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 Zach Benson LW 0 2 0 1 16:56 2:33 0:05 14:18 23 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Josh Doan 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RW 1 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 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
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Bowen Byram 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 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 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 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 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 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
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Alex Lyon G 2 28 0 0 26 .929 22 2 2 59:40 0 0
MTL shoots leftBUF shoots right 
Jakub Dobes12/16 SV, .750
Alex Lyon26/28 SV, .929
