Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens, East 2nd Round Game 4
On the ice
BUF shoots leftMTL shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 12 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| MTL | 8 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
In net
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen29/31 SV, .935
Jakub Dobes19/22 SV, .864| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| MTL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Who won: Sabres 3-2
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in East 2nd Round Game 4 on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 2-2. Tage Thompson led the Sabres in goals (1). Alex Newhook led the Canadiens in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh AndersonRW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:35 | 0:05 | 1:56 | 14:34 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack BolducRW | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:39 | 1:58 | 0:00 | 7:41 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cole CaufieldRW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:21 | 8:43 | 0:00 | 12:38 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby DachC | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:51 | 2:09 | 0:01 | 6:41 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 | 0:08 | 2:00 | 12:34 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan DemidovRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:45 | 8:49 | 0:00 | 9:56 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake EvansC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:47 | 0:05 | 1:49 | 10:53 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex NewhookC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 | 1:37 | 2:36 | 10:13 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj SlafkovskyLW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:10 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 14:02 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:34 | 9:10 | 0:44 | 14:40 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 59.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre TexierLW | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:59 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 11:14 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe VelenoC | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6:42 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 6:40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre CarrierD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 | 0:10 | 0:54 | 15:56 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Noah DobsonD | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:09 | 2:20 | 0:53 | 20:56 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 | 0:00 | 2:51 | 12:25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane HutsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 28:02 | 8:49 | 0:39 | 18:34 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike MathesonD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:01 | 0:28 | 3:59 | 17:34 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber XhekajD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:46 | 6 | 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 DobesG | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .864 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 57:17 | 0 | 0 |
