Sabres 4-3 Canadiens (Live)

Goals

All

1st

2nd

3rd

Sabres won faceoff against Canadiens in neutral zone

2nd 08:26

Stoppage - High Stick

2nd 08:26

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Phillip Danault in neutral zone

2nd 09:06

Power play - Goal scored by Jack Quinn assisted by Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson

2nd 09:06

4-3

Power play - Shot on goal by Tage Thompson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 09:45

3-3

Power play - Josh Doan won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone

2nd 09:50

Stoppage - TV timeout

2nd 09:50

Penalty to Alexandre Carrier 2 minutes for Interference (Drawn by Jason Zucker)

2nd 09:50

Giveaway by Tage Thompson in offensive zone

2nd 09:51

Shot missed by Jack Quinn

2nd 10:03

3-3

Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 10:13

3-3

Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 10:15

3-3

Mike Matheson shot blocked by Alex Tuch

2nd 10:39

3-3

Kirby Dach shot blocked by Jack Quinn

2nd 10:46

3-3

Shorthanded - Giveaway by Owen Power in offensive zone

2nd 11:00

Shorthanded - Takeaway by Alex Tuch in defensive zone

2nd 11:13

Power play - Shot on goal by Juraj Slafkovský saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 11:41

3-3

Power play - Shot missed by Cole Caufield

2nd 12:23

3-3

Power play - Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Jordan Greenway

2nd 12:28

3-3

Shorthanded - Jordan Greenway won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone

2nd 12:52

Stoppage - TV timeout

2nd 12:52

Penalty to Sabres 2 minutes for Too Many Men on the Ice (Served by Jack Quinn)

2nd 12:52

Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 12:55

3-3

Mike Matheson credited with hit on Zach Benson in defensive zone

2nd 13:03

Shot on goal by Zach Benson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 13:28

3-3

Josh Norris credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in offensive zone

2nd 13:32

Tage Thompson credited with hit on Alex Newhook in offensive zone

2nd 13:34

Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Josh Norris in defensive zone

2nd 13:36

Shot on goal by Jason Zucker saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 14:17

3-3

Shot missed by Mattias Samuelsson

2nd 14:20

3-3

Shot missed by Jason Zucker

2nd 14:33

3-3

Shot on goal by Konsta Helenius saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 14:43

3-3

Shot on goal by Alex Tuch saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 15:13

3-3

Giveaway by Cole Caufield in offensive zone

2nd 15:22

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone

2nd 15:41

Stoppage - Icing

2nd 15:41

Phillip Danault credited with hit on Bowen Byram in offensive zone

2nd 16:06

Josh Norris won faceoff against Phillip Danault in offensive zone

2nd 16:17

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

2nd 16:17

Shot on goal by Tage Thompson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 16:19

3-3

Zachary Bolduc credited with hit on Beck Malenstyn in neutral zone

2nd 16:37

Beck Malenstyn credited with hit on Kaiden Guhle in defensive zone

2nd 16:43

Shot missed by Zachary Bolduc

2nd 16:54

3-3

Shot on goal by Alex Newhook saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 17:08

3-3

Jake Evans won faceoff against Peyton Krebs in offensive zone

2nd 17:24

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

2nd 17:24

Shot on goal by Alex Newhook saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 17:27

3-3

Owen Power shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský

2nd 18:18

3-3

Alex Tuch shot blocked by Noah Dobson

2nd 18:20

3-3

Shot on goal by Bowen Byram saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 18:38

3-3

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in neutral zone

2nd 19:00

Goal scored by Zach Benson assisted by Tage Thompson and Bowen Byram

2nd 19:00

3-3

Shot on goal by Tage Thompson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 19:03

2-3

Shot on goal by Zach Benson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 19:25

2-3

Shot on goal by Zach Benson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 19:26

2-3

Josh Norris won faceoff against Phillip Danault in neutral zone

2nd 20:00

Sabres won faceoff against Canadiens in neutral zone

2nd 08:26

4-3

BUF

MTL

1

2

3

2

0

3

4

3

1st 19:28

1 - 0

R. Dahlin

Goal

Assists:

M. Samuelsson

Z. Benson

1st 18:20

1 - 1

A. Xhekaj

Goal

Assists:

J. Evans

1st 11:48

1 - 2

I. Demidov

Goal

Power Play

Assists:

L. Hutson

C. Caufield

1st 09:46

1 - 3

J. Evans

Goal

Assists:

M. Matheson

1st 06:04

2 - 3

J. Zucker

Goal

Power Play

Assists:

