Canadiens vs. Sabres (May 6, 2026)

Odds

MTL

BUF

+100

Open

-120

Open

+105

ML

-130

ML

o5.5

-120

u5.5

+100

+1.5

-225

-1.5

+185

Forward Matchup

N. Suzuki

MTL C #14

A. Tuch

BUF RW #89

1

Goals

4

6

Points

7

10

Shots on Goal

20

Defenseman Matchup

L. Hutson

MTL D #48

B. Byram

BUF D #4

6

Points

5

13

Blocks

6

Hits

4

Goalie Matchup

J. Dobes

MTL G #75

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

4

Wins

3

.923

Save Pct

.955

2.03

Goals Against Avg

1.14

MTL

Team Stats

BUF

3.4

Goals per Game

3.45

3.06

Goals Against per Game

2.93

26.29

Shots per Game

28.12

27.84

Shots Against per Game

29.07

23.1

Power Play Pct

19.5

78.2

Penalty Kill Pct

81.9

.890

Save Pct

.899

MTL

Injuries

BUF

Patrik Laine

RW

Out (Abdomen)

C

Sam Carrick

Day to day (Arm)

C

Noah Ostlund

Out (Lower Body)

C

Jiri Kulich

Out for season (Ear)

RW

Justin Danforth

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

MTL

Last 5

BUF

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Game Info

May 6, 2026

TNT/truTV

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

G

3

J. Slafkovský

A

5

N. Suzuki

GWG

1

L. Hutson

SV%

.923

J. Dobes

Season

Career vs BUF

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	7	7	4	3	0	196	181	.923	15	2.03	0	443

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

Team Leaders

G

4

A. Tuch

A

5

T. Thompson

GWG

2

A. Tuch

SV%

.955

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs MTL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	7	2	4	6	0	2	1	2	1	1	14	14.3	0	0	0	6	13	3	14	27:23
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	7	1	5	6	-3	0	0	4	0	0	10	10.0	71	126	56.3	17	10	3	11	22:52
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	7	2	2	4	+4	2	0	0	1	0	10	20.0	2	3	66.7	11	2	1	2	13:20
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	7	0	4	4	-1	12	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	31	13	4	5	22:44
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	7	1	3	4	-4	0	1	3	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	17	1	1	4	18:35
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	7	1	3	4	+5	2	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	1	0.0	17	4	3	5	11:54
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	7	3	0	3	-4	7	3	0	1	1	18	16.7	0	4	0.0	13	5	4	5	21:00
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	7	2	1	3	+2	10	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	0	2	0.0	33	3	1	4	15:45
Kirby Dach K. Dach	7	2	1	3	+4	6	0	0	0	0	5	40.0	18	30	60.0	15	3	1	2	11:10
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	7	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	1	0	7	14.3	16	43	37.2	11	6	2	3	16:19
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	7	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	11	19	0	6	23:03
Phillip Danault P. Danault	7	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	51	87	58.6	14	4	2	9	17:03
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	7	0	1	1	-1	12	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	10	21	2	11	25:56
Jake Evans J. Evans	7	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	56	89	62.9	23	9	3	2	16:01
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	6	0	1	1	+3	12	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	31	3	0	4	10:07
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	7	0	1	1	-2	6	0	1	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	9	4	2	6	16:41
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
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	3	18:37
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

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	6	4	3	7	+8	4	0	0	2	20	20.0	11	20	55.0	21	9	4	5	21:19
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	6	2	5	7	+7	18	0	1	0	26	7.7	19	56	33.9	10	6	0	8	20:19
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	6	2	4	6	+8	8	0	0	0	6	33.3	17	32	53.1	13	5	2	6	16:21
Bowen Byram B. Byram	6	3	2	5	+6	2	0	0	0	15	20.0	0	0	0	4	6	0	8	22:52
Owen Power O. Power	6	0	4	4	+5	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	3	4	0	5	20:37
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	6	1	3	4	+3	6	1	0	0	21	4.8	0	0	0	10	6	1	12	24:11
Josh Doan J. Doan	6	1	2	3	+3	2	0	0	1	13	7.7	0	0	0	14	0	5	2	15:05
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	6	0	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	1	0.0	11	0	0	5	16:46
Zach Benson Z. Benson	6	2	1	3	+3	28	0	0	0	11	18.2	0	5	0.0	7	1	2	1	14:43
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	6	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	1	8	25.0	0	0	0	19	8	1	5	20:56
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	6	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	22	6	1	2	11:12
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	6	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	11	0.0	1	6	16.7	13	2	1	9	16:50
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	6	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	15	1	2	2	11:09
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	6	0	1	1	-4	2	0	0	0	7	0.0	54	112	48.2	0	2	1	11	18:18
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	4	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	20	44	45.5	12	4	0	1	11:53
Josh Norris J. Norris	3	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	23	44	52.3	11	1	0	3	16:39
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	6	6	1	1	13:52
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	6	0	0	0	+2	6	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	5	12	1	2	15:46
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

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

Canadiens MTL

Sabres BUF

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Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

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2025-26 Atlantic Division

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