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Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, Postseason

Postseason

NHLMay 6, 2026KeyBank Center

CanadiensMontrealMTL

Canadiens 2, Sabres 4

Final
SabresBuffaloBUFWon
Score by period
Team123T
MTL1102
BUF2204

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:30Lane Hutson Tripping against Zach Benson
  4. 0:30Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Evans
  5. 0:57Off-side
  6. 0:57Jake Evans faceoff won against Josh Norris
  7. 1:11Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  8. 1:14Alex Newhook hit Josh Norris
  9. 1:26Puck in Netting
  10. 1:26Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  11. 2:00Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  12. 2:20Josh Doan Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  13. 2:21Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  14. 2:23On-Ice Official
  15. 2:23Phillip Danault faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  16. 2:42Joseph Veleno hit Alex Tuch
  17. 2:53Kaiden Guhle hit Peyton Krebs
  18. 3:05Jordan Greenway hit Joseph Veleno
  19. 3:13Jordan Greenway Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  20. 3:18Beck Malenstyn hit Joseph Veleno
  21. 3:26Arber Xhekaj hit Jordan Greenway
  22. 3:32Logan Stanley shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
  23. 3:35Joseph Veleno hit Conor Timmins
  24. 3:39Jordan Greenway hit Kaiden Guhle
  25. 4:14Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  26. 4:19Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  27. 4:21Goalie Stopped
  28. 4:21Josh Norris faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  29. 4:31Josh Doan Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Benson (2)
  30. 4:31Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  31. 4:48Cole Caufield Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  32. 5:01Alex Tuch Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  33. 5:21Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Wide Right
  34. 5:33Puck in Netting
  35. 5:33Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  36. 5:48Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  37. 5:48Phillip Danault hit Bowen Byram
  38. 5:51Beck Malenstyn hit Arber Xhekaj
  39. 5:54Alexandre Texier Slap Shot Wide Right
  40. 6:32Joseph Veleno hit Logan Stanley
  41. 6:36Takeaway by Jack Quinn
  42. 6:39Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  43. 6:44Logan Stanley hit Kirby Dach
  44. 7:16Josh Norris hit Jake Evans
  45. 8:02Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Owen Power
  46. 8:14Kaiden Guhle Slap Shot Wide Right
  47. 8:53Phillip Danault Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  48. 9:10Phillip Danault shot blocked by Logan Stanley
  49. 9:24Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  50. 9:25Logan Stanley hit Lane Hutson
  51. 9:33Arber Xhekaj hit Beck Malenstyn
  52. 10:01Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 10:05Zachary Bolduc hit Jason Zucker
  54. 10:07Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  55. 10:24Takeaway by Zachary Bolduc
  56. 10:39Bowen Byram hit Alex Newhook
  57. 10:46Ivan Demidov Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  58. 10:48Goalie Stopped
  59. 10:48Josh Norris faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  60. 11:11Takeaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  61. 11:31Owen Power shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  62. 11:33Bowen Byram shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  63. 11:35Nick Suzuki Tripping against Bowen Byram
  64. 11:35Jake Evans faceoff won against Josh Norris
  65. 11:38Alex Newhook Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  66. 12:28Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  67. 13:10Phillip Danault hit Ryan McLeod
  68. 13:26Ryan McLeod Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Benson (3), Josh Doan (3)
  69. 13:26Jordan Greenway faceoff won against Jake Evans
  70. 13:39Conor Timmins shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
  71. 13:43Arber Xhekaj hit Beck Malenstyn
  72. 14:13Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Arber Xhekaj
  73. 14:34Zachary Bolduc hit Rasmus Dahlin
  74. 14:44Alex Tuch shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  75. 14:46Peyton Krebs hit Alexandre Carrier
  76. 14:56Rasmus Dahlin Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  77. 14:58Goalie Stopped
  78. 14:58Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  79. 16:16Giveaway by Josh Doan
  80. 16:46Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  81. 16:49Off-side
  82. 16:49Alex Newhook faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  83. 16:53Peyton Krebs hit Kaiden Guhle
  84. 16:57Icing
  85. 16:57Jake Evans faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  86. 17:09Bowen Byram shot blocked by Jake Evans
  87. 17:27Bowen Byram Snap Shot Wide Left
  88. 17:33Peyton Krebs hit Ivan Demidov
  89. 17:36Jake Evans Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  90. 17:58Rasmus Dahlin Interference against Jake Evans
  91. 17:58Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  92. 18:01Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  93. 18:20Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  94. 18:41Ivan Demidov Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  95. 18:46Jordan Greenway hit Cole Caufield
  96. 19:00Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  97. 19:16Nick Suzuki Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (1), Ivan Demidov (2)
  98. 19:16Josh Norris faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  99. 19:23Josh Anderson hit Mattias Samuelsson
  100. 19:26Icing
  101. 19:26Josh Norris faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  102. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Phillip Danault faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:05Giveaway by Alexandre Texier
  4. 0:19Josh Doan Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  5. 1:24Cole Caufield hit Bowen Byram
  6. 1:31Tage Thompson Snap Shot Wide Right
  7. 1:57Puck Frozen - Goalie
  8. 1:57Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Evans
  9. 2:09Ivan Demidov hit Conor Timmins
  10. 2:10Alex Newhook hit Logan Stanley
  11. 2:25Icing
  12. 2:25Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Evans
  13. 3:06Zach Benson hit Alexandre Carrier
  14. 3:17Zachary Bolduc hit Josh Norris
  15. 3:25Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  16. 3:32Jordan Greenway Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (1)
  17. 3:32Alexandre Texier faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  18. 3:34Giveaway by Josh Anderson
  19. 3:48Off-side
  20. 3:48Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  21. 3:50Takeaway by Logan Stanley
  22. 3:59Icing
  23. 3:59Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  24. 4:02Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  25. 4:05Goalie Stopped
  26. 4:05Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  27. 4:23Josh Doan shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  28. 4:35Josh Norris hit Cole Caufield
  29. 5:11Peyton Krebs hit Alex Newhook
  30. 5:27Jake Evans hit Peyton Krebs
  31. 5:42Puck in Crowd
  32. 5:42Phillip Danault faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  33. 6:02Off-side
  34. 6:02Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  35. 6:08Takeaway by Conor Timmins
  36. 6:32Jack Quinn Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  37. 7:06Jack Quinn shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  38. 7:13Kaiden Guhle Cross-checking against Tyson Kozak
  39. 7:13Jake Evans faceoff won against Josh Norris
  40. 7:14Alex Tuch Backhand Wide Left
  41. 7:39Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  42. 7:57Jake Evans Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  43. 8:11Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  44. 8:41Takeaway by Alexandre Carrier
