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 Zach Benson LW 0 4 0 0 19:25 4:23 1:16 13:46 22 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 Josh Doan RW 0 2 0 0 16:28 4:15 0:00 12:13 21 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 100.0 1 1 2 Jordan Greenway LW 0 2 1 0 12:55 0:08 5:38 7:09 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 100.0 0 0 0 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 10:02 0:00 3:22 6:40 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 45.5 0 0 0 Peyton Krebs C 1 4 0 -1 12:25 1:16 0:00 11:09 17 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 75.0 0 0 0 Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 0 7:11 0:00 3:06 4:05 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -2 17:17 4:37 1:32 11:08 24 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 11 26.7 3 0 0 Josh Norris C 0 4 0 -1 17:39 4:38 0:42 12:19 19 0 1 0 3 3 0 5 7 41.7 2 0 0 Jack Quinn RW 1 1 0 -1 14:30 4:16 0:29 9:45 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Tage Thompson C 0 6 0 -4 18:38 5:01 0:00 13:37 20 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 50.0 1 0 0 Alex Tuch RW 1 2 0 -3 20:19 4:54 1:16 14:09 22 0 4 0 6 2 0 0 1 0.0 1 0 0 Jason Zucker LW 0 1 0 -2 11:08 4:44 0:00 6:24 13 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0.0 2 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 2 2 -3 21:27 4:53 2:00 14:34 22 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 0 -1 22:17 4:23 0:21 17:33 24 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Owen Power D 1 2 0 -2 20:18 0:08 1:51 18:19 23 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Mattias Samuelsson D 3 10 1 0 19:47 0:00 4:00 15:47 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Logan Stanley D 0 2 0 -1 10:27 0:00 2:04 8:23 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Conor Timmins D 4 1 0 0 18:08 0:00 7:11 10:57 19 0 0 1 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 4 27 0 0 23 .852 14 7 2 58:13 0 0
MTL shoots leftBUF shoots right 