J. Norris

J. Quinn

2nd 19:00

3 - 3

Z. Benson

Goal

Assists:

T. Thompson

B. Byram

2nd 09:06

4 - 3

J. Quinn

Goal

Power Play

Assists:

R. Dahlin

T. Thompson

Matchup

F D G

Zach Benson

BUF LW #6

Jake Evans

MTL C #71

1

Goals

1

2

Points

2

4

Shots on Goal

1

BUF

Team Stats

MTL

23

Shots

11

54.2

Faceoff Pct

45.8

50.0

Power Play Pct

50.0

4

Power Play Opps

2

8

Penalty Minutes

12

Hits

12

8

Blocked Shots

4

2

Takeaways

0

7

Giveaways

4

1

Biggest Lead

2

BUF

Injuries

MTL

Noah Ostlund

C

Out (Lower Body)

RW

Patrik Laine

Out (Abdomen)

Jiri Kulich

C

Out for season (Ear)

Justin Danforth

RW

Out for season (Kneecap)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46

Game Info

May 16, 2026

ABC/ESPN

Bell Centre

Montreal, Canada

Referees Gord Dwyer, Francis Charron

Linesmen Scott Cherrey, Jesse Marquis

Forwards	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Zach Benson Z. Benson #6	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	11:44
Jack Quinn J. Quinn #22	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	9:41
Tage Thompson T. Thompson #72	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	4	0.0	1	3	33.3	3	0	0	2	10:16
Josh Norris J. Norris #9	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	0.0	5	7	71.4	1	0	0	0	8:02
Jason Zucker J. Zucker #17	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	2	50.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	6:33
Josh Doan J. Doan #91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	1	0	0	0	8:56
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway #12	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	1	0	0	3:55
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius #94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	5:28
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs #19	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	0.0	1	0	0	1	3:14
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn #29	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	1	4:41
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod #71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	7	42.9	0	0	0	0	10:19
Alex Tuch A. Tuch #89	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	1	1	0	10:01

Defensemen	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPA	HIT	BKS	GVA	S	S%	TOI
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin #26	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	10:01
Bowen Byram B. Byram #4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0.0	12:06
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson #23	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	11:12
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa #73	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	4:05
Owen Power O. Power #25	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	11:24
Conor Timmins C. Timmins #21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	8:28

Goalies	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen #1	7	7	1.000	0	0.00	0	21
Alex Lyon A. Lyon #34	4	1	.250	3	17.59	0	10

On ice

Forwards	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	GVA	TOI
Jake Evans J. Evans #71	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	4	8	50.0	1	0	0	8:49
Cole Caufield C. Caufield #13	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	8:06
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov #93	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	8:06
Josh Anderson J. Anderson #17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	7:53
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc #76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	6:12
Kirby Dach K. Dach #77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	5:27
Phillip Danault P. Danault #24	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	6	16.7	1	1	0	5:44
Alex Newhook A. Newhook #15	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	6:49
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský #20	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2	8:52
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki #14	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	10	60.0	1	0	0	9:24
Alexandre Texier A. Texier #85	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	7:14
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno #90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	4:58

Defensemen	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPA	SHA	HIT	BKS	GVA	S	S%	TOI
Lane Hutson L. Hutson #48	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	12:03
Mike Matheson M. Matheson #8	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	11:31
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj #72	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	100.0	4:43
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier #45	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10:31
Noah Dobson N. Dobson #53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	10:47
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle #21	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10:28

Goalies	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jakub Dobes J. Dobes #75	23	19	.826	4	7.77	0	31
Jacob Fowler J. Fowler #32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

On ice

All

1st

2nd

3rd

Sabres won faceoff against Canadiens in neutral zone

2nd 08:26

Stoppage - High Stick

2nd 08:26

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Phillip Danault in neutral zone

2nd 09:06

Power play - Goal scored by Jack Quinn assisted by Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson

2nd 09:06

4-3

Power play - Shot on goal by Tage Thompson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 09:45

3-3

Power play - Josh Doan won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone

2nd 09:50

Stoppage - TV timeout

2nd 09:50

Penalty to Alexandre Carrier 2 minutes for Interference (Drawn by Jason Zucker)

2nd 09:50

Giveaway by Tage Thompson in offensive zone

2nd 09:51

Shot missed by Jack Quinn

2nd 10:03

3-3

Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 10:13

3-3

Shot on goal by Kirby Dach saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 10:15

