Game

Sabres at Canadiens

Sabres 3, Canadiens 2 · first star Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (0 GA, .935 SV%).

2025-26 Stanley Cup Playoffs · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Buffalo Sabres 3 at Montreal Canadiens 2

Sabres BUF

3 FINAL 2

Canadiens MTL

Playoffs Tuesday, May 12, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Centre Bell, Montreal · TV ESPN · CBC · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	1	1	1	3	22
Canadiens	2	0	0	2	31

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. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 22, MTL 31.

BUF in red MTL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 22 shots on goal (3 goals, 16 missed, 6 blocked) attacking left; Canadiens 31 shots on goal (2 goals, 14 missed, 30 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT
1st	12	1	24	8	2	19
2nd	5	1	12	11	0	22
3rd	5	1	8	12	0	34
Total	22	3	44	31	2	75

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	MTL SOG	MTL G
Even strength	16	1	21	1
Power play	5	2	10	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Canadiens took 63.0% of the shot attempts, and 62.8% of the 78 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

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Canadiens
Period	MTL CF%	MTL FF%
1st	44.2	34.4
2nd	64.7	60.0
3rd	81.0	73.1
Game	63.0	54.2

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

06:32 Mattias Samuelsson (3) Josh Norris (1), Josh Doan (6) · snap 1–0
10:08 Alex Newhook (6) Jake Evans (5), Ivan Demidov (4) · snap 1–1
19:47 Cole Caufield (3) PP Juraj Slafkovský (2), Lane Hutson (8) · wrist 1–2

2nd period

07:00 Tage Thompson (4) PP Rasmus Dahlin (5) · snap 2–2

3rd period

04:41 Zach Benson (4) PP Josh Doan (7), Tage Thompson (7) · backhand 3–2

Three stars

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF · G #1 · 0 GA, .935 SV%
Mattias Samuelsson BUF · D #23 · 1 G, 0 A
Cole Caufield MTL · R #13 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	11:28	MTL	Alexandre Carrier	tripping	2	Jason Zucker
1st	12:06	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2	Kaiden Guhle
1st	14:57	BUF	Jason Zucker	roughing	2	Joe Veleno
1st	17:25	BUF	Peyton Krebs	roughing	2	Zachary Bolduc
1st	17:25	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	roughing	2	Peyton Krebs
1st	19:19	BUF	Tage Thompson	cross checking	2	Kaiden Guhle
2nd	02:23	BUF	Bowen Byram	high sticking	2	Josh Anderson
2nd	05:56	MTL	Alexandre Carrier	high sticking double minor	4	Rasmus Dahlin
2nd	11:21	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2	Cole Caufield
2nd	18:31	BUF	Bowen Byram	high sticking double minor	4	Alexandre Texier
3rd	03:47	MTL	Jake Evans	holding	2	Peyton Krebs

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	50.0	19:14
Josh Doan #91	R	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	100.0	15:30
Zach Benson #6	L	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	0.0	14:21
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	1	0	1	0	2	6	6	0	0.0	23:47
Josh Norris #9	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	62.5	12:41
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	4	4	0.0	19:29
Konsta Helenius #94	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	66.7	12:53
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	25.0	15:47
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	60.0	09:35
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0.0	10:52
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0.0	12:14
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	09:58
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	100.0	21:58
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	14:06
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	6	0.0	20:42
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0.0	21:38
Luke Schenn #5	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	07:04
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	23:43

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	W	31	29	2	.935	20/21	9/10	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Newhook #15	C	1	0	1	+1	5	3	0	0	25.0	14:26
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	21:21
Jake Evans #71	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	41.7	12:47
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	100.0	23:10
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:45
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	28:02
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	33.3	06:42
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	50.0	08:51
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	59.1	24:34
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	46.2	14:42
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.0	12:59
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	16:35
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	0.0	09:39
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	6	0.0	17:00
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	03:46
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	15:16
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	+1	3	2	2	0	0.0	22:01
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0.0	24:09

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	L	22	19	3	.864	15/16	3/5	57:17

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.