Montreal 3rd Atlantic48-24-5-5
Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-1

Canadiens vs Sabres   Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team 1 2 3 OT Total In Goal
Montreal Canadiens MON Montreal 2 0 0 1 3 Jakub Dobes
Buffalo Sabres BUF Buffalo 0 1 1 0 2 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Player Stats
Team ML O/U (Margin) ATS
Montreal Canadiens MON Montreal -104 5.5o +1.5 (2.5)
Buffalo Sabres BUF Buffalo -115 5.5u (0.5) -1.5

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
4:30 MON P. Danault
Assisted by: K. Guhle , A. Texier
14:29 MON Z. Bolduc (PP)
Scoring - Period 2
13:19 BUF J. Greenway
Scoring - Period 3
6:27 BUF R. Dahlin
Assisted by: R. McLeod , O. Power
Scoring - Overtime
11:22 MON A. Newhook
Assisted by: A. Carrier ,

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
12:34 BUF loading= Z. Benson (2:00) Delay Of Game
Penalties - Period 2
No Penalties
Penalties - Period 3
1:34 MON loading= P. Danault (2:00) High Sticking
Penalties - Overtime
No Penalties

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
1st 2nd 3rd OT Total
Montreal CanadiensMontreal 11 7 4 3 25
Buffalo SabresBuffalo 9 14 10 6 39

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
G SOG S% PP% PK% FW PEN PIM
Montreal CanadiensMontreal 3 25 12.00 100.00 100.00 32 1 2
Buffalo SabresBuffalo 2 39 5.13 0.00 0.00 37 1 2

Goaltending

Montreal CanadiensMontreal

Montreal Goaltending
Shots Saves GA SV% PIM TOI
J. Dobes 39 37 2 .949 0 71:22

Buffalo SabresBuffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
Shots Saves GA SV% PIM TOI
U. Luukkonen 25 22 3 .880 0 71:22

Player Stats

# POS Player G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PPG SHG FW FL F%
8 D M. Matheson 0 0 0 1 0 1 39 31:28 29:51 0:06 1:31 0 0 - - -
13 RW C. Caufield 0 0 0 E 0 5 26 21:16 19:41 1:35 0:00 0 0 - - -
14 C N. Suzuki 0 1 1 E 0 1 33 29:30 26:59 1:55 0:36 0 0 10 10 50
15 C A. Newhook 1 0 1 1 0 2 27 19:52 18:23 0:00 1:29 0 0 - 3 0
17 RW J. Anderson 0 0 0 E 0 3 25 17:10 16:40 0:00 0:30 0 0 - - -
20 LW J. Slafkovsky 0 0 0 E 0 3 26 23:07 21:18 1:49 0:00 0 0 - - -
21 D K. Guhle 0 1 1 E 0 1 31 22:52 22:15 0:00 0:37 0 0 - - -
24 C P. Danault 1 0 1 -1 2 2 26 17:16 17:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 14 12 54
45 D A. Carrier 0 1 1 E 0 1 39 27:03 25:41 0:00 1:22 0 0 - - -
48 D L. Hutson 0 1 1 -1 0 1 33 31:17 29:22 1:55 0:00 0 0 - - -
53 D N. Dobson 0 0 0 -1 0 1 36 26:30 26:01 0:00 0:29 0 0 - - -
71 C J. Evans 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 22:33 21:07 0:00 1:26 0 0 7 7 50
72 D A. Xhekaj 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1:52 1:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - -
76 RW Z. Bolduc 1 0 1 -1 0 2 14 9:11 8:52 0:19 0:00 1 0 - - -
77 C K. Dach 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14 8:58 8:38 0:20 0:00 0 0 - - -
85 LW A. Texier 0 1 1 E 0 0 24 17:51 17:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 3 0
91 C O. Kapanen 0 0 0 E 0 1 7 4:45 4:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 2 33
93 RW I. Demidov 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 22:19 20:43 1:36 0:00 0 0 - - -
75 G J. Dobes 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 71:22 67:27 1:55 2:00 0 0 - - -
# POS Player G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PPG SHG FW FL F%
4 D B. Byram 0 0 0 -2 0 1 36 28:18 27:30 0:48 0:00 0 0 - - -
6 LW Z. Benson 0 0 0 -1 2 2 32 24:07 23:15 0:52 0:00 0 0 - - -
9 C J. Norris 0 0 0 -1 0 1 33 21:37 20:36 1:01 0:00 0 0 18 8 69
12 LW J. Greenway 1 0 1 1 0 2 16 11:11 10:49 0:00 0:22 0 0 - - -
17 LW J. Zucker 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 16:39 15:32 1:07 0:00 0 0 - 1 0
19 C P. Krebs 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 11:13 11:06 0:07 0:00 0 0 6 3 67
21 D C. Timmins 0 0 0 E 0 3 24 18:43 16:48 0:00 1:55 0 0 - - -
22 RW J. Quinn 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 19:12 18:03 1:09 0:00 0 0 - - -
23 D M. Samuelsson 0 1 1 1 0 2 35 28:35 28:13 0:00 0:22 0 0 - - -
25 D O. Power 0 1 1 1 0 1 34 28:47 27:04 0:10 1:33 0 0 - - -
26 D R. Dahlin 1 0 1 E 0 5 40 33:11 31:59 1:12 0:00 0 0 - - -
29 LW B. Malenstyn 0 1 1 1 0 1 15 10:42 9:44 0:01 0:57 0 0 - - -
71 C R. McLeod 0 1 1 1 0 2 28 20:39 19:19 0:44 0:36 0 0 11 5 69
72 C T. Thompson 0 0 0 -1 0 5 32 21:56 21:07 0:49 0:00 0 0 - 5 0
73 D Z. Metsa 0 0 0 E 0 0 5 3:25 3:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - -
89 RW A. Tuch 0 0 0 1 0 5 27 21:25 18:22 1:08 1:55 0 0 1 - 100
91 RW J. Doan 0 0 0 1 0 3 26 18:38 17:46 0:52 0:00 0 0 - - -
94 C K. Helenius 0 0 0 -1 0 3 24 16:37 16:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 10 9
1 G U. Luukkonen 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 71:22 67:27 2:00 1:55 0 0 - - -

