BenchScoutOctober BaseballDay 32Search teams, players, games/

Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, Postseason

Postseason

NHLMay 8, 2026KeyBank Center

CanadiensMontrealMTLWon

Canadiens 5, Sabres 1

Final
SabresBuffaloBUF
Score by period
Team123T
MTL2125
BUF0101

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:03Zach Benson hit Alexandre Carrier
  4. 0:16Zach Benson hit Cole Caufield
  5. 0:25Zach Benson hit Alexandre Carrier
  6. 0:27Josh Norris hit Cole Caufield
  7. 0:30Mattias Samuelsson hit Nick Suzuki
  8. 0:45Nick Suzuki hit Mattias Samuelsson
  9. 1:21Ivan Demidov hit Owen Power
  10. 1:22Tage Thompson hit Lane Hutson
  11. 1:32Tage Thompson hit Jake Evans
  12. 1:36Alex Newhook Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Kaiden Guhle (5), Lane Hutson (5)
  13. 1:36Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  14. 1:47Logan Stanley Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  15. 2:20Alexandre Texier hit Logan Stanley
  16. 2:51Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  17. 2:54Rasmus Dahlin hit Zachary Bolduc
  18. 3:16Takeaway by Bowen Byram
  19. 3:26Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  20. 3:33Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  21. 3:37Zach Benson shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  22. 3:40Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  23. 3:50Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  24. 4:03Zach Benson hit Cole Caufield
  25. 4:18Cole Caufield Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  26. 4:19Goalie Stopped
  27. 4:19Phillip Danault faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  28. 4:21Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  29. 4:23Goalie Stopped
  30. 4:23Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  31. 4:27Mike Matheson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Phillip Danault (2)
  32. 4:27Jake Evans faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  33. 4:42Arber Xhekaj hit Jordan Greenway
  34. 5:11Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  35. 5:13Mattias Samuelsson hit Kaiden Guhle
  36. 5:26Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  37. 5:29Tage Thompson hit Mike Matheson
  38. 5:41Puck in Benches
  39. 5:41Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  40. 6:25Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot Wide Left
  41. 6:32Josh Doan hit Noah Dobson
  42. 6:36Nick Suzuki Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  43. 6:37Goalie Stopped
  44. 6:37Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  45. 6:39Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  46. 6:46Peyton Krebs hit Kirby Dach
  47. 6:52Peyton Krebs hit Kaiden Guhle
  48. 7:05Tage Thompson hit Arber Xhekaj
  49. 7:25Zachary Bolduc hit Conor Timmins
  50. 7:34Alexandre Carrier Tripping against Jason Zucker
  51. 7:34Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  52. 8:04Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  53. 8:19Kaiden Guhle hit Ryan McLeod
  54. 8:24Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  55. 8:26Goalie Stopped
  56. 8:26Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Evans
  57. 8:33Jason Zucker Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  58. 8:43Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  59. 8:45Puck in Netting
  60. 8:45Jake Evans faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  61. 9:25Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  62. 9:26Goalie Stopped
  63. 9:26Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  64. 9:33Puck in Benches
  65. 9:33Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  66. 9:39Jack Quinn hit Phillip Danault
  67. 9:58Giveaway by Owen Power
  68. 9:58Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Jack Quinn
  69. 10:27Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  70. 10:28Giveaway by Zach Benson
  71. 10:57Alex Tuch hit Alex Newhook
  72. 11:05Tage Thompson hit Lane Hutson
  73. 11:06Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  74. 11:25Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  75. 11:47Rasmus Dahlin Interference against Lane Hutson
  76. 11:47TV Timeout
  77. 11:47Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  78. 12:13Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  79. 12:16Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  80. 12:17Goalie Stopped
  81. 12:17Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  82. 13:00Lane Hutson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  83. 13:02Goalie Stopped
  84. 13:02Alex Newhook faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  85. 13:07Zachary Bolduc Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  86. 13:20Zach Benson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  87. 13:33Mattias Samuelsson hit Alex Newhook
  88. 13:46Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  89. 13:53Kirby Dach Tip-In Hit Right Post
  90. 14:31Phillip Danault Tip-In Wide Left
  91. 14:35Josh Anderson hit Alex Tuch
  92. 14:38Josh Anderson Snap Shot Wide Right
  93. 14:50Mike Matheson shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  94. 15:09Takeaway by Phillip Danault
  95. 15:29Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  96. 15:38Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  97. 15:47Juraj Slafkovský hit Logan Stanley
  98. 15:58Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  99. 16:02Cole Caufield Snap Shot Wide Left
  100. 16:06Cole Caufield Deflected Off Crossbar
  101. 16:20Jack Quinn Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  102. 16:49Off-side
  103. 16:49Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  104. 16:55Bowen Byram shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  105. 17:20Jordan Greenway Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  106. 17:27Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  107. 17:30Arber Xhekaj hit Jordan Greenway
  108. 17:40Icing
