Buffalo Sabres 3 — 2 Montréal Canadiens
2026-05-12 · Centre Bell · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | MTL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 5 | 12 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | L | 19 | 22 | 3 | 15/16 | 3/5 | 1/1 | 57:17 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 29 | 31 | 2 | 20/21 | 9/10 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 |
| Josh Doan | R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:30 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19:29 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23:47 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:21 |
| Josh Norris | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:58 |
| Konsta Helenius | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:53 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:06 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:42 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:52 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| Luke Schenn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 07:04 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 09:58 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 21:38 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:35 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:43 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:47 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:21 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:26 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:10 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:45 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28:02 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22:01 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:35 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:34 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:59 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24:09 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:51 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 09:39 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:46 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:42 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:00 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | BUF | 2 | OT |
| 2026-05-16 | 2025-26 | BUF | 8 | MTL | 3 | |
| 2026-05-14 | 2025-26 | MTL | 6 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2026-05-12 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-05-10 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | MTL | 6 | |
| 2026-05-08 | 2025-26 | MTL | 5 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2026-05-06 | 2025-26 | MTL | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2026-01-31 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2026-01-22 | 2025-26 | BUF | 4 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-01-15 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | BUF | 5 |