Buffalo Sabres 3–2 Montréal Canadiens · Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Final

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Centre Bell, Montreal

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Playoffs

Scoring

1st period

06:32

Mattias Samuelsson (3)Josh Norris (1), Josh Doan (6) · snap1–0

10:08

Alex Newhook (6)Jake Evans (5), Ivan Demidov (4) · snap1–1

19:47

Cole Caufield (3)ppJuraj Slafkovský (2), Lane Hutson (8) · wrist1–2

2nd period

07:00

Tage Thompson (4)ppRasmus Dahlin (5) · snap2–2

3rd period

04:41

Zach Benson (4)ppJosh Doan (7), Tage Thompson (7) · backhand3–2

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	2	2	0	–	14:21	22
9	J. Norris	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	63	12:41	21
12	J. Greenway	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	09:58	16
17	J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	–	12:14	18
19	P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	25	15:47	23
22	J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	–	14:06	17
29	B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	1	0	–	10:52	17
71	R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0	1	60	09:35	16
72	T. Thompson	C	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	50	19:14	24
89	A. Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	2	100	21:58	26
91	J. Doan	R	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	1	2	0	100	15:30	25
94	K. Helenius	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	67	12:53	17
4	B. Byram	D	0	0	0	-1	6	2	0	1	0	0	–	20:42	22
5	L. Schenn	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	07:04	13
21	C. Timmins	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	21:38	24
23	M. Samuelsson	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	6	1	1	–	23:47	27
25	O. Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	–	23:43	29
26	R. Dahlin	D	0	1	1	+1	4	2	2	4	0	1	–	19:29	26

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	U. LuukkonenSTART	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00
34	A. Lyon		0	0	0	–	00:00

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	C. Caufield	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	–	21:21	22
14	N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	59	24:34	24
15	A. Newhook	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	3	0	1	0	25	14:26	21
17	J. Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	–	16:35	23
20	J. Slafkovský	L	0	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	2	0	100	23:10	21
24	P. Danault	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	46	14:42	22
71	J. Evans	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	0	0	42	12:47	17
76	Z. Bolduc	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	0	0	–	09:39	15
77	K. Dach	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	2	0	50	08:51	14
85	A. Texier	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	–	12:59	16
90	J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	1	0	33	06:42	11
93	I. Demidov	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	18:45	19
8	M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	2	3	0	–	22:01	22
21	K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	–	15:16	20
45	A. Carrier	D	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	1	1	0	–	17:00	22
48	L. Hutson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	28:02	26
53	N. Dobson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	1	0	–	24:09	26
72	A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	03:46	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	J. Fowler		0	0	0	–	00:00
75	J. DobesSTART	L	22	19	3	.864	57:17

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