  109. 17:40Tage Thompson faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  110. 17:57Alexandre Carrier shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  111. 17:58Mattias Samuelsson hit Alexandre Texier
  112. 18:00Josh Anderson Tip-In Wide Right
  113. 18:20Off-side
  114. 18:20Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  115. 18:45Logan Stanley shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  116. 18:48Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  117. 18:51Puck in Crowd
  118. 18:51Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  119. 19:08Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Right
  120. 19:08Noah Dobson hit Zach Benson
  121. 19:31Giveaway by Josh Doan
  122. 19:50Josh Doan Interference against Noah Dobson
  123. 19:50Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  124. 19:55Cole Caufield shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  125. 19:56Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  126. 19:57On-Ice Official
  127. 19:57Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  128. 19:58Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  129. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Jordan Greenway faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:28Jordan Greenway hit Ivan Demidov
  4. 0:56Lane Hutson shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  5. 1:25Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  6. 1:55Puck Frozen - Goalie
  7. 1:55Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  8. 2:40Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Josh Norris
  9. 2:43Alexandre Carrier Hooking against Tage Thompson
  10. 2:43Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  11. 3:26Jack Quinn Slap Shot Wide Left
  12. 3:33Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  13. 3:59Josh Norris Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  14. 4:04Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  15. 4:05Josh Norris Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  16. 4:06Goalie Stopped
  17. 4:06Josh Norris faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  18. 4:24Giveaway by Josh Norris
  19. 4:40Jason Zucker hit Noah Dobson
  20. 4:47Alex Newhook Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Evans (2), Noah Dobson (1)
  21. 4:47Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  22. 5:12Tyson Kozak Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  23. 5:22Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Right
  24. 5:33Arber Xhekaj Slashing against Jordan Greenway
  25. 5:33Jake Evans faceoff won against Josh Norris
  26. 5:52Giveaway by Josh Norris
  27. 6:22Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  28. 6:26Giveaway by Alex Newhook
  29. 6:35Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  30. 6:43Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  31. 7:35Kaiden Guhle hit Josh Doan
  32. 8:05Logan Stanley hit Nick Suzuki
  33. 8:09Logan Stanley hit Juraj Slafkovský
  34. 8:25Off-side
  35. 8:25Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  36. 9:03Alexandre Carrier hit Ryan McLeod
  37. 9:05Alex Tuch Backhand Short
  38. 9:07Takeaway by Mike Matheson
  39. 9:26Tage Thompson hit Mike Matheson
  40. 9:36Mattias Samuelsson Tripping against Nick Suzuki
  41. 9:36Jordan Greenway faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  42. 9:41Puck in Crowd
  43. 9:41Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  44. 9:47Ivan Demidov Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  45. 10:05Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  46. 10:29Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  47. 10:53Ivan Demidov Slap Shot Wide Right
  48. 11:32Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  49. 11:52Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  50. 11:57Mattias Samuelsson hit Lane Hutson
  51. 12:00Conor Timmins hit Ivan Demidov
  52. 12:15Mattias Samuelsson hit Noah Dobson
  53. 12:20Mattias Samuelsson hit Mike Matheson
  54. 12:31Kirby Dach Tip-In Wide Left
  55. 12:39Puck in Benches
  56. 12:39Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  57. 13:14Tage Thompson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  58. 13:22Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  59. 13:37Josh Norris hit Alex Newhook
  60. 13:45Noah Dobson Snap Shot Wide Right
  61. 13:47Goalie Stopped
  62. 13:47Jake Evans faceoff won against Josh Norris
  63. 13:51Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  64. 13:55Hand Pass
  65. 13:55Jake Evans faceoff won against Josh Norris
  66. 14:11Takeaway by Noah Dobson
  67. 14:21Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  68. 14:26Mattias Samuelsson hit Jake Evans
  69. 14:30Jake Evans Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  70. 14:38Too many men/ice served by Ivan Demidov
  71. 14:38TV Timeout
  72. 14:38Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Evans
  73. 14:41Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  74. 15:15Josh Norris shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  75. 15:22Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  76. 15:32Tage Thompson Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  77. 16:50Phillip Danault hit Jack Quinn
  78. 17:01Joseph Veleno hit Rasmus Dahlin
  79. 17:02Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  80. 17:04Goalie Stopped
  81. 17:04Kaiden Guhle Roughing against Logan Stanley
  82. 17:04Logan Stanley Roughing against Kaiden Guhle
  83. 17:04Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  84. 17:20Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  85. 17:29Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  86. 17:34Owen Power hit Juraj Slafkovský
  87. 18:27Mike Matheson Snap Shot Wide Right
  88. 18:32Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  89. 19:14Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  90. 19:17Josh Doan shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  91. 19:22Zach Benson Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Conor Timmins (1), Josh Doan (4)
