Ostlund·Helenius	7:43	13	7	8	46.7%	2	6	1	0	0.69	0.26	72.8%	+0.43	3	0	100%
Occasional · 7 groups
Zucker·Thompson·Tuch	0:43	4	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Thompson·Quinn·Doan	0:40	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Krebs·Thompson·Tuch	0:38	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.01	0.00	100.0%	+0.01	0	0	—
McLeod·Quinn·Tuch	0:36	1	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
Benson·Ostlund·Doan	0:34	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Zucker·McLeod·Tuch	0:32	4	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.08	0.0%	−0.08	0	0	—
Zucker·Ostlund·Helenius	0:30	3	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	47:08		35	55	38.9%	13	31	2	2	1.99	2.35	45.8%	−0.36

Goalies

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

BUF · 60:00

Saves: 32/34
SV%: .941
xGA: 2.78
GSAx: +0.78

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	31/33	.939	2.62	+0.62
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.16	+0.16
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/3	.667	0.56	−0.44

Samuel Montembeault

MTL · 58:33

Saves: 13/16
SV%: .813
xGA: 2.56
GSAx: −0.44

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	11/13	.846	1.99	−0.01
Power play	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
Shorthanded	2/3	.667	0.56	−0.44
High danger	2/4	.500	1.03	−0.97

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

27:21Byram
26:25Power
23:03Samuelsson
22:53Dahlin
12:04Kesselring
6:17Bryson

20:53McLeod
19:46Tuch
17:14Thompson
17:00Zucker
16:57Quinn
15:26Doan
13:02Ostlund
11:41Malenstyn
10:57Greenway
10:47Benson
10:38Krebs
9:36Helenius

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFMTL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

PowerD3 O3
BrysonD1 O0
DahlinD4 O3
KesselringD2 O1
ByramD5 O4
SamuelssonD6 O3
BensonD0 O3
ZuckerD1 O3
QuinnD1 O3
OstlundD0 O2
HeleniusD0 O2
ThompsonD4 O5
DoanD4 O4
TuchD6 O4
McLeodD5 O3
GreenwayD6 O0
MalenstynD6 O0
KrebsD7 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period