Montréal Canadiens 5–1 Buffalo Sabres · Friday, May 8, 2026

Final

Friday, May 8, 2026

KeyBank Center, Buffalo

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Playoffs

Scoring

1st period

01:36

Alex Newhook (2)Kaiden Guhle (5), Lane Hutson (5) · tip-in1–0

04:27

Mike Matheson (1)Phillip Danault (2) · snap2–0

2nd period

04:47

Alex Newhook (3)Jake Evans (2), Noah Dobson (1) · snap3–0

19:22

Zach Benson (3)Conor Timmins (1), Josh Doan (4) · tip-in3–1

3rd period

03:54

Alexandre Carrier (1)Unassisted · snap4–1

15:59

Nick Suzuki (3)empty netJosh Anderson (2) · snap5–1

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	C. Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	17:06	18
14	N. Suzuki	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	56	20:03	19
15	A. Newhook	C	2	0	2	+2	0	4	0	1	1	0	25	16:46	18
17	J. Anderson	R	0	1	1	+2	12	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:29	20
20	J. Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	–	17:56	18
24	P. Danault	C	0	1	1	+3	0	0	2	2	0	1	67	14:33	21
71	J. Evans	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	1	0	64	16:32	19
76	Z. Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	–	12:02	17
77	K. Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	–	11:18	16
85	A. Texier	L	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:21	14
90	J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	50	10:32	15
93	I. Demidov	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:18	15
8	M. Matheson	D	1	0	1	+3	0	3	1	3	1	1	–	26:44	25
21	K. Guhle	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	–	20:56	24
45	A. Carrier	D	1	0	1	+4	4	1	2	1	0	0	–	19:38	24
48	L. Hutson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1	0	0	–	20:54	20
53	N. Dobson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	1	5	2	1	–	16:20	24
72	A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	1	0	–	09:32	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	J. Fowler		0	0	0	–	00:00
75	J. DobesSTART	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	1	0	1	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	–	19:25	22
9	J. Norris	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	0	2	0	42	17:39	19
12	J. Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	100	12:55	15
17	J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	2	0	–	11:08	13
19	P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	0	0	75	12:25	17
22	J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:30	20
29	B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:11	9
48	T. Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	45	10:02	14
71	R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	3	0	27	17:17	24
72	T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	-4	0	1	6	0	1	0	50	18:38	20
89	A. Tuch	R	0	0	0	-3	0	6	2	1	1	0	–	20:19	22
91	J. Doan	R	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	1	0	100	16:28	21
4	B. Byram	D	0	0	0	-3	2	1	2	0	1	2	–	21:27	22
21	C. Timmins	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	18:08	19
23	M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	3	0	1	–	19:47	21
25	O. Power	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	20:18	23
26	R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	5	1	0	0	0	–	22:17	24
64	L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0	0	–	10:27	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	U. Luukkonen		0	0	0	–	00:00
34	A. LyonSTART	L	27	23	4	.852	58:13

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