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 Zach Benson LW 1 0 1 0 21:04 2:59 0:00 18:05 25 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 10 Josh Doan RW 0 3 1 0 21:32 3:01 0:00 18:31 26 1 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0.0 2 0 0 Jordan Greenway LW 1 1 0 -1 10:03 0:00 1:23 8:40 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 100.0 1 0 0 Konsta Helenius C 0 1 0 1 11:47 0:42 0:00 11:05 20 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 8 20.0 0 0 0 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -2 14:46 0:42 0:00 14:04 20 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 25.0 1 0 0 Beck Malenstyn LW 1 6 0 0 9:21 0:00 1:23 7:58 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 0 0 13:23 1:02 0:10 12:11 21 0 1 0 1 1 0 9 3 75.0 1 0 0 Josh Norris C 0 1 0 0 20:32 1:35 0:00 18:57 27 0 1 0 4 3 0 10 9 52.6 0 0 0 Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 2 16:10 2:58 0:00 13:12 25 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -2 20:05 3:01 0:00 17:04 26 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 9 18.2 0 1 2 Alex Tuch RW 2 4 0 -2 16:59 0:59 0:10 15:50 25 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 100.0 1 0 0 Jason Zucker LW 0 1 0 1 13:35 1:01 0:00 12:34 25 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 0 21:47 0:05 0:00 21:42 26 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 27:28 3:13 0:00 24:15 30 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Owen Power D 1 2 0 0 21:52 0:42 0:10 21:00 26 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Mattias Samuelsson D 3 1 2 0 25:27 0:00 1:23 24:04 26 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 -1 8:01 0:00 0:00 8:01 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Conor Timmins D 0 1 0 -1 10:56 0:00 1:33 9:23 13 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 5 23 0 0 18 .783 18 0 0 40:00 0 0 Alex Lyon G 1 3 0 0 2 .667 2 0 0 13:39 0 0
MTL shoots leftBUF shoots right 
Jakub Dobes33/36 SV, .917
Alex Lyon2/3 SV, .667
