Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-05-08

NHL · May 8, 2026 · Playoffs

Montréal Canadiens

5–1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

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The Canadiens rolled past the Sabres 5–1 at KeyBank Center. A. Newhook took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	2	1	2	5	28
Sabres	0	1	0	1	29

★ Three Stars

1A. NewhookMTL · 2G 0A

2J. DobesMTL

3Z. BensonBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

01:36

Alex Newhook (Kaiden Guhle, Lane Hutson)

1-0

04:27

Mike Matheson (Phillip Danault)

2-0

2nd Period

04:47

Alex Newhook (Jake Evans, Noah Dobson)

3-0

19:22

Zach Benson (Conor Timmins, Josh Doan)

3-1

3rd Period

03:54

Alexandre Carrier

4-1

15:59

Nick Suzuki (Josh Anderson)EN

5-1

Boxscore

Canadiens5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Alex NewhookC	2	0	2	+2	0	4	0	1	16:46
Nick SuzukiC	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	20:03
Alexandre CarrierD	1	0	1	+4	4	1	2	1	19:38
Mike MathesonD	1	0	1	+3	0	3	1	3	26:44
Josh AndersonR	0	1	1	+2	12	0	1	0	14:29
Phillip DanaultC	0	1	1	+3	0	0	2	2	14:33
Jake EvansC	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	16:32
Noah DobsonD	0	1	1	-1	0	5	1	5	16:20
Kaiden GuhleD	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	20:56
Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1	20:54
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12:02
Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17:06
Kirby DachC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:18
Ivan DemidovR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	13:18
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	17:56
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	9:21
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	9:32
Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10:32

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	29	28	1	.966	60:00
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Zach BensonL	1	0	1	0	2	1	4	0	19:25
Josh DoanR	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	16:28
Conor TimminsD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	18:08
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:02
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	12:25
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:11
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	17:17
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	0	17:39
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	14:30
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-4	0	1	6	0	18:38
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	11:08
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-1	2	5	1	0	22:17
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	20:18
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	3	19:47
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-3	0	6	2	1	20:19
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	12:55
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-3	2	1	2	0	21:27
Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	10:27

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	27	23	4	.852	58:13
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0:00