Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres, East 2nd Round Game 2 NHL
KeyBank Center
TV: Sportsnet
BUF shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T MTL 13 8 7 28 BUF 8 11 10 29
Jakub Dobes 28/29 SV, .966 Alex Lyon 23/27 SV, .852 Who won: Canadiens 5-1 The Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 in East 2nd Round Game 2 on Friday, May 8, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The series is tied 2-2. The Canadiens outscored the Sabres 2-0 in the 1st period. Alex Newhook led the Canadiens in goals (2). Zach Benson led the Sabres in goals (1).
Summary 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 1 0 2 14:29 0:00 3:15 11:14 20 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 12 Zack Bolduc RW 0 1 1 0 12:02 2:41 0:00 9:21 17 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Cole Caufield RW 0 0 0 0 17:06 6:00 0:00 11:06 18 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Kirby Dach C 0 0 1 0 11:18 2:08 0:00 9:10 16 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.0 3 0 0 Phillip Danault C 2 2 1 3 14:33 0:03 3:17 11:13 21 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 5 66.7 0 0 0 Ivan Demidov RW 1 1 0 1 13:18 5:24 0:00 7:54 15 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 2 16:32 1:35 5:58 8:59 19 0 0 1 2 0 0 7 4 63.6 1 0 0 Alex Newhook C 1 0 0 2 16:46 2:00 5:52 8:54 18 2 3 0 4 0 0 1 3 25.0 1 0 0 Juraj Slafkovsky LW 2 1 0 0 17:56 6:03 0:00 11:53 18 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Nick Suzuki C 0 1 0 0 20:03 6:08 0:08 13:47 19 1 3 0 4 0 0 9 7 56.3 1 0 0 Alexandre Texier LW 0 1 0 2 9:21 0:50 0:00 8:31 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Joe Veleno C 0 1 1 0 10:32 0:07 0:00 10:25 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 50.0 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 1 2 0 4 19:38 0:00 3:41 15:57 24 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 4 Noah Dobson D 5 1 1 -1 16:20 1:29 1:30 13:21 24 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Kaiden Guhle D 2 2 1 0 20:56 1:10 4:35 15:11 24 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 Lane Hutson D 1 0 0 1 20:54 6:11 0:39 14:04 20 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Mike Matheson D 3 1 1 3 26:44 0:59 8:09 17:36 25 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Arber Xhekaj D 0 3 0 1 9:32 0:42 0:00 8:50 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Jakub Dobes G 1 29 0 0 28 .966 18 10 0 60:00 0 0
MTL shoots leftBUF shoots right 
