Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, Postseason
Postseason
NHLMay 18, 2026KeyBank Center
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| BUF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Scoring
1st
MTL 1, BUF 0Phillip Danault Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Kaiden Guhle (6), Alexandre Texier (4)
MTL 2, BUF 0Zachary Bolduc Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (9), Lane Hutson (12)
2nd
MTL 2, BUF 1Jordan Greenway Goal (2) Deflected, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (4), Beck Malenstyn (2)
3rd
MTL 2, BUF 2Rasmus Dahlin Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Owen Power (6), Ryan McLeod (4)
OT
MTL 3, BUF 2Alex Newhook Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Alexandre Carrier (4)
Game leaders
CanadiensMontreal
- PointsAlex Newhook1 pts1 G
- GoalieJakub Dobes37 saves39 shots.949 SV%
SabresBuffalo
- PointsJordan Greenway1 pts1 G
- GoalieUkko-Pekka Luukkonen22 saves25 shots.880 SV%
Box score
| Forwards | G | A | +/- | SOG | HT | BS | PIM | TOI | FO% | S | FL | FW | GV | PN | SM | TK | SHFT | YTDG | ESTOI | PPTOI | SHTOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Newhook C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:52 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 18:23 | 0:00 | 1:29 |
| Phillip Danault C | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:16 | 53.8 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 17:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
| Zack Bolduc RW | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9:11 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8:52 | 0:19 | 0:00 |
| Alexandre Texier LW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 17:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
| Cole Caufield RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21:16 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 19:41 | 1:35 | 0:00 |
| Ivan Demidov RW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 20:43 | 1:36 | 0:00 |
| Jake Evans C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:33 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 21:07 | 0:00 | 1:26 |
| Josh Anderson RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:10 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 16:40 | 0:00 | 0:30 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:07 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 21:18 | 1:49 | 0:00 |
| Kirby Dach C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8:58 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8:38 | 0:20 | 0:00 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29:30 | 50.0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 26:59 | 1:55 | 0:36 |
| Oliver Kapanen C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:45 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
| Defense | G | A | +/- | SOG | HT | BS | PIM | TOI | S | FL | FW | GV | PN | SM | TK | FO% | SHFT | YTDG | ESTOI | PPTOI | SHTOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 27:03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 1 | 25:41 | 0:00 | 1:22 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
| Kaiden Guhle D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 22:52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 0 | 22:15 | 0:00 | 0:37 |
| Lane Hutson D | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31:17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 33 | 2 | 29:22 | 1:55 | 0:00 |
| Mike Matheson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31:28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 39 | 1 | 29:51 | 0:06 | 1:31 |
| Noah Dobson D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26:30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 0 | 26:01 | 0:00 | 0:29 |
| Goalies | SA | GA | SV | SV% | TOI | PIM | SOS | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | SOSA | YTDG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes G | 39 | 2 | 37 | .949 | 71:22 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards | G | A | +/- | SOG | HT | BS | PIM | TOI | FO% | S | FL | FW | GV | PN | SM | TK | SHFT | YTDG | ESTOI | PPTOI | SHTOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Greenway LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10:49 | 0:00 | 0:22 |
| Alex Tuch RW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21:25 | 100.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 18:22 | 1:08 | 1:55 |
| Beck Malenstyn LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:42 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 9:44 | 0:01 | 0:57 |
| Jack Quinn RW | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 18:03 | 1:09 | 0:00 |
| Jason Zucker LW | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:39 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 15:32 | 1:07 | 0:00 |
| Josh Doan RW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:38 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 17:46 | 0:52 | 0:00 |
| Josh Norris C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:37 | 69.2 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 20:36 | 1:01 | 0:00 |
| Konsta Helenius C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:37 | 9.1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 16:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11:13 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 11:06 | 0:07 | 0:00 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:39 | 68.8 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 19:19 | 0:44 | 0:36 |
| Tage Thompson C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:56 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 21:07 | 0:49 | 0:00 |
| Zach Benson LW | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:07 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 23:15 | 0:52 | 0:00 |
| Defense | G | A | +/- | SOG | HT | BS | PIM | TOI | S | FL | FW | GV | PN | SM | TK | FO% | SHFT | YTDG | ESTOI | PPTOI | SHTOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33:11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 4 | 31:59 | 1:12 | 0:00 |
| Bowen Byram D | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28:18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 4 | 27:30 | 0:48 | 0:00 |
| Conor Timmins D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 0 | 16:48 | 0:00 | 1:55 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28:35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 3 | 28:13 | 0:00 | 0:22 |
| Owen Power D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 0 | 27:04 | 0:10 | 1:33 |
| Zach Metsa D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 3:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
| Goalies | SA | GA | SV | SV% | TOI | PIM | SOS | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | SOSA | YTDG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G | 25 | 3 | 22 | .880 | 71:22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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