  45. 8:51Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  46. 8:53Goalie Stopped
  47. 8:53Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  48. 8:55Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  49. 9:01Bowen Byram Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (2)
  50. 9:01Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  51. 9:07Beck Malenstyn hit Lane Hutson
  52. 9:11Beck Malenstyn High-sticking against Lane Hutson
  53. 9:11Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  54. 9:44Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  55. 10:05Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  56. 10:51Juraj Slafkovský Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  57. 11:04Ivan Demidov Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  58. 11:06Puck in Netting
  59. 11:06Josh Norris faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  60. 11:13Zach Benson hit Kaiden Guhle
  61. 11:23Zachary Bolduc shot blocked by Logan Stanley
  62. 11:40Zachary Bolduc hit Owen Power
  63. 11:51Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  64. 11:53Goalie Stopped
  65. 11:53Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  66. 12:12Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  67. 12:46Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  68. 12:55Icing
  69. 12:55Jake Evans faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  70. 12:59Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  71. 13:31Jason Zucker shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  72. 13:39Jason Zucker Wrist Shot Wide Right
  73. 13:50Ryan McLeod Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  74. 14:01Jack Quinn Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  75. 14:38Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  76. 14:38Tyson Kozak Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  77. 14:40Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
  78. 14:41Rasmus Dahlin Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  79. 14:55Josh Anderson hit Bowen Byram
  80. 15:49Joseph Veleno Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  81. 15:51Goalie Stopped
  82. 15:51Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  83. 15:54Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  84. 15:56Goalie Stopped
  85. 15:56Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  86. 16:16Joseph Veleno hit Conor Timmins
  87. 16:22Kirby Dach hit Conor Timmins
  88. 16:25Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  89. 16:31Kirby Dach Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (4)
  90. 16:31Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  91. 16:38Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  92. 17:06Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  93. 17:11Nick Suzuki hit Jason Zucker
  94. 17:39Josh Norris hit Jake Evans
  95. 18:42Jordan Greenway Backhand Wide Left
  96. 18:50Beck Malenstyn hit Josh Anderson
  97. 18:53Phillip Danault Backhand Wide Right
  98. 19:23Lane Hutson shot blocked by Owen Power
  99. 19:40Alexandre Texier Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  100. 19:53Nick Suzuki Slap Shot Wide Right
  101. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:05Mattias Samuelsson hit Juraj Slafkovský
  4. 0:07Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  5. 0:09Goalie Stopped
  6. 0:09Josh Norris faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  7. 0:14Noah Dobson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  8. 0:40Puck in Netting
  9. 0:40Jake Evans faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  10. 1:06Alex Newhook Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  11. 1:54Kaiden Guhle hit Ryan McLeod
  12. 2:02Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Left
  13. 3:21Giveaway by Josh Doan
  14. 3:26Josh Doan hit Nick Suzuki
  15. 3:31Nick Suzuki Deflected saved by Alex Lyon
  16. 3:40Icing
  17. 3:40Josh Norris faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  18. 4:12Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  19. 4:19Nick Suzuki hit Bowen Byram
  20. 4:27Alex Tuch Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
  21. 5:05Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  22. 5:07Goalie Stopped
  23. 5:07Jake Evans faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  24. 5:09Alexandre Carrier Slap Shot Wide Left
  25. 5:14Alex Newhook hit Bowen Byram
  26. 5:18Beck Malenstyn hit Ivan Demidov
  27. 5:24Giveaway by Jordan Greenway
  28. 5:56Icing
  29. 5:56Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  30. 5:58Logan Stanley shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  31. 6:00Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  32. 6:02Goalie Stopped
  33. 6:02Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  34. 6:42Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left
  35. 6:52Icing
  36. 6:52Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  37. 7:30Juraj Slafkovský hit Rasmus Dahlin
  38. 7:35Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  39. 7:38Puck in Benches
  40. 7:38Jake Evans faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  41. 7:54Jordan Greenway hit Alexandre Carrier
  42. 8:48Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  43. 8:48Kirby Dach hit Bowen Byram
  44. 9:02Off-side
  45. 9:02Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  46. 9:11Tage Thompson hit Noah Dobson
  47. 10:03Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  48. 11:15Jordan Greenway hit Mike Matheson
  49. 11:46Joseph Veleno hit Josh Doan
  50. 11:57Josh Norris shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  51. 12:15Zachary Bolduc hit Logan Stanley
  52. 13:08Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  53. 13:44Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  54. 13:46Puck in Netting
  55. 13:46Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  56. 14:04Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  57. 14:05Tyson Kozak Wrist Shot Wide Left
  58. 14:20Mattias Samuelsson hit Alex Newhook
  59. 14:22Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  60. 15:21Alexandre Carrier Wrist Shot Wide Left
  61. 15:42Tage Thompson shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  62. 15:55Phillip Danault hit Logan Stanley
  63. 16:15Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  64. 16:53Noah Dobson shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  65. 16:55Jake Evans shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  66. 16:59Alex Newhook Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  67. 17:09Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  68. 17:10Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  69. 17:13Goalie Stopped
  70. 17:13Rink Repair
  71. 17:13Josh Norris faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  72. 17:39Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  73. 17:41Goalie Stopped
  74. 17:41Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  75. 17:51Nick Suzuki Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  76. 17:55Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  77. 18:29Off-side
  78. 18:29Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  79. 18:53Josh Doan hit Nick Suzuki
  80. 19:03Juraj Slafkovský Tip-In Wide Left
  81. 19:10Ivan Demidov Snap Shot Wide Left
  82. 19:27Noah Dobson shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  83. 19:43Puck in Benches
  84. 19:43Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  85. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  86. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 4:31MTL 0, BUF 1Josh Doan Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Benson (2)
  2. 13:26MTL 0, BUF 2Ryan McLeod Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Benson (3), Josh Doan (3)
  3. 19:16MTL 1, BUF 2Nick Suzuki Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (1), Ivan Demidov (2)