  92. 19:22Phillip Danault faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  93. 19:39Jordan Greenway hit Alexandre Carrier
  94. 19:42Alexandre Texier shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  95. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:12Josh Norris hit Cole Caufield
  4. 1:08Icing
  5. 1:08Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  6. 1:16Jason Zucker shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  7. 1:17Jason Zucker Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  8. 1:22Puck in Crowd
  9. 1:22Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  10. 1:30Lane Hutson Backhand Wide Right
  11. 1:39Lane Hutson Snap Shot Wide Left
  12. 1:44Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  13. 1:56Giveaway by Jake Evans
  14. 2:08Mattias Samuelsson hit Alex Newhook
  15. 2:40Zach Benson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  16. 2:58Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  17. 3:04Owen Power Slap Shot Wide Right
  18. 3:06Goalie Stopped
  19. 3:06Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  20. 3:14Bowen Byram hit Josh Anderson
  21. 3:36Tage Thompson Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  22. 3:39Tage Thompson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  23. 3:49Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  24. 3:54Alexandre Carrier Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: none
  25. 3:54Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  26. 4:00Icing
  27. 4:00Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  28. 4:01Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Wide Right
  29. 4:07Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  30. 4:12Takeaway by Kirby Dach
  31. 4:25Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  32. 4:31Icing
  33. 4:31Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  34. 4:34Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  35. 4:40Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  36. 5:20Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  37. 5:22Puck in Netting
  38. 5:22Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Evans
  39. 5:24Logan Stanley shot blocked by Ivan Demidov
  40. 5:59Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Left
  41. 6:05Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Left
  42. 6:29Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  43. 6:37Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Right
  44. 6:54Noah Dobson Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  45. 7:04Zachary Bolduc shot blocked by Owen Power
  46. 7:16Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  47. 7:21Takeaway by Bowen Byram
  48. 7:47Takeaway by Zachary Bolduc
  49. 8:09Peyton Krebs hit Kaiden Guhle
  50. 8:16Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  51. 9:14Jake Evans Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  52. 9:23Mike Matheson hit Zach Benson
  53. 9:27Owen Power hit Alex Newhook
  54. 9:43Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  55. 9:45Goalie Stopped
  56. 9:45Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  57. 10:09Phillip Danault hit Owen Power
  58. 10:24Owen Power Wrist Shot Wide Left
  59. 10:27Alexandre Carrier hit Ryan McLeod
  60. 10:49Alex Tuch hit Alexandre Carrier
  61. 11:02Tage Thompson shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  62. 11:04Puck in Netting
  63. 11:04Tage Thompson faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  64. 11:06Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  65. 11:14Icing
  66. 11:14Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  67. 11:29Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  68. 11:31Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  69. 11:36Jason Zucker shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  70. 11:48Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  71. 11:58Peyton Krebs hit Juraj Slafkovský
  72. 12:02Joseph Veleno Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  73. 12:03Goalie Stopped
  74. 12:03Josh Doan faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  75. 12:16Josh Norris Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  76. 12:17Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  77. 12:38Josh Doan hit Noah Dobson
  78. 12:40Josh Norris hit Lane Hutson
  79. 13:02Bowen Byram hit Zachary Bolduc
  80. 13:08Bowen Byram Elbowing against Zachary Bolduc
  81. 13:08Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  82. 13:26Mattias Samuelsson hit Nick Suzuki
  83. 13:31Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  84. 13:49Cole Caufield Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  85. 14:35Takeaway by Jordan Greenway
  86. 15:27Puck in Benches
  87. 15:27Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  88. 15:38Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  89. 15:59Nick Suzuki Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Anderson (2)
  90. 15:59Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  91. 16:21Takeaway by Joe Veleno
  92. 17:13Owen Power shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  93. 17:18Josh Anderson Cross-checking against Jordan Greenway served by Ivan Demidov
  94. 17:18Josh Anderson Misconduct
  95. 17:18Timeout - Home
  96. 17:18Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Jake Evans
  97. 17:32Josh Doan Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  98. 17:46Ryan McLeod Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  99. 18:34Zach Benson Cross-checking against Mike Matheson
  100. 18:34Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  101. 18:36Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  102. 19:19Arber Xhekaj hit Conor Timmins
  103. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  104. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 1:36MTL 1, BUF 0Alex Newhook Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Kaiden Guhle (5), Lane Hutson (5)
  2. 4:27MTL 2, BUF 0Mike Matheson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Phillip Danault (2)

