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Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Playoffs · Friday, May 8, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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5–1

Final

SOG 28–29

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Friday, May 8, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 29-28.

Alex Newhook scored twice. Mike Matheson, Zach Benson, Alexandre Carrier and Nick Suzuki also scored.

Jakub Dobes made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 23 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL212528
Buffalo SabresBUF010129

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex NewhookMTL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJakub DobesMTL · .966 SV%
  3. ★3rd starZach BensonBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:26

4–1 · 3rd 3:54 · Carrier. Power was 1:26 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceBUF on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 1:36 · Newhook

Krebs 0:47

2–0 MTL

1st 4:27 · Matheson

Stanley 0:08

3–0 MTL

2nd 4:47 · Newhook

Long shift: Thompson 1:17

3–1 BUF

2nd 19:22 · Benson

Suzuki 0:46

4–1 MTL

3rd 3:54 · Carrier

Long shift: Power 1:26

5–1 MTL

3rd 15:59 · EN · Suzuki

Dahlin 1:12

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLBUF
28Shots on goal29
57%Faceoff %43%
0/5Power play0/5
22Penalty minutes12
18Hits44
18Blocked shots11
11Giveaways13
7Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 07:34Alexandre Carrier · tripping2 min
  • 1st 11:47Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
  • 1st 19:50Josh Doan · interference2 min
  • 2nd 02:43Alexandre Carrier · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 05:33Arber Xhekaj · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 09:36Mattias Samuelsson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 14:38Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 17:04Kaiden Guhle · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 17:04Logan Stanley · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 13:08Bowen Byram · elbowing2 min
  • 3rd 17:18Josh Anderson · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 17:18Josh Anderson · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 18:34Zach Benson · cross checking2 min

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