Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres, East 2nd Round Game 7 NHL
KeyBank Center
TV: Sportsnet
BUF shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd OT T MTL 11 7 4 3 25 BUF 9 14 10 6 39
Jakub Dobes 37/39 SV, .949 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 22/25 SV, .880 Who won: Canadiens 3-2 The Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in overtime in East 2nd Round Game 7 on Monday, May 18, 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 (1). Jordan Greenway 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 2 0 0 17:10 0:00 0:30 16:40 25 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Zack Bolduc RW 1 3 1 -1 9:11 0:19 0:00 8:52 14 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Cole Caufield RW 1 3 0 0 21:16 1:35 0:00 19:41 26 0 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Kirby Dach C 1 4 0 -1 8:58 0:20 0:00 8:38 14 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Phillip Danault C 1 0 0 -1 17:16 0:00 0:00 17:16 26 1 1 0 2 0 0 14 12 53.8 1 1 2 Ivan Demidov RW 0 3 2 1 22:19 1:36 0:00 20:43 26 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Jake Evans C 0 1 0 1 22:33 0:00 1:26 21:07 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 7 50.0 2 0 0 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 0 4:45 0:00 0:00 4:45 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 33.3 0 0 0 Alex Newhook C 0 3 0 1 19:52 0:00 1:29 18:23 27 1 7 0 2 5 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0 Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 1 0 0 23:07 1:49 0:00 21:18 26 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Nick Suzuki C 2 2 0 0 29:30 1:55 0:36 26:59 33 0 4 1 1 0 0 10 10 50.0 1 0 0 Alexandre Texier LW 0 1 1 0 17:51 0:00 0:00 17:51 24 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 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 Alexandre Carrier D 5 1 0 0 27:03 0:00 1:22 25:41 39 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Noah Dobson D 1 0 0 -1 26:30 0:00 0:29 26:01 36 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Kaiden Guhle D 4 3 0 0 22:52 0:00 0:37 22:15 31 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Lane Hutson D 3 0 2 -1 31:17 1:55 0:00 29:22 33 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 4 0 0 Mike Matheson D 2 0 1 1 31:28 0:06 1:31 29:51 39 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Arber Xhekaj D 0 1 0 1 1:52 0:00 0:00 1:52 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Jakub Dobes G 2 39 0 0 37 .949 36 1 0 71:22 0 0
MTL shoots leftBUF shoots right 
Jakub Dobes37/39 SV, .949
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen22/25 SV, .880