Canadiens vs. Sabres | May 8, 2026

3 Montreal Canadiens1W

Final5 - 1

1 Buffalo Sabres1W

1 2 3 T ------------------ MTL 2 1 2 5 BUF 0 1 0 1

Goals and Penalties: ShowHide

1st Period: ShowHide

P1 18:24
Alex Newhook (MTL) scores on tip-in past Alex Lyon, assisted by Kaiden Guhle and Lane Hutson
1-0
P1 15:33
Mike Matheson (MTL) scores on snap shot past Alex Lyon, assisted by Phillip Danault
2-0

P1 12:26

Alexandre Carrier (MTL) tripping against Jason Zucker (2 minutes)

2-0

P1 08:13

Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) interference against Lane Hutson (2 minutes)

2-0

P1 00:10

Josh Doan (BUF) interference against Noah Dobson (2 minutes)

2-0

2nd Period: ShowHide

P2 17:17

Alexandre Carrier (MTL) hooking against Tage Thompson (2 minutes)

2-0

P2 15:13
Alex Newhook (MTL) scores on snap shot past Alex Lyon, assisted by Jake Evans and Noah Dobson
3-0

P2 14:27

Arber Xhekaj (MTL) slashing against Jordan Greenway (2 minutes)

3-0

P2 10:24

Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) tripping against Nick Suzuki (2 minutes)

3-0

P2 05:22

MTL penalty, too many men on the ice (2 minutes), served by Ivan Demidov

3-0

P2 02:56

Kaiden Guhle (MTL) roughing against Logan Stanley (2 minutes)

3-0

P2 02:56

Logan Stanley (BUF) roughing against Kaiden Guhle (2 minutes)

3-0

P2 00:38
Zach Benson (BUF) scores on tip-in past Jakub Dobes, assisted by Conor Timmins and Josh Doan
3-1

3rd Period: ShowHide

P3 16:06
Alexandre Carrier (MTL) scores on snap shot past Alex Lyon
4-1

P3 06:52

Bowen Byram (BUF) elbowing against Zachary Bolduc (2 minutes)

4-1

P3 04:01
Nick Suzuki (MTL) scores on empty net, assisted by Josh Anderson
5-1

P3 02:42

Josh Anderson (MTL) cross-checking against Jordan Greenway (2 minutes), served by Ivan Demidov

5-1

P3 02:42

Josh Anderson (MTL) misconduct (10 minutes)

5-1

P3 01:26

Zach Benson (BUF) cross-checking against Mike Matheson (2 minutes)

5-1

Box Score: Back to Top

Canadiens Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Josh Anderson R

14:29 0 1 2 0 0 12 0 0 0/0

Zachary Bolduc R

12:02 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0/0

Cole Caufield R

17:06 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0/0

Kirby Dach C

11:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0/1

Phillip Danault C

14:33 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 10/15

Ivan Demidov R

13:18 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0/0

Jake Evans C

16:32 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 7/11

Alex Newhook C

16:46 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 1/4

Juraj Slafkovský L

17:56 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0/0

Nick Suzuki C

20:03 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 9/16

Alexandre Texier L

09:21 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0

Joe Veleno C

10:32 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3/6

Canadiens Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Alexandre Carrier D

19:38 1 0 4 1 1 4 0 0 0/0

Noah Dobson D

16:20 0 1 -1 5 5 0 1 2 0/0

Kaiden Guhle D

20:56 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0/0

Lane Hutson D

20:54 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0/0

Mike Matheson D

26:44 1 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 0/0

Arber Xhekaj D

09:32 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0/0

Canadiens Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

5 6 28 19 20 7 11 30/53 56.6%

Canadiens Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Jakub Dobes G

60:00 1 28/29 18/19 10/10 0/0 0 .966 .947 1.000

Sabres Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Zach Benson L

19:25 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0/0

Josh Doan R

16:28 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 1/1

Jordan Greenway L

12:55 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2/2

Tyson Kozak C

10:02 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5/11

Peyton Krebs C

12:25 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 3/4

Beck Malenstyn L

07:11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0

Ryan McLeod C

17:17 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 3 4/15

Josh Norris C

17:39 0 0 -1 3 1 0 0 2 5/12

Jack Quinn R

14:30 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0/0

Tage Thompson C

18:38 0 0 -4 1 0 0 0 1 3/6

Alex Tuch R

20:19 0 0 -3 6 2 0 0 1 0/1

Jason Zucker L

11:08 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 2 0/1

Sabres Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Bowen Byram D

21:27 0 0 -3 1 0 2 2 1 0/0

Rasmus Dahlin D

22:17 0 0 -1 5 0 2 0 0 0/0

Owen Power D

20:18 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0/0

Mattias Samuelsson D

19:47 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0/0

Logan Stanley D

10:27 0 0 -1 1 0 2 0 0 0/0

Conor Timmins D

18:08 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0/0

Sabres Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

1 2 29 13 12 4 13 23/53 43.4%

Sabres Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Alex Lyon G

58:13 4 23/27 14/18 7/7 2/2 0 .852 .778 1.000 1.000