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 Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -1 24:07 0:52 0:00 23:15 32 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 Josh Doan RW 1 1 0 1 18:38 0:52 0:00 17:46 26 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Jordan Greenway LW 0 3 0 1 11:11 0:00 0:22 10:49 16 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Konsta Helenius C 1 3 0 -1 16:37 0:00 0:00 16:37 24 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 10 9.1 0 0 0 Peyton Krebs C 2 2 0 1 11:13 0:07 0:00 11:06 16 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 3 66.7 0 0 0 Beck Malenstyn LW 0 4 0 1 10:42 0:01 0:57 9:44 15 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 1 20:39 0:44 0:36 19:19 28 0 1 1 2 1 0 11 5 68.8 1 0 0 Josh Norris C 0 1 0 -1 21:37 1:01 0:00 20:36 33 0 1 0 1 3 0 18 8 69.2 1 0 0 Jack Quinn RW 0 0 1 -1 19:12 1:09 0:00 18:03 24 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 21:56 0:49 0:00 21:07 32 0 5 0 5 1 0 0 5 0.0 2 0 0 Alex Tuch RW 2 2 1 1 21:25 1:08 1:55 18:22 27 0 4 0 5 4 0 1 0 100.0 1 0 0 Jason Zucker LW 1 3 0 -1 16:39 1:07 0:00 15:32 25 0 2 0 0 2 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 1 0 0 -2 28:18 0:48 0:00 27:30 36 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Rasmus Dahlin D 2 1 0 0 33:11 1:12 0:00 31:59 40 1 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 3:25 0:00 0:00 3:25 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Owen Power D 0 0 0 1 28:47 0:10 1:33 27:04 34 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Mattias Samuelsson D 2 0 0 1 28:35 0:00 0:22 28:13 35 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 0 18:43 0:00 1:55 16:48 24 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 3 25 0 0 22 .880 22 0 0 71:22 0 0
MTL shoots leftBUF shoots right 
Jakub Dobes37/39 SV, .949
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen22/25 SV, .880