Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres, East 2nd Round Game 5 NHL
KeyBank Center
TV: Sportsnet
BUF shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T MTL 11 12 3 26 BUF 9 7 20 36
Jakub Dobes 33/36 SV, .917 Alex Lyon 2/3 SV, .667 Who won: Canadiens 6-3 The Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 in East 2nd Round Game 5 on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The series is tied 2-2. The Canadiens outscored the Sabres 3-0 in the 2nd period. Nick Suzuki led the Canadiens in goals (1). Jason Zucker led the Sabres 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 1 0 0 2 14:29 0:00 1:09 13:20 21 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 100.0 2 1 2 Zack Bolduc RW 0 2 0 -1 9:52 0:00 0:00 9:52 16 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Cole Caufield RW 0 1 0 0 16:48 1:33 0:00 15:15 21 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Kirby Dach C 0 3 1 0 9:05 0:00 0:00 9:05 17 0 4 0 4 2 0 1 1 50.0 0 0 0 Phillip Danault C 1 1 0 1 16:00 0:00 1:08 14:52 23 0 0 2 0 1 0 14 4 77.8 1 0 0 Ivan Demidov RW 1 2 0 0 14:44 1:33 0:00 13:11 17 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Jake Evans C 1 0 1 1 17:50 0:00 2:54 14:56 22 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 6 53.8 1 0 0 Alex Newhook C 1 1 0 1 16:15 0:00 2:09 14:06 21 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.0 0 1 10 Juraj Slafkovsky LW 1 1 0 -1 19:17 1:33 0:00 17:44 24 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 0.0 1 1 2 Nick Suzuki C 2 2 0 0 20:45 1:33 0:42 18:30 23 1 4 2 1 0 0 6 10 37.5 2 0 0 Alexandre Texier LW 0 0 0 1 12:27 0:00 0:00 12:27 18 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 100.0 0 0 0 Joe Veleno C 0 0 0 -1 9:56 0:00 0:00 9:56 17 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 60.0 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 4 1 0 0 23:27 0:00 1:46 21:41 34 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Noah Dobson D 3 2 1 1 20:20 0:00 0:20 20:00 31 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Kaiden Guhle D 5 1 0 1 20:38 0:00 1:54 18:44 24 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 1 20:33 1:33 0:18 18:42 27 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 Mike Matheson D 4 1 2 -1 26:18 0:00 3:40 22:38 28 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Arber Xhekaj D 1 1 0 0 7:16 0:00 0:00 7:16 10 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 Jakub Dobes G 3 36 0 0 33 .917 30 3 0 60:00 0 0
MTL shoots leftBUF shoots right 
Jakub Dobes33/36 SV, .917
Alex Lyon2/3 SV, .667
