Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens Match Player Stats
3-2
📅 Tuesday, May 12, 2026
🏟️ Bell Centre
🏆 NHL
👥 20,962
Buffalo Sabres: 50-23-9, 109 PTSMontreal Canadiens: 48-24-10, 106 PTS
Team Stats Comparison
| Montreal Canadiens | Stat | Buffalo Sabres |
|---|
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 27 |
| 26 | Hits | 23 |
| 2 | Takeaways | 6 |
| 30 | Shots | 22 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 2 |
| 7 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 |
| 14.3 | Power Play Percentage | 50.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 29 | Faceoffs Won | 32 |
| 47.5 | Faceoff Win Percent | 52.5 |
| 15 | Giveaways | 14 |
| 4 | Total Penalties | 7 |
| 10 | Penalty Minutes | 16 |
Player Statistics
Buffalo Sabres — forwards
| Player | POS | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|
| Zach Benson #6 | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 | 3:15 | 0:05 | 11:01 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan #91 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:30 | 3:15 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway #12 | LW | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:58 | 0:00 | 5:04 | 4:54 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Konsta Helenius #94 | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:53 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs #19 | C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 | 0:01 | 0:10 | 15:36 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Beck Malenstyn #29 | LW | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 10:52 | 0:00 | 6:29 | 4:23 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod #71 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 9:35 | 0:54 | 4:20 | 4:21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris #9 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:41 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 11:20 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn #22 | RW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 | 3:41 | 0:00 | 10:25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson #72 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 | 3:12 | 0:09 | 15:53 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Tuch #89 | RW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21:58 | 1:22 | 5:49 | 14:47 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker #17 | LW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres — defenses
| Player | POS | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|
| Bowen Byram #4 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:42 | 1:41 | 0:12 | 18:49 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Rasmus Dahlin #26 | D | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19:29 | 2:55 | 0:00 | 16:34 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Owen Power #25 | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:43 | 0:02 | 4:25 | 19:16 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson #23 | D | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23:47 | 0:00 | 7:13 | 16:34 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Schenn #5 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:04 | 0:00 | 2:40 | 4:24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins #21 | D | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:38 | 0:00 | 7:42 | 13:56 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres — goalies
| Player | POS | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1 | G | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .933 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens — forwards
| Player | POS | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|
| Josh Anderson #17 | RW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:35 | 0:05 | 1:56 | 14:34 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc #76 | RW | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:39 | 1:58 | 0:00 | 7:41 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cole Caufield #13 | RW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:21 | 8:43 | 0:00 | 12:38 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach #77 | C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:51 | 2:09 | 0:01 | 6:41 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault #24 | C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 | 0:08 | 2:00 | 12:34 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov #93 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:45 | 8:49 | 0:00 | 9:56 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans #71 | C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:47 | 0:05 | 1:49 | 10:53 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Newhook #15 | C | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 | 1:37 | 2:36 | 10:13 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky #20 | LW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:10 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 14:02 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki #14 | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:34 | 9:10 | 0:44 | 14:40 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 59.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier #85 | LW | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:59 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 11:14 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno #90 | C | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6:42 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 6:40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens — defenses
| Player | POS | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|
| Alexandre Carrier #45 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 | 0:10 | 0:54 | 15:56 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Noah Dobson #53 | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:09 | 2:20 | 0:53 | 20:56 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle #21 | D | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 | 0:00 | 2:51 | 12:25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson #48 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 28:02 | 8:49 | 0:39 | 18:34 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson #8 | D | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:01 | 0:28 | 3:59 | 17:34 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj #72 | D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens — goalies
| Player | POS | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|
| Jakub Dobes #75 | G | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .864 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 57:17 | 0 | 0 |
Game Summary
Benson breaks tie on birthday, Sabres beat Canadiens 3-2 in Game 4 to even series
— Zach Benson broke a tie on a third-period power play on his 21st birthday and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
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