Sabres vs. Canadiens (May 16, 2026)

Forward Matchup

A. Tuch

BUF RW #89

N. Suzuki

MTL C #14

4

Goals

3

7

Points

8

27

Shots on Goal

17

Defenseman Matchup

B. Byram

BUF D #4

L. Hutson

MTL D #48

6

Points

7

6

Blocks

16

7

Hits

6

Goalie Matchup

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

J. Dobes

MTL G #75

4

Wins

5

.934

Save Pct

.917

1.73

Goals Against Avg

2.14

BUF

Team Stats

MTL

3.45

Goals per Game

3.4

2.93

Goals Against per Game

3.06

28.12

Shots per Game

26.29

29.07

Shots Against per Game

27.84

19.5

Power Play Pct

23.1

81.9

Penalty Kill Pct

78.2

.899

Save Pct

.890

BUF

Injuries

MTL

Sam Carrick

C

Day to day (Arm)

RW

Patrik Laine

Out (Abdomen)

Noah Ostlund

C

Out (Lower Body)

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

BUF

Last 5

MTL

Fri, May 8

Fri, May 8

Wed, May 6

Wed, May 6

Fri, May 1

Sun, May 3

Tue, Apr 28

Fri, May 1

Sun, Apr 26

Wed, Apr 29

Game Info

May 16, 2026

ABC/ESPN

Bell Centre

Montreal, Canada

Team Leaders

G

4

A. Tuch

A

5

T. Thompson

GWG

2

A. Tuch

SV%

.934

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs MTL

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Alex Lyon A. Lyon	7	6	4	2	0	166	155	.934	11	1.73	0	381
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	2	2	1	1	0	40	33	.825	7	4.19	0	100

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	8	7	4	4	0	218	193	.885	25	3.14	478
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	5	5	2	2	0	132	115	.871	17	3.95	258
Devon Levi D. Levi	3	2	1	1	1	68	63	.926	5	2.09	144
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	1	0	0	23	20	.870	3	3.01	60

Team Leaders

G

3

N. Suzuki

A

5

N. Suzuki

GWG

1

L. Hutson

SV%

.917

J. Dobes

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	8	4	3	7	+4	4	0	0	2	27	14.8	11	22	50.0	23	12	4	9	20:56
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	8	2	5	7	+2	18	0	1	0	27	7.4	23	70	32.9	17	6	0	10	19:53
Josh Doan J. Doan	8	2	4	6	+4	4	0	1	1	20	10.0	1	1	100.0	18	0	5	5	15:33
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	8	2	4	6	+6	8	0	0	0	7	28.6	22	43	51.2	21	6	2	8	15:34
Zach Benson Z. Benson	8	3	3	6	+4	30	0	1	0	13	23.1	0	5	0.0	13	1	2	2	15:35
Bowen Byram B. Byram	8	4	2	6	+4	4	1	0	0	18	22.2	0	0	0	7	6	2	11	22:29
Owen Power O. Power	8	0	4	4	+3	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	5	7	0	6	20:20
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	8	1	3	4	+3	10	1	0	0	30	3.3	0	0	0	11	9	1	12	23:33
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	8	2	1	3	+2	2	0	0	1	8	25.0	0	0	0	31	11	2	7	20:52
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	8	0	3	3	-2	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	1	0.0	12	1	1	6	16:18
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	8	1	2	3	-6	2	1	1	0	11	9.1	61	136	44.9	0	2	3	14	17:42
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	8	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	1	4	25.0	6	7	85.7	22	1	3	3	11:37
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	8	1	1	2	+1	6	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	27	7	1	2	10:37
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	3	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	0	4	25.0	3	16	18.8	0	1	0	2	11:31
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	8	0	1	1	-3	2	0	1	0	13	0.0	1	8	12.5	14	3	1	12	15:48
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	8	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	6	19	2	2	16:33
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	6	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	26	60	43.3	12	4	0	1	11:25
Josh Norris J. Norris	5	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	39	74	52.7	18	1	0	5	16:57
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	7	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	10	8	2	1	13:14
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4:25
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	5	16	31.3	2	2	0	1	7:55

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	20	12	11	23	+6	16	3	4	0	0	1	65	18.5	94	220	42.7	17	9	6	9	17:51
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	24	4	17	21	-5	24	1	10	0	0	0	60	6.7	0	0	0	40	29	11	36	23:44
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	22	7	13	20	+3	4	1	4	1	0	2	60	11.7	8	23	34.8	22	18	14	13	18:37
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	25	10	7	17	+3	6	2	3	1	0	2	62	16.1	1	12	8.3	29	9	3	17	15:52
Josh Norris J. Norris	16	3	9	12	+3	9	1	5	0	1	0	26	11.5	115	210	54.8	20	13	2	8	16:59
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	44	2	7	9	0	47	0	1	0	0	0	54	3.7	0	0	0	149	83	7	50	18:21
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	12	1	5	6	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	25	4.0	0	2	0.0	4	7	0	4	15:15
Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	24	3	2	5	-4	22	0	0	0	0	0	33	9.1	4	13	30.8	44	9	8	18	14:27
Owen Power O. Power	14	1	4	5	-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	0	0	0	5	21	8	9	22:33
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	3	1	3	4	-1	2	1	2	0	0	0	4	25.0	3	12	25.0	0	0	1	2	14:34
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	12	2	1	3	+4	23	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	46	92	50.0	18	7	4	4	11:00
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	13	0	3	3	+3	8	0	1	0	0	0	12	0.0	7	15	46.7	24	7	10	12	15:30
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	14	1	2	3	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	86	185	46.5	6	5	9	13	15:51
Bowen Byram B. Byram	9	1	2	3	+8	23	0	1	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	7	7	1	10	23:18
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	16	2	1	3	-4	6	0	1	0	0	0	11	18.2	48	97	49.5	26	4	3	3	12:34
Josh Doan J. Doan	5	2	1	3	-4	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	0	6	0.0	9	2	1	3	16:11
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	4	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	13	38	34.2	1	2	0	1	15:42
Zach Benson Z. Benson	11	1	2	3	-2	10	0	0	0	0	1	23	4.3	1	3	33.3	8	2	4	8	15:34
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	5	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	16:29
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	5	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	5	14:09
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	13	0	2	2	+1	8	0	0	0	1	0	24	0.0	0	0	0	37	15	3	16	19:28
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	11	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	12.5	3	8	37.5	38	9	1	5	11:24
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	8	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	13	10	1	11	14:00
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	3	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	10	17	58.8	6	0	2	2	9:03
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	2	6	33.3	2	1	0	2	9:45
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6:35
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	5	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	17	33	51.5	10	4	3	1	14:54
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	3	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9:09

