Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens
Sat, May 16, 2026 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Playoffs
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 8–3 on Sat, May 16, 2026 at Centre Bell. Rasmus Dahlin led the way with 5 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 18 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–22.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| BUF | 8 | 36 |
| MTL | 3 | 22 |
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 | 25 | |
| 72 | Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 | 18:14 | 26 |
| 22 | Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18:18 | 25 | |
| 6 | Zach Benson | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20:04 | 27 | |
| 17 | Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:29 | 21 | |
| 23 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:53 | 27 | |
| 71 | Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61.1 | 21:56 | 29 |
| 4 | Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19:53 | 24 | |
| 9 | Josh Norris | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 64.7 | 15:27 | 25 |
| 94 | Konsta Helenius | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 12:36 | 19 |
| 73 | Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 | 15 | |
| 25 | Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:22 | 24 | |
| 89 | Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 19:10 | 26 |
| 21 | Conor Timmins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:26 | 19 | |
| 91 | Josh Doan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 16:31 | 22 |
| 29 | Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8:22 | 12 | |
| 12 | Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 8:15 | 13 |
| 19 | Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 6:25 | 13 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | W | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1.000 | 49:41 |
| 34 | Alex Lyon | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 10:14 |
Montréal Canadiens
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Jake Evans | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57.1 | 16:13 | 20 |
| 48 | Lane Hutson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24:28 | 27 | |
| 8 | Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22:05 | 29 | |
| 93 | Ivan Demidov | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 | 18 | |
| 13 | Cole Caufield | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 | 18 | |
| 72 | Arber Xhekaj | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7:12 | 9 | |
| 53 | Noah Dobson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25:22 | 27 | |
| 21 | Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:27 | 22 | |
| 14 | Nick Suzuki | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 19:20 | 21 |
| 20 | Juraj Slafkovský | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 | 19 | |
| 45 | Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 | 27 | |
| 15 | Alex Newhook | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25.0 | 16:32 | 22 |
| 17 | Josh Anderson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:03 | 21 | |
| 76 | Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13:39 | 17 | |
| 85 | Alexandre Texier | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:04 | 20 | |
| 24 | Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21.4 | 12:06 | 20 |
| 77 | Kirby Dach | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 11:24 | 16 |
| 90 | Joseph Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:59 | 13 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Jakub Dobes | L | 33 | 27 | 6 | .818 | 49:58 |
| 32 | Jacob Fowler | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8:23 |