2nd

  1. 4:47MTL 3, BUF 0Alex Newhook Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Evans (2), Noah Dobson (1)
  2. 19:22MTL 3, BUF 1Zach Benson Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Conor Timmins (1), Josh Doan (4)

3rd

  1. 3:54MTL 4, BUF 1Alexandre Carrier Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: none
  2. 15:59MTL 5, BUF 1Nick Suzuki Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Anderson (2)

Game leaders

CanadiensMontreal

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alex Newhook C202001016:4625.043110001838:542:005:52
Nick Suzuki C100010020:0356.3479100019313:476:080:08
Alexandre Texier LW00201009:210.000000001428:310:500:00
Cole Caufield RW000000017:060.0200003018111:066:000:00
Ivan Demidov RW001011013:180.000000201507:545:240:00
Jake Evans C012000016:3263.624710001908:591:355:58
Joe Veleno C000010010:3250.0133000115010:250:070:00
Josh Anderson RW0120101214:290.0000022020211:140:003:15
Juraj Slafkovsky LW000012017:560.0100001018311:536:030:00
Kirby Dach C000000011:180.001030211639:102:080:00
Phillip Danault C013022014:3366.70510001121011:130:033:17
Zack Bolduc RW000010012:020.010000011719:212:410:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alexandre Carrier D104021419:3810002000.024115:570:003:41
Mike Matheson D103013026:4430010110.025117:360:598:09
Arber Xhekaj D00103029:3200011200.01208:500:420:00
Kaiden Guhle D010022220:5610011010.024015:111:104:35
Lane Hutson D011001020:5430000200.020214:046:110:39
Noah Dobson D01-1015016:2050020110.024013:211:291:30
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jakub Dobes G29128.96660:00001810000

Video

1:19Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game HighlightsESPN video
0:21Mike Matheson flicks in a beautiful wrister0:41Alex Newhook squeezes in a goal for Montreal0:50Alex Newhook taps in his second goal for the Canadiens0:43Alexandre Carrier pads the lead for Montreal
All 6 clips

Gamethread

Anyone can read the thread; posting needs an account.Log in to post