Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-05-06

NHL · May 6, 2026 · Playoffs

Montréal Canadiens

2–4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

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The Sabres beat the Canadiens 4–2 at KeyBank Center. Z. Benson took first star with 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	0	2	28
Sabres	2	2	0	4	16

★ Three Stars

1Z. BensonBUF · 0G 2A

2R. McLeodBUF · 1G 1A

3J. GreenwayBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

04:31

Josh Doan (Zach Benson)

0-1

13:26

Ryan McLeod (Zach Benson, Josh Doan)PP

0-2

19:16

Nick Suzuki (Juraj Slafkovský, Ivan Demidov)PP

1-2

2nd Period

03:32

Jordan Greenway (Mattias Samuelsson)

1-3

09:01

Bowen Byram (Ryan McLeod)PP

1-4

16:31

Kirby Dach (Zachary Bolduc)

2-4

Boxscore

Canadiens2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Kirby DachC	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	9:46
Nick SuzukiC	1	0	1	-1	2	3	2	0	21:02
Zachary BolducR	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	8:53
Ivan DemidovR	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	18:19
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	0	19:41
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:46
Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	19:08
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	15:20
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	15:49
Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	16:52
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:44
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	18:45
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	24:09
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	18:22
Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	26:42
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	21:00
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7:42
Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	8:33

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	16	12	4	.750	56:48
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Josh DoanR	1	1	2	+1	0	3	2	0	17:26
Ryan McLeodC	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	14:33
Zach BensonL	0	2	2	+1	0	1	2	0	16:56
Jordan GreenwayL	1	0	1	+1	0	1	5	0	13:03
Bowen ByramD	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	21:13
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	21:35
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	10:56
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	14:02
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	5	1	10:36
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	17:08
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15:19
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	18:28
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:15
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	3	21:04
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18:41
Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	19:39
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	19:16
Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	12:52

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	28	26	2	.929	59:40
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0:00