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Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Playoffs · Tuesday, May 12, 2026 · Centre Bell

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3–2

Final

SOG 22–31

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 31-22.

Goals came from Mattias Samuelsson, Alex Newhook, Cole Caufield, Tage Thompson and Zach Benson.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jakub Dobes stopped 19 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF111322
Montréal CanadiensMTL200231

Three stars

  1. ★1st starUkko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF · .935 SV%
  2. ★2nd starMattias SamuelssonBUF · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starCole CaufieldMTL · 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+
2:45

2–2 · 2nd 7:00 · Thompson. Matheson was 2:45 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceMTL on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 6:32 · Samuelsson

Bolduc 0:39

1–1 MTL

1st 10:08 · Newhook

Byram 0:45

1–2 MTL

1st 19:47 · PP · Caufield

Samuelsson 0:53

2–2 BUF

2nd 7:00 · PP · Thompson

Stuck out there: Matheson 2:45

3–2 BUF

3rd 4:41 · PP · Benson

Long shift: Carrier 1:17

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

BUFMTL
22Shots on goal31
52%Faceoff %48%
2/4Power play1/7
16Penalty minutes10
23Hits26
27Blocked shots6
14Giveaways15
6Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 11:28Alexandre Carrier · tripping2 min
  • 1st 12:06Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
  • 1st 14:57Jason Zucker · roughing2 min
  • 1st 17:25Peyton Krebs · roughing2 min
  • 1st 17:25Zachary Bolduc · roughing2 min
  • 1st 19:19Tage Thompson · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 02:23Bowen Byram · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 05:56Alexandre Carrier · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 2nd 11:21Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
  • 2nd 18:31Bowen Byram · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 3rd 03:47Jake Evans · holding2 min

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