Game Info

Location  KeyBank Center

Referees  Jean Hebert , Wes McCauley

Linesmen  Devin Berg, Scott Cherrey

Attendance  19,070 attendance

MON vs BUFRecords

MON vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team Record ATS O/U Away Home
Montreal logo MON 55-28-12 56-39-0 49-42-4 29-10-9 26-18-3
Buffalo logo BUF 57-27-10 51-43-0 44-46-4 29-14-4 28-13-6

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss
5-5 Even
Over / Under
5-4-1
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U HSOG ASOG HPP APP
May 16, '26 MON  logo 8 - 3 BUF +146 o6.5 22 36 1-3 4-6
May 14, '26 BUF  logo 6 - 3 MON -108 o6.0 36 26 0-2 2-2
May 12, '26 MON  logo 3 - 2 BUF +122 u6.0 31 22 1-7 2-4
May 10, '26 MON  logo 6 - 2 MON -134 o6.0 36 28 2-6 1-4
May 08, '26 BUF  logo 5 - 1 MON +108 P6.0 29 28 0-5 0-5
May 06, '26 BUF  logo 4 - 2 BUF -142 o5.5 16 28 2-3 1-2
Jan 31, '26 BUF  logo 4 - 2 MON +108 u6.5 38 31 1-4 1-3
Jan 22, '26 MON  logo 4 - 2 BUF +104 u6.5 34 17 0-3 0-2
Jan 15, '26 BUF  logo 5 - 3 BUF +105 o6.5 27 23 2-4 2-3
Oct 20, '25 MON  logo 4 - 2 MON -146 u6.5 32 32 0-1 0-1

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MON vs BUFInjury report

Montreal logoMontreal's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
No injuries to report.

Montreal Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
RW 11 Brendan Gallagher
RW 13 Cole Caufield
C 14 Nick Suzuki
C 15 Alex Newhook
RW 17 Josh Anderson
LW 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
C 24 Phillip Danault
C 62 Owen Beck
LW 63 Florian Xhekaj
C 71 Jake Evans
RW 76 Zachary Bolduc
C 77 Kirby Dach
LW 85 Alexandre Texier
C 90 Joseph Veleno
C 91 Oliver Kapanen
RW 93 Ivan Demidov
Defense
POS # Player
D 8 Mike Matheson
D 21 Kaiden Guhle
G 32 Jacob Fowler
G 35 Samuel Montembeault
D 42 Adam Engstrom
D 45 Alexandre Carrier
D 47 Jayden Struble
D 48 Lane Hutson
D 53 Noah Dobson
D 64 David Reinbacher
D 72 Arber Xhekaj
G 75 Jakub Dobes