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	9	3	5	8	-4	2	1	4	0	0	17	17.6	90	160	56.3	20	10	3	12	22:21
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	9	2	5	7	+1	4	1	2	1	1	21	9.5	0	0	0	6	16	3	15	26:35
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	9	0	5	5	-1	16	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	35	18	6	6	22:03
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	9	1	4	5	+5	2	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	1	0.0	23	4	5	7	11:35
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	9	2	2	4	+6	2	0	0	1	0	11	18.2	3	4	75.0	12	2	1	3	12:43
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	9	3	1	4	+1	4	0	0	1	0	15	20.0	18	50	36.0	14	7	2	4	16:26
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	9	3	1	4	-5	7	3	1	1	1	23	13.0	0	4	0.0	15	7	5	5	20:31
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	9	1	3	4	-5	0	1	3	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	0	18	1	1	4	18:29
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	9	2	2	4	+4	22	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	0	2	0.0	36	3	1	5	15:37
Kirby Dach K. Dach	9	3	1	4	+4	6	0	0	0	0	6	50.0	18	32	56.3	17	3	2	5	11:02
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	9	1	1	2	+1	12	0	0	1	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	11	27	3	14	25:28
Phillip Danault P. Danault	9	0	2	2	+4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	70	115	60.9	19	6	3	9	16:35
Jake Evans J. Evans	9	0	2	2	+3	6	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	72	113	63.7	24	10	3	3	16:03
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	9	0	2	2	-1	6	0	2	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	11	5	2	6	16:30
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	9	1	1	2	+1	6	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	13	21	1	6	22:11
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	3	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	5	9	2	5	19:42
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	8	0	1	1	+4	14	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	37	4	0	5	9:45
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	3	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6:25
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	5	8	62.5	6	0	1	0	9:33
Oliver Kapanen O. Kapanen	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	5	9	55.6	1	2	0	0	8:39
Jayden Struble J. Struble	7	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	21	1	3	3	10:46

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	21	8	18	26	+4	2	2	9	1	0	1	0	54	14.8	186	341	54.5	11	12	8	15	19:53
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	47	18	6	24	+8	23	2	1	0	0	4	0	129	14.0	14	26	53.8	35	13	14	15	15:05
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	18	10	6	16	-3	2	4	3	0	0	2	0	61	16.4	4	4	100.0	17	7	5	12	17:51
Phillip Danault P. Danault	28	3	12	15	0	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	38	7.9	223	424	52.6	29	19	16	15	15:59
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	37	4	11	15	+2	14	1	3	0	1	1	1	76	5.3	0	0	0	30	59	21	28	21:32
Patrik Laine P. Laine	15	6	8	14	-2	2	4	3	0	0	1	0	37	16.2	4	9	44.4	20	3	7	15	15:57
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	26	4	10	14	+5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	8.0	0	0	0	18	39	12	18	19:34
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	26	7	5	12	+10	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	59	11.9	7	20	35.0	49	8	5	8	15:29
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	8	1	11	12	-1	10	0	7	0	0	1	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	1	10	5	11	21:43
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	13	4	5	9	-1	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	29	13.8	3	5	60.0	24	10	3	11	17:20
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	11	2	5	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	13	15.4	29	70	41.4	6	9	1	2	14:15
Jake Evans J. Evans	18	3	3	6	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	13.0	125	229	54.6	23	19	10	14	15:42
Kirby Dach K. Dach	8	2	3	5	+1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	13.3	6	15	40.0	9	5	5	1	15:48
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	8	1	3	4	+3	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	11	9.1	1	1	100.0	4	0	4	2	13:57
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	18	0	3	3	-5	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	63	114	55.3	27	9	3	4	11:43
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	10	1	1	2	-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	13	31	2	6	18:53
Oliver Kapanen O. Kapanen	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	25	41	61.0	2	6	1	4	15:30
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	10	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	23	7	0	5	14:15
Jayden Struble J. Struble	8	2	0	2	-3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	0	0	0	22	8	2	6	15:21
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	4	1	1	2	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	3	1	1	4	15:48
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	5	0	1	1	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	1	1	100.0	12	2	0	4	11:47
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	9	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	3	23	0	5	19:51

Sabres BUF

Canadiens MTL

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Samuel Montembeault S. Montembeault	11	10	5	6	310	279	.900	31	3.04	1	611
Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	3	3	3	0	95	89	.937	6	2.00	0	180
Jacob Fowler J. Fowler	1	1	0	1	26	22	.846	4	4.13	0	58