Buffalo Sabres 8 — 3 Montréal Canadiens
2026-05-16 · Centre Bell · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | MTL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 5 |
| 2 | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | 7 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | L | 27 | 33 | 6 | 19/22 | 6/9 | 2/2 | 49:58 |
| Jacob Fowler | MTL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 08:23 | |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | BUF | W | 18 | 18 | 0 | 15/15 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 49:41 |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 10:14 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18:14 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| Zach Benson | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20:04 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:29 |
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:27 |
| Konsta Helenius | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:36 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19:53 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:19 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:56 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:53 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:10 |
| Josh Doan | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:22 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 08:15 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17:26 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:22 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:25 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Evans | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 07:12 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24:28 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22:05 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:46 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:32 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:24 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:20 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:03 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25:22 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:27 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13:39 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12:06 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:59 |
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 |