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Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Playoffs · Sunday, May 10, 2026 · Centre Bell

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2–6

Final

28–36

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–2 on Sunday, May 10, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 36–28.

Alex Newhook scored twice. Tage Thompson, Cole Caufield, Zachary Bolduc, Juraj Slafkovský, Rasmus Dahlin and Kirby Dach also scored.

Jakub Dobes made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 31 of 36.

Goals
Buffalo SabresBUF110228
Montréal CanadiensMTL132636

Three stars

  1. ★1st starLane HutsonMTL · 2 assists
  2. ★2nd starAlex NewhookMTL · 2 goals
  3. ★3rd starJakub DobesMTL · .929 save percentage

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:34

1–4 · 2nd 12:17 · Slafkovský. Samuelsson had been on the ice for 1:34 when it went in.

GoalBUF MTL

1–0 BUF

1st 0:53 · Thompson

Matheson 0:53

1–1 MTL

1st 15:31 · Newhook

Stuck out there: Timmins 1:29

1–2 MTL

2nd 6:05 · · Caufield

Stuck out there: Greenway 1:22

1–3 MTL

2nd 10:43 · Bolduc

Long shift: Stanley 1:11

1–4 MTL

2nd 12:17 · · Slafkovský

Stuck out there: Samuelsson 1:34

2–4 BUF

2nd 14:46 · · Dahlin

Carrier 0:35

2–5 MTL

3rd 8:46 · Dach

Long shift: Tuch 1:04

2–6 MTL

3rd 15:14 · · Newhook

Thompson 0:24

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

BUFMTL
2836
38%62%
1/42/6
4238
2125
1514
1314
63

Penalties

  • 7:42 into the first periodJosh Norris · interference2 min
  • 11:47 into the first periodAlex Newhook · roughing2 min
  • 11:47 into the first periodJosh Doan · roughing2 min
  • 18:44 into the first periodZachary Bolduc · roughing2 min
  • 18:44 into the first periodZachary Bolduc · roughing2 min
  • 18:44 into the first periodConor Timmins · roughing2 min
  • 20:00 into the first periodRasmus Dahlin · roughing2 min
  • 4:43 into the second periodJosh Doan · tripping2 min
  • 11:32 into the second periodBeck Malenstyn · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 11:32 into the second periodJordan Greenway · roughing2 min
  • 11:32 into the second periodZachary Bolduc · roughing2 min
  • 14:30 into the second periodKirby Dach · holding the stick2 min
  • 17:47 into the second periodAlex Tuch · high sticking2 min
  • 4:22 into the third periodLane Hutson · interference2 min
  • 12:13 into the third periodKaiden Guhle · high sticking2 min
  • 17:13 into the third periodLogan Stanley · roughing2 min
  • 17:13 into the third periodKaiden Guhle · cross checking2 min
  • 17:13 into the third periodZach Benson · slashing2 min
  • 17:13 into the third periodZach Benson · misconduct10 min
  • 17:13 into the third periodLogan Stanley · misconduct10 min
  • 17:13 into the third periodZachary Bolduc · misconduct10 min
  • 17:13 into the third periodKaiden Guhle · misconduct10 min
  • 20:00 into the third periodSam Carrick · roughing2 min
  • 20:00 into the third periodArber Xhekaj · roughing2 min

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