Montréal Canadiens 3 — 2 Buffalo Sabres
2026-05-18 · KeyBank Center · OT · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 6 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | L | 22 | 25 | 3 | 22/24 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 71:22 |
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | W | 37 | 39 | 2 | 36/38 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 71:22 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 09:11 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:52 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 29:30 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 27:03 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22:52 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31:17 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:51 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21:16 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:10 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:07 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:45 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 08:58 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26:30 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31:28 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:33 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:52 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:19 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33:11 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:39 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28:35 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:11 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:42 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28:47 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:56 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:25 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:43 |
| Konsta Helenius | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:37 |
| Josh Doan | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:38 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:07 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11:13 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28:18 |
| Josh Norris | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:37 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:39 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:25 |
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 |