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Sat, May 16, 2026 · Playoffs · Final

Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Shots on goalBUF 36 · MTL 22

Scoring

1st period

  1. 00:32BUFRasmus Dahlin from Mattias Samuelsson, Zach BensonScore after the goal: BUF 1 · MTL 0
  2. 01:40MTLArber Xhekaj from Jake EvansScore after the goal: BUF 1 · MTL 1
  3. 08:12MTLIvan Demidov from Lane Hutson, Cole Caufieldpower-play goalScore after the goal: BUF 1 · MTL 2
  4. 10:14MTLJake Evans from Mike Mathesonshort-handed goalScore after the goal: BUF 1 · MTL 3
  5. 13:56BUFJason Zucker from Josh Norris, Jack Quinnpower-play goalScore after the goal: BUF 2 · MTL 3

2nd period

  1. 01:00BUFZach Benson from Tage Thompson, Bowen ByramScore after the goal: BUF 3 · MTL 3
  2. 10:54BUFJack Quinn from Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompsonpower-play goalScore after the goal: BUF 4 · MTL 3
  3. 12:59BUFKonsta Helenius from Jason Zucker, Rasmus DahlinScore after the goal: BUF 5 · MTL 3

3rd period

  1. 09:58BUFJack Quinn from Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlinpower-play goalScore after the goal: BUF 6 · MTL 3
  2. 14:12BUFTage Thompson unassistedempty-net goalScore after the goal: BUF 7 · MTL 3
  3. 17:49BUFZach Metsa from Ryan McLeod, Rasmus Dahlinpower-play goalScore after the goal: BUF 8 · MTL 3

Buffalo Sabres

Skaters
#
G
A
HIT
BLK
PIM
Rasmus Dahlin
26
1
4
3
0
0
2
19:56
Tage Thompson
72
1
3
6
3
0
0
18:14
Jack Quinn
22
2
1
3
1
1
0
18:18
Zach Benson
6
1
1
6
1
2
10
20:04
Jason Zucker
17
1
1
2
1
0
0
13:29
Konsta Helenius
94
1
0
2
0
2
0
12:36
Zach Metsa
73
1
0
1
0
1
0
12:19
Mattias Samuelsson
23
0
1
1
1
1
0
22:53
Ryan McLeod
71
0
1
1
0
1
0
21:56
Bowen Byram
4
0
1
2
3
1
0
19:53
Josh Norris
9
0
1
2
3
0
4
15:27
Owen Power
25
0
0
0
1
2
0
22:22
Alex Tuch
89
0
0
4
1
1
2
19:10
Conor Timmins
21
0
0
0
0
5
0
17:26
Josh Doan
91
0
0
2
1
0
0
16:31
Beck Malenstyn
29
0
0
1
1
0
0
8:22
Jordan Greenway
12
0
0
0
1
1
0
8:15
Peyton Krebs
19
0
0
0
1
0
12
6:25
Goaltending
#
Started. Alex Lyon
34
4
1
3
.250
10:14
Relieved. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
18
18
0
1.000
49:41

Montréal Canadiens

Skaters
#
G
A
HIT
BLK
PIM
Jake Evans
71
1
1
1
1
1
12
16:13
Ivan Demidov
93
1
0
5
0
0
0
17:14
Arber Xhekaj
72
1
0
1
3
1
12
7:12
Lane Hutson
48
0
1
1
1
2
2
24:28
Mike Matheson
8
0
1
0
3
1
4
22:05
Cole Caufield
13
0
1
2
0
0
0
16:01
Noah Dobson
53
0
0
1
2
1
0
25:22
Kaiden Guhle
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
19:27
Nick Suzuki
14
0
0
2
2
0
0
19:20
Juraj Slafkovský
20
0
0
3
0
1
0
17:46
Alexandre Carrier
45
0
0
0
0
0
12
17:32
Alex Newhook
15
0
0
3
2
1
0
16:32
Josh Anderson
17
0
0
1
1
0
2
14:03
Zachary Bolduc
76
0
0
0
7
0
0
13:39
Alexandre Texier
85
0
0
0
1
0
0
13:04
Phillip Danault
24
0
0
0
3
1
2
12:06
Kirby Dach
77
0
0
2
3
0
10
11:24
Joe Veleno
90
0
0
0
2
0
0
9:59
Goaltending
#
Started. Jakub Dobes
75
33
27
6
.818
49:58
Relieved. Jacob Fowler
32
2
1
1
.500
8:23

The scoring summary is from the NHL play-by-play. Skater and goaltending lines as recorded in the NHL boxscore. A goalie's goals-against need not add up to the other club's goals: an empty-net goal is scored against no goalie.