Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-05-14

NHL · May 14, 2026 · Playoffs

Montréal Canadiens

6–3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

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The Canadiens beat the Sabres 6–3 at KeyBank Center. N. Suzuki took first star with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	2	3	1	6	26
Sabres	3	0	0	3	36

★ Three Stars

1N. SuzukiMTL · 1G 2A

2J. SlafkovskýMTL · 0G 3A

3I. DemidovMTL · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

02:00

Jason Zucker (Jack Quinn, Conor Timmins)

0-1

06:31

Cole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský)

1-1

07:45

Josh Doan (Owen Power)

1-2

07:54

Alexandre Texier (Alexandre Carrier, Phillip Danault)

2-2

10:15

Konsta Helenius (Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin)

2-3

2nd Period

08:01

Josh Anderson (Lane Hutson, Phillip Danault)

3-3

16:15

Jake Evans (Ivan Demidov, Alex Newhook)

4-3

17:33

Nick Suzuki (Juraj Slafkovský, Lane Hutson)PP

5-3

3rd Period

03:32

Ivan Demidov (Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki)PP

6-3

Boxscore

Canadiens6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nick SuzukiC	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	2	20:45
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	3	3	-1	2	2	1	1	19:17
Ivan DemidovR	1	1	2	0	0	5	2	1	14:44
Phillip DanaultC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	1	16:00
Lane HutsonD	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	20:33
Josh AndersonR	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	1	14:29
Cole CaufieldR	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	16:48
Jake EvansC	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1	17:50
Alexandre TexierL	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	12:27
Alex NewhookC	0	1	1	+1	10	0	1	1	16:15
Alexandre CarrierD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	23:27
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	9:52
Kirby DachC	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	9:05
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3	20:20
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	5	20:38
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	4	26:18
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7:16
Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	9:56

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	36	33	3	.917	60:00
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Josh DoanR	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	21:32
Konsta HeleniusC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	11:47
Jason ZuckerL	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	13:35
Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	16:10
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	27:28
Owen PowerD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	21:52
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	3	25:27
Conor TimminsD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	10:56
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	21:04
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	14:46
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	9:21
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13:23
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	20:32
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	20:05
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	2	16:59
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	10:03
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	21:47
Luke SchennD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	8:01

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	23	18	5	.783	40:00
Alex Lyon	3	2	1	.667	13:39