3-3

Mike Matheson shot blocked by Alex Tuch

2nd 10:39

3-3

Kirby Dach shot blocked by Jack Quinn

2nd 10:46

3-3

Shorthanded - Giveaway by Owen Power in offensive zone

2nd 11:00

Shorthanded - Takeaway by Alex Tuch in defensive zone

2nd 11:13

Power play - Shot on goal by Juraj Slafkovský saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 11:41

3-3

Power play - Shot missed by Cole Caufield

2nd 12:23

3-3

Power play - Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Jordan Greenway

2nd 12:28

3-3

Shorthanded - Jordan Greenway won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone

2nd 12:52

Stoppage - TV timeout

2nd 12:52

Penalty to Sabres 2 minutes for Too Many Men on the Ice (Served by Jack Quinn)

2nd 12:52

Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 12:55

3-3

Mike Matheson credited with hit on Zach Benson in defensive zone

2nd 13:03

Shot on goal by Zach Benson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 13:28

3-3

Josh Norris credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in offensive zone

2nd 13:32

Tage Thompson credited with hit on Alex Newhook in offensive zone

2nd 13:34

Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Josh Norris in defensive zone

2nd 13:36

Shot on goal by Jason Zucker saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 14:17

3-3

Shot missed by Mattias Samuelsson

2nd 14:20

3-3

Shot missed by Jason Zucker

2nd 14:33

3-3

Shot on goal by Konsta Helenius saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 14:43

3-3

Shot on goal by Alex Tuch saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 15:13

3-3

Giveaway by Cole Caufield in offensive zone

2nd 15:22

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone

2nd 15:41

Stoppage - Icing

2nd 15:41

Phillip Danault credited with hit on Bowen Byram in offensive zone

2nd 16:06

Josh Norris won faceoff against Phillip Danault in offensive zone

2nd 16:17

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

2nd 16:17

Shot on goal by Tage Thompson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 16:19

3-3

Zachary Bolduc credited with hit on Beck Malenstyn in neutral zone

2nd 16:37

Beck Malenstyn credited with hit on Kaiden Guhle in defensive zone

2nd 16:43

Shot missed by Zachary Bolduc

2nd 16:54

3-3

Shot on goal by Alex Newhook saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 17:08

3-3

Jake Evans won faceoff against Peyton Krebs in offensive zone

2nd 17:24

Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)

2nd 17:24

Shot on goal by Alex Newhook saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2nd 17:27

3-3

Owen Power shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský

2nd 18:18

3-3

Alex Tuch shot blocked by Noah Dobson

2nd 18:20

3-3

Shot on goal by Bowen Byram saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 18:38

3-3

Ryan McLeod won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in neutral zone

2nd 19:00

Goal scored by Zach Benson assisted by Tage Thompson and Bowen Byram

2nd 19:00

3-3

Shot on goal by Tage Thompson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 19:03

2-3

Shot on goal by Zach Benson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 19:25

2-3

Shot on goal by Zach Benson saved by Jakub Dobes

2nd 19:26

2-3

Josh Norris won faceoff against Phillip Danault in neutral zone

2nd 20:00

Canadiens host the Sabres with 3-2 series lead

The Associated Press

May 15, 2026

Buffalo Sabres (50-23-9, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (48-24-10, in the Atlantic Division)

Montreal, Quebec; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT

LINE: Canadiens -159, Sabres +134; over/under is 6.5

NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND: Canadiens lead series 3-2

BOTTOM LINE: The Montreal Canadiens host the Buffalo Sabres in the second round of the NHL Playoffs with a 3-2 lead in the series. The teams meet Thursday for the 10th time this season. The Canadiens won the previous meeting 6-3.

Montreal has a 23-12-3 record in Atlantic Division games and a 48-24-10 record overall. The Canadiens have committed 350 total penalties (4.3 per game) to rank fourth in the league.

Buffalo is 50-23-9 overall with a 22-10-5 record in Atlantic Division games. The Sabres have committed 316 total penalties (3.9 per game) to rank ninth in league play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nicholas Suzuki has scored 29 goals with 72 assists for the Canadiens. Lane Hutson has one goal and nine assists over the last 10 games.

Rasmus Dahlin has 19 goals and 55 assists for the Sabres. Zachary Benson has scored four goals and added three assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Canadiens: 6-3-1, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.4 assists, 5.7 penalties and 14.8 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game.

Sabres: 5-4-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.8 assists, 5.9 penalties and 16.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.

INJURIES: Canadiens: Patrik Laine: out (abdomen).

Sabres: Noah Ostlund: out (lower body), Jiri Kulich: out for season (ear), Justin Danforth: out for season (kneecap).

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

2-3 BUF

MTL 3-2

Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Game Info

Canadiens host the Sabres with 3-2 series lead