Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens, 2026-05-16

NHL · May 16, 2026 · Playoffs

Buffalo Sabres

8–3

Final

Montréal Canadiens

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The Sabres rolled past the Canadiens 8–3 at Centre Bell. R. Dahlin took first star with 1 goal and 4 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	2	3	3	8	36
Canadiens	3	0	0	3	22

★ Three Stars

1R. DahlinBUF · 1G 4A

2J. QuinnBUF · 2G 1A

3T. ThompsonBUF · 1G 3A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

00:32

Rasmus Dahlin (Mattias Samuelsson, Zach Benson)

1-0

01:40

Arber Xhekaj (Jake Evans)

1-1

08:12

Ivan Demidov (Lane Hutson, Cole Caufield)PP

1-2

10:14

Jake Evans (Mike Matheson)SH

1-3

13:56

Jason Zucker (Josh Norris, Jack Quinn)PP

2-3

2nd Period

01:00

Zach Benson (Tage Thompson, Bowen Byram)

3-3

10:54

Jack Quinn (Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson)PP

4-3

12:59

Konsta Helenius (Jason Zucker, Rasmus Dahlin)

5-3

3rd Period

09:58

Jack Quinn (Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin)PP

6-3

14:12

Tage ThompsonEN

7-3

17:49

Zach Metsa (Ryan McLeod, Rasmus Dahlin)PP

8-3

Boxscore

Sabres8

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Rasmus DahlinD	1	4	5	+2	2	3	0	0	19:56
Tage ThompsonC	1	3	4	+3	0	6	3	0	18:14
Jack QuinnR	2	1	3	+1	0	3	1	1	18:18
Zach BensonL	1	1	2	+3	10	6	1	2	20:04
Jason ZuckerL	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	13:29
Konsta HeleniusC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	2	12:36
Zach MetsaD	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	12:19
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	21:56
Josh NorrisC	0	1	1	+1	4	2	3	0	15:27
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	22:53
Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	3	1	19:53
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	16:31
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	12	0	1	0	6:25
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	8:22
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	22:22
Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	5	17:26
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	1	19:10
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	8:15

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	4	1	3	.250	10:14
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	18	18	0	1.000	49:41

Canadiens3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jake EvansC	1	1	2	+1	12	1	1	1	16:13
Ivan DemidovR	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	17:14
Arber XhekajD	1	0	1	0	12	1	3	1	7:12
Cole CaufieldR	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	16:01
Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	24:28
Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	-2	4	0	3	1	22:05
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	14:03
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7	0	13:39
Kirby DachC	0	0	0	-1	10	2	3	0	11:24
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	1	12:06
Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	1	16:32
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	17:46
Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	19:20
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	13:04
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-2	12	0	0	0	17:32
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	25:22
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:27
Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9:59

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	33	27	6	.818	49:58
Jacob Fowler	2	1	1	.500	8:23