Montréal Canadiens 6 — 3 Buffalo Sabres
2026-05-14 · KeyBank Center · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 20 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | L | 18 | 23 | 5 | 18/22 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 40:00 |
| Alex Lyon | BUF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 13:39 | |
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | W | 33 | 36 | 3 | 30/33 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19:17 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20:45 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:33 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16:00 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 23:27 |
| Jake Evans | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:15 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:05 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20:20 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20:38 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26:18 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:56 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:52 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 07:16 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25:27 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27:28 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 |
| Josh Doan | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:32 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 |
| Konsta Helenius | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:56 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21:52 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:47 |
| Josh Norris | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:05 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16:59 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:03 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:04 |
| Luke Schenn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:01 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 09:21 |
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 |