Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres, East 2nd Round Game 1 NHL
KeyBank Center
TV: Sportsnet
BUF shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T MTL 9 8 11 28 BUF 6 9 1 16
Jakub Dobes 12/16 SV, .750 Alex Lyon 26/28 SV, .929 Who won: Sabres 4-2 The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 in East 2nd Round Game 1 on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The series is tied 2-2. Josh Doan led the Sabres in goals (1). Kirby Dach led the Canadiens in goals (1).
Summary News Chat Box score Team stats Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Josh Anderson 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 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 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 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 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 RW 0 1 0 0 18:19 3:13 0:00 15:06 18 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Jake Evans 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 C 0 3 0 0 16:52 0:05 2:30 14:17 20 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 2 33.3 0 0 0 Juraj Slafkovsky 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 C 0 2 0 -1 21:02 3:13 0:00 17:49 19 1 3 0 3 1 0 10 8 55.6 0 1 2 Alexandre Texier 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 C 0 5 0 0 8:33 0:00 0:07 8:26 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 100.0 0 0 0
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 1 -1 18:45 0:00 3:17 15:28 24 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Noah Dobson 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 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 D 2 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 D 3 0 0 -1 21:00 0:00 5:06 15:54 23 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Arber Xhekaj 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
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Jakub Dobes G 4 16 0 0 12 .750 9 3 0 56:48 0 0
MTL shoots leftBUF shoots right 
Jakub Dobes12/16 SV, .750
Alex Lyon26/28 SV, .929
