Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens, East 2nd Round Game 6

NHL

Sabres

50-23-9, 109 PTS

8-3

Final

Canadiens

48-24-10, 106 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

BUF shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	11	17	8	36
MTL	5	10	7	22

In net

Alex Lyon1/4 SV, .250

Jakub Dobes27/33 SV, .818

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	3	3	8
MTL	3	0	0	3

Who won: Sabres 8-3

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 8-3 in East 2nd Round Game 6 on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 2-2. The Sabres outscored the Canadiens 3-0 in the 2nd period. Jack Quinn led the Sabres in goals (2). Jake Evans led the Canadiens in goals (1).

BUF

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	0	1	1	0	14:03	0:00	3:09	10:54	21	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Zack BolducRW	0	7	0	-1	13:39	0:47	0:00	12:52	17	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	0	0	-1	16:01	3:26	0:00	12:35	18	0	4	1	2	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Kirby DachC	0	3	0	-1	11:24	1:03	0:00	10:21	16	0	4	0	2	0	1	2	33.3	0	1	10
Phillip DanaultC	1	3	0	-1	12:06	0:00	1:30	10:36	20	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	21.4	0	1	2
Ivan DemidovRW	0	0	1	0	17:14	3:42	0:00	13:32	18	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jake EvansC	1	1	0	1	16:13	0:00	3:59	12:14	20	1	2	1	1	0	8	6	57.1	0	2	12
Alex NewhookC	1	2	0	-1	16:32	0:39	2:06	13:47	22	0	6	0	3	0	1	3	25.0	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	1	0	0	-1	17:46	3:37	0:00	14:09	19	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	0	2	0	-1	19:20	3:47	0:44	14:49	21	0	4	0	2	1	9	11	45.0	0	0	0
Alexandre TexierLW	0	1	0	-2	13:04	0:41	0:00	12:23	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Joe VelenoC	0	2	0	0	9:59	0:00	0:57	9:02	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-2	17:32	0:00	2:40	14:52	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	12
Noah DobsonD	1	2	0	0	25:22	0:17	1:33	23:32	27	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	1	0	19:27	0:00	3:41	15:46	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lane HutsonD	2	1	2	0	24:28	4:12	0:42	19:34	27	0	2	1	1	4	2	1	2
Mike MathesonD	1	3	0	-2	22:05	0:14	3:47	18:04	29	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
Arber XhekajD	1	3	0	0	7:12	0:00	0:00	7:12	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	12

Goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jacob FowlerG	1	2	0	0	1	.500	1	0	0	8:23	0	0
Jakub DobesG	6	33	0	0	27	.818	19	6	2	49:58	0	2