Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-05-18

NHL · May 18, 2026 · Playoffs

Montréal Canadiens

3–2

Final – OT

Buffalo Sabres

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The Canadiens edged the Sabres 3–2 in overtime at KeyBank Center. A. Newhook took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Canadiens	2	0	0	1	3	25
Sabres	0	1	1	0	2	39

★ Three Stars

1A. NewhookMTL · 1G 0A

2J. DobesMTL

3R. DahlinBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

04:30

Phillip Danault (Kaiden Guhle, Alexandre Texier)

1-0

14:29

Zachary Bolduc (Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson)PP

2-0

2nd Period

13:19

Jordan Greenway (Mattias Samuelsson, Beck Malenstyn)

2-1

3rd Period

06:27

Rasmus Dahlin (Owen Power, Ryan McLeod)

2-2

Overtime

11:22

Alex Newhook (Alexandre Carrier)

3-2

Boxscore

Canadiens3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Zachary BolducR	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	1	9:11
Phillip DanaultC	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	1	17:16
Alex NewhookC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	0	19:52
Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	29:30
Alexandre TexierL	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	17:51
Alexandre CarrierD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	27:03
Kaiden GuhleD	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	4	22:52
Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	3	31:17
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	17:10
Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	21:16
Kirby DachC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	8:58
Ivan DemidovR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	22:19
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	22:33
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4:45
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	23:07
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	26:30
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	31:28
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	1:52

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	39	37	2	.949	71:22
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Rasmus DahlinD	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	33:11
Jordan GreenwayL	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	0	11:11
Beck MalenstynL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0	10:42
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	20:39
Owen PowerD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	28:47
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	28:35
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	24:07
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	18:38
Konsta HeleniusC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1	16:37
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	11:13
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	21:37
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	19:12
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	21:56
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	16:39
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3:25
Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18:43
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	+1	0	5	2	2	21:25
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	28:18

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	25	22	3	.880	71:22
Alex Lyon	0	0	0	-	0:00