Buffalo's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
J. Kulich C Out For Season - Ear( May 18, '26) May 18, '26
The Sabres said on Tuesday (May 19) that Kulich had his blood clot removed and will be able to play hockey again, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.
N. Ostlund C Out - Lower Body( May 02, '26) May 02, '26
The Sabres said on Sunday (May. 3) that Ostlund isn't expected to be available to play in the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News.
J. Danforth RW Out For Season - Kneecap( Jan 25, '26) Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
LW 6 Zach Benson
C 9 Josh Norris
C 10 Sam Carrick
LW 12 Jordan Greenway
LW 17 Jason Zucker
C 19 Peyton Krebs
RW 22 Jack Quinn
LW 29 Beck Malenstyn
C 44 Josh Dunne
C 45 Riley Fiddler-Schultz
C 48 Tyson Kozak
LW 70 Tanner Pearson
C 71 Ryan McLeod
C 72 Tage Thompson
C 86 Noah Ostlund
RW 89 Alex Tuch
RW 91 Josh Doan
C 92 Anton Wahlberg
C 94 Konsta Helenius
Defense
POS # Player
G 1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D 4 Bowen Byram
D 5 Luke Schenn
D 8 Michael Kesselring
D 21 Conor Timmins
D 23 Mattias Samuelsson
D 25 Owen Power
D 26 Rasmus Dahlin
G 27 Devon Levi
D 33 Ryan Johnson
G 34 Alex Lyon
D 57 Radim Mrtka
D 64 Logan Stanley
D 73 Zach Metsa
D 76 Vsevolod Komarov
G 92 Colten Ellis

GoaltendersLast 5

W/L
3-2-0-0
GAA
2.67
Save %
.832
Montreal Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
J.Dobes May 16, 2026 MON 3 - BUF 8 L 6 33 .818 - L -178 o6.5
J.Fowler May 16, 2026 MON 3 - BUF 8 - 1 2 .500 - L -178 o6.5
J.Dobes May 14, 2026 BUF 3 - MON 6 W 3 36 .917 - W -108 o6.0
J.Dobes May 12, 2026 MON 2 - BUF 3 L 3 22 .864 - L -146 u6.0
J.Dobes May 10, 2026 MON 6 - BUF 2 W 2 28 .929 - W -134 o6.0
J.Dobes May 8, 2026 BUF 1 - MON 5 W 1 29 .966 - W +108 p6.0
W/L
2-3-0-0
GAA
2.86
Save %
.764
Buffalo Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
A.Lyon May 16, 2026 MON 3 - BUF 8 - 3 4 .250 - W +146 o6.5
U.Luukkonen May 16, 2026 MON 3 - BUF 8 W 0 18 1.00 - W +146 o6.5
U.Luukkonen May 14, 2026 BUF 3 - MON 6 L 5 23 .783 - L -111 o6.0
A.Lyon May 14, 2026 BUF 3 - MON 6 - 1 3 .667 - L -111 o6.0
U.Luukkonen May 12, 2026 MON 2 - BUF 3 W 2 31 .935 - W +122 u6.0
A.Lyon May 10, 2026 MON 6 - BUF 2 L 5 36 .861 - L +112 o6.0
A.Lyon May 8, 2026 BUF 1 - MON 5 L 4 27 .852 - L -130 p6.0

MON vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
3.40 Total 2.95
0.96 1st Period 0.95
1.18 2nd Period 0.91
1.09 3rd Period 0.98
0.13 OT 0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
26.14 Total 28.78
7.07 1st Period 7.44
7.33 2nd Period 8.17
6.67 3rd Period 8.09
0.69 OT 0.30

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING Stat SAVE PCT.
0.13 Total 0.90
0.14 1st Period 0.87
0.16 2nd Period 0.89
0.16 3rd Period 0.88
0.18 OT 0.68

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY Stat PENALTY KILL
68 - 293 G/Att vs. GA/Att 51 - 273
23.21 PP % vs. PK % 81.32

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Montreal Goaltenders
Name S SV SV% WL
Jakub Dobes 1546 1395 0.902 36-16-4
Jacob Fowler 450 408 0.907 9-6-2
Samuel Montembeault 635 554 0.872 10-8-4

Betting Terminology

  • VS: Opponent for the team
  • Result: Result in the last game played between the 2 teams
  • ATS: Puck line result in the game
  • O/U: Over/Under result in the game
  • $: Net money won in the last 10 games
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the winning team
  • HSOG: Home team shots on goal
  • ASOG: Away team shots on goal
  • HPP: Home team powerplay goals and attempts
  • APP: Away team powerplay goals and attempts

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win/Loss record
  • GA: Goals Against
  • SA: Saves in the game
  • SV%: Save Pct for the game
  • SO: Recorded a shutout
  • ML: Closing money line for the game
  • O/U: Closing OU for the game

Betting Terminology

  • NHL Avg: NHL Average
  • Shot Pct: Goals per shots percentage
  • Save %: Saves per shots faced percentage
  • PP: Powerplay
  • PK: Penalty Kill

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