Montréal Canadiens 3–2 Buffalo Sabres · Monday, May 18, 2026

Final/OT

Monday, May 18, 2026

KeyBank Center, Buffalo

ESPN, CBC, SN, TVAS

Playoffs

Scoring

1st period

04:30

Phillip Danault (1)Kaiden Guhle (6), Alexandre Texier (4) · deflected1–0

14:29

Zachary Bolduc (3)ppNick Suzuki (9), Lane Hutson (12) · snap2–0

2nd period

13:19

Jordan Greenway (2)Mattias Samuelsson (4), Beck Malenstyn (2) · deflected2–1

3rd period

06:27

Rasmus Dahlin (4)Owen Power (6), Ryan McLeod (4) · snap2–2

11:22

Alex Newhook (7)Alexandre Carrier (4) · wrist3–2

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	C. Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	1	0	–	21:16	26
14	N. Suzuki	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	50	29:30	33
15	A. Newhook	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	0	0	0	–	19:52	27
17	J. Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	–	17:10	25
20	J. Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	–	23:07	26
24	P. Danault	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	1	1	0	54	17:16	26
71	J. Evans	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0	50	22:33	30
76	Z. Bolduc	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	1	0	1	–	09:11	14
77	K. Dach	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	0	0	–	08:58	14
85	A. Texier	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	–	17:51	24
91	O. Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	33	04:45	7
93	I. Demidov	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	1	2	–	22:19	26
8	M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	2	1	–	31:28	39
21	K. Guhle	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	–	22:52	31
45	A. Carrier	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	–	27:03	39
48	L. Hutson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	3	4	2	–	31:17	33
53	N. Dobson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	1	0	–	26:30	36
72	A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	01:52	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	J. Fowler		0	0	0	–	00:00
75	J. DobesSTART	W	39	37	2	.949	71:22

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	1	0	–	24:07	32
9	J. Norris	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	1	0	69	21:37	33
12	J. Greenway	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	0	2	0	–	11:11	16
17	J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	16:39	25
19	P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	0	0	67	11:13	16
22	J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	1	1	–	19:12	24
29	B. Malenstyn	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0	0	0	–	10:42	15
71	R. McLeod	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	1	1	69	20:39	28
72	T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	2	0	–	21:56	32
89	A. Tuch	R	0	0	0	+1	0	5	2	2	1	1	100	21:25	27
91	J. Doan	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	0	0	–	18:38	26
94	K. Helenius	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1	0	0	9	16:37	24
4	B. Byram	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	2	0	–	28:18	36
21	C. Timmins	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	18:43	24
23	M. Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	1	0	–	28:35	35
25	O. Power	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	28:47	34
26	R. Dahlin	D	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	2	0	–	33:11	40
73	Z. Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:25	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	U. LuukkonenSTART	L	25	22	3	.880	71:22
34	A. Lyon		0	0	0	–	00:00

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