Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres Match Player Stats
2-4
📅 Wednesday, May 6, 2026
🏟️ KeyBank Center
🏆 NHL
👥 19,070
Montreal Canadiens: 48-24-10, 106 PTSBuffalo Sabres: 50-23-9, 109 PTS
Team Stats Comparison
| Buffalo Sabres | Stat | Montreal Canadiens |
|---|
| 12 | Blocked Shots | 13 |
| 27 | Hits | 31 |
| 5 | Takeaways | 4 |
| 16 | Shots | 28 |
| 2 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 3 | Power Play Opportunities | 2 |
| 66.7 | Power Play Percentage | 50.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 19 | Faceoffs Won | 32 |
| 37.3 | Faceoff Win Percent | 62.7 |
| 15 | Giveaways | 7 |
| 2 | Total Penalties | 3 |
| 4 | Penalty Minutes | 6 |
Player Statistics
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 | 15:46 | 0:00 | 2:54 | 12:52 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc #76 | RW | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8:53 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 8:48 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield #13 | RW | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:08 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 15:55 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach #77 | C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:46 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 9:41 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault #24 | C | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 | 0:00 | 3:21 | 11:59 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov #93 | RW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 15:06 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans #71 | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 0:00 | 2:26 | 13:23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook #15 | C | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 | 0:05 | 2:30 | 14:17 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky #20 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 19:41 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 16:28 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki #14 | C | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 21:02 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 17:49 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandre Texier #85 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:44 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno #90 | C | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8:33 | 0:00 | 0:07 | 8:26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 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 | 1 | -1 | 18:45 | 0:00 | 3:17 | 15:28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson #53 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:09 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 24:04 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle #21 | D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:22 | 0:05 | 2:14 | 16:03 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson #48 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:42 | 3:13 | 0:41 | 22:48 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Matheson #8 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:00 | 0:00 | 5:06 | 15:54 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj #72 | D | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:42 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .750 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 56:48 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 | 2:33 | 0:05 | 14:18 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan #91 | RW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 | 2:34 | 0:00 | 14:52 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway #12 | LW | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13:03 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 10:56 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak #48 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:56 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs #19 | C | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 14:02 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 13:55 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn #29 | LW | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10:36 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 9:45 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McLeod #71 | C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:33 | 2:23 | 1:02 | 11:08 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris #9 | C | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 | 2:52 | 0:05 | 14:11 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 61.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn #22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:19 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson #72 | C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:28 | 3:04 | 0:00 | 15:24 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch #89 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:16 | 3:05 | 2:26 | 13:45 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker #17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 11:16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:13 | 2:52 | 0:48 | 17:33 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin #26 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:04 | 2:47 | 0:00 | 18:17 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Owen Power #25 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:41 | 0:24 | 0:56 | 17:21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson #23 | D | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:35 | 0:00 | 2:22 | 19:13 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stanley #64 | D | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:52 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 12:47 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins #21 | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19:39 | 0:00 | 2:25 | 17:14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|
| Alex Lyon #34 | G | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 59:40 | 0 | 0 |
Game Summary
Byram, McLeod score to revive Sabres power play in 4-2 win over Montreal in 2nd round playoff opener
— Bowen Byram and Ryan McLeod scored on consecutive power-play opportunities in reviving Buffalo’s anemic special-teams unit, and the Sabres defeated...
Related Match Stats