Sabres at Canadiens
Canadiens 6, Sabres 2 · first star Lane Hutson (0 G, 2 A).
2025-26 Stanley Cup Playoffs · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Montreal Canadiens 6
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Canadiens attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 28, MTL 36.
Shots by period
| Period | BUF SOG | BUF G | MTL SOG | MTL G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 2nd | 10 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| 3rd | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Total | 28 | 2 | 37 | 6 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | BUF SOG | BUF G | MTL SOG | MTL G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 22 | 1 | 27 | 4 |
| Power play | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Short-handed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Into an empty net | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Attempt share by period
Canadiens took 52.5% of the shot attempts, and 51.3% of the 80 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Canadiens and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams
| Period | MTL CF% | MTL FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 58.5 | 57.1 |
| 2nd | 63.4 | 57.1 |
| 3rd | 35.0 | 38.5 |
| Game | 52.5 | 51.7 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
1st period
- 00:53
Tage Thompson (3) Rasmus Dahlin (4) · slap 1–0 - 15:31
Alex Newhook (4) Jake Evans (3) · snap 1–1
2nd period
- 06:05 Cole Caufield (2) PP Lane Hutson (6), Ivan Demidov (3) · slap 1–2
- 10:43 Zachary Bolduc (2) Joe Veleno (1), Alexandre Carrier (2) · snap 1–3
- 12:17 Juraj Slafkovský (4) PP Lane Hutson (7), Cole Caufield (4) · slap 1–4
- 14:46 Rasmus Dahlin (2) PP Tage Thompson (6), Josh Doan (5) · snap 2–4
3rd period
- 08:46 Kirby Dach (4) Alexandre Texier (3), Phillip Danault (3) · slap 2–5
- 15:14 Alex Newhook (5) EN Nick Suzuki (6), Jake Evans (4) 2–6
Three stars
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Lane Hutson MTL · D #48 · 0 G, 2 A -
Alex Newhook MTL · C #15 · 2 G, 0 A -
Jakub Dobes MTL · G #75 · 0 GA, .929 SV%
Penalties
| Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:42 | BUF | Josh Norris | interference | 2 |
| 11:47 | MTL | Alex Newhook | roughing | 2 |
| 11:47 | BUF | Josh Doan | roughing | 2 |
| 18:44 | MTL | Zachary Bolduc | roughing | 2 |
| 18:44 | MTL | Zachary Bolduc | roughing | 2 |
| 18:44 | BUF | Conor Timmins | roughing | 2 |
| 20:00 | BUF | Rasmus Dahlin | roughing | 2 |
| 04:43 | BUF | Josh Doan | tripping | 2 |
| 11:32 | BUF | Beck Malenstyn | interference goalkeeper | 2 |
| 11:32 | BUF | Jordan Greenway | roughing | 2 |
| 11:32 | MTL | Zachary Bolduc | roughing | 2 |
| 14:30 | MTL | Kirby Dach | holding the stick | 2 |
| 17:47 | BUF | Alex Tuch | high sticking | 2 |
| 04:22 | MTL | Lane Hutson | interference | 2 |
| 12:13 | MTL | Kaiden Guhle | high sticking | 2 |
| 17:13 | BUF | Logan Stanley | roughing | 2 |
| 17:13 | MTL | Kaiden Guhle | cross checking | 2 |
| 17:13 | BUF | Zach Benson | slashing | 2 |
| 17:13 | BUF | Zach Benson | misconduct (misconduct) | 10 |
| 17:13 | BUF | Logan Stanley | misconduct (misconduct) | 10 |
| 17:13 | MTL | Zachary Bolduc | misconduct (misconduct) | 10 |
| 17:13 | MTL | Kaiden Guhle | misconduct (misconduct) | 10 |
| 20:00 | BUF | Sam Carrick | roughing | 2 |
| 20:00 | MTL | Arber Xhekaj | roughing | 2 |
Boxscore
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tage Thompson #72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21:06 |
 Rasmus Dahlin #26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23:04 |
 Josh Doan #91 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15:32 |
 Josh Norris #9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:45 |
 Peyton Krebs #19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 |
 Ryan McLeod #71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:51 |
 Sam Carrick #10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:17 |
 Beck Malenstyn #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 |
 Jason Zucker #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:47 |
 Jordan Greenway #12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
 Zach Benson #6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:07 |
 Alex Tuch #89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:06 |
 Jack Quinn #22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
 Bowen Byram #4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:32 |
 Conor Timmins #21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 |
 Logan Stanley #64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
 Mattias Samuelsson #23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:05 |
 Owen Power #25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alex Lyon #34 | L | 36 | 5 | .861 | 58:39 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Newhook #15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16:43 |
 Cole Caufield #13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17:17 |
 Jake Evans #71 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13:12 |
| Lane Hutson #48 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20:35 |
 Kirby Dach #77 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12:12 |
 Juraj Slafkovský #20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18:12 |
 Zachary Bolduc #76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:43 |
 Joe Veleno #90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:18 |
 Nick Suzuki #14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19:44 |
 Phillip Danault #24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14:39 |
 Alexandre Texier #85 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:38 |
 Ivan Demidov #93 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:52 |
 Alexandre Carrier #45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:31 |
 Josh Anderson #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:26 |
 Arber Xhekaj #72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:10 |
 Kaiden Guhle #21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:48 |
 Mike Matheson #8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:06 |
 Noah Dobson #53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes #75 | W | 28 | 2 | .929 | 59:53 |
SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.