Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens Match Player Stats
8-3
📅 Sunday, May 17, 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 |
|---|
| 9 | Blocked Shots | 18 |
| 31 | Hits | 19 |
| 5 | Takeaways | 3 |
| 22 | Shots | 36 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 4 |
| 3 | Power Play Opportunities | 6 |
| 33.3 | Power Play Percentage | 66.7 |
| 1 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 22 | Faceoffs Won | 34 |
| 39.3 | Faceoff Win Percent | 60.7 |
| 11 | Giveaways | 18 |
| 12 | Total Penalties | 8 |
| 58 | Penalty Minutes | 32 |
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 | 3 | 20:04 | 3:53 | 0:41 | 15:30 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Josh Doan #91 | RW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 | 3:30 | 0:00 | 13:01 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway #12 | LW | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:15 | 0:00 | 2:24 | 5:51 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Konsta Helenius #94 | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:36 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs #19 | C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 6:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Beck Malenstyn #29 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 8:22 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 5:55 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod #71 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:56 | 1:54 | 2:30 | 17:32 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 61.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris #9 | C | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 13:14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jack Quinn #22 | RW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:18 | 4:00 | 0:00 | 14:18 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson #72 | C | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18:14 | 4:17 | 0:00 | 13:57 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch #89 | RW | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 19:10 | 2:20 | 0:56 | 15:54 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker #17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 11:37 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 | 2:08 | 0:00 | 17:45 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin #26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:56 | 3:23 | 0:00 | 16:33 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Metsa #73 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:19 | 0:33 | 0:17 | 11:29 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power #25 | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:22 | 0:57 | 2:17 | 19:08 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson #23 | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:53 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 20:41 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins #21 | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 | 0:00 | 4:12 | 13:14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres — goalies
| Player | POS | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1 | G | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.000 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 49:41 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lyon #34 | G | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:03 | 0:00 | 3:09 | 10:54 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zack Bolduc #76 | RW | 0 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 13:39 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 12:52 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield #13 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:01 | 3:26 | 0:00 | 12:35 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach #77 | C | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 11:24 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 10:21 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Phillip Danault #24 | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:06 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 10:36 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 21.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Demidov #93 | RW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:14 | 3:42 | 0:00 | 13:32 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans #71 | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:13 | 0:00 | 3:59 | 12:14 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Alex Newhook #15 | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:32 | 0:39 | 2:06 | 13:47 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky #20 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:46 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 14:09 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki #14 | C | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:20 | 3:47 | 0:44 | 14:49 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier #85 | LW | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 13:04 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno #90 | C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:59 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 9:02 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:32 | 0:00 | 2:40 | 14:52 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Noah Dobson #53 | D | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25:22 | 0:17 | 1:33 | 23:32 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle #21 | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:27 | 0:00 | 3:41 | 15:46 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson #48 | D | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24:28 | 4:12 | 0:42 | 19:34 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Matheson #8 | D | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 22:05 | 0:14 | 3:47 | 18:04 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Arber Xhekaj #72 | D | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
Montreal Canadiens — goalies
| Player | POS | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|
| Jacob Fowler #32 | G | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:23 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakub Dobes #75 | G | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .818 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 49:58 | 0 | 2 |
Game Summary
Sabres rally to beat the Canadiens 8-3 to force Game 7
— Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves after starter Alex Lyon stopped only one of the four shots he faced, and the Buffalo Sabres roared back to beat the Montreal Canadiens 8-3 on Saturday night and force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinal...
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