2nd

  1. 3:32MTL 1, BUF 3Jordan Greenway Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (1)
  2. 9:01MTL 1, BUF 4Bowen Byram Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (2)
  3. 16:31MTL 2, BUF 4Kirby Dach Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (4)

Game leaders

CanadiensMontreal

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Kirby Dach C10002009:460.011000001339:410:050:00
Nick Suzuki C10-1020221:0255.63810011019317:493:130:00
Alex Newhook C000030016:5233.3421000020314:170:052:30
Alexandre Texier LW000000011:44100.0101101016211:440:000:00
Cole Caufield RW00-1010019:080.0200000018115:553:130:00
Ivan Demidov RW010010018:190.0200002018015:063:130:00
Jake Evans C000011015:4969.2249000020013:230:002:26
Joe Veleno C00005008:33100.010200001008:260:000:07
Josh Anderson RW000020015:460.0000100017212:520:002:54
Juraj Slafkovsky LW01-1010019:410.0400001118316:283:130:00
Phillip Danault C000030015:2069.2149001019011:590:003:21
Zack Bolduc RW01005008:530.000020011218:480:050:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alexandre Carrier D00-1000018:4500000210.024115:280:003:17
Arber Xhekaj D00003107:4200000100.01107:420:000:00
Kaiden Guhle D000023218:2200001110.020016:030:052:14
Lane Hutson D000002226:4240011000.023222:483:130:41
Mike Matheson D00-1003021:0010020100.023115:540:005:06
Noah Dobson D000002024:0920000100.024024:040:050:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jakub Dobes G16412.75056:480093000

Video

0:34Jordan Greenway lasers in a goal for a 3-1 Sabres lead0:39Bowen Byram extends Sabres' lead to 4-1 in 2nd period0:43Ryan McLeod doubles Sabres' lead from tight angle0:42Nick Suzuki's goal get Canadiens back into it at end of 1st period
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