Game

Canadiens at Sabres

Canadiens 6, Sabres 3 · first star Nick Suzuki (1 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.

Montreal Canadiens 6 at Buffalo Sabres 3

Canadiens MTL

6 FINAL 3

Sabres BUF

Playoffs Thursday, May 14, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo · TV TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	2	3	1	6	26
Sabres	3	0	0	3	36

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 26, BUF 36.

MTL in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 26 shots on goal (6 goals, 13 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 36 shots on goal (3 goals, 21 missed, 25 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	11	2	22	9	3	20
2nd	12	3	22	7	0	21
3rd	3	1	9	20	0	41
Total	26	6	53	36	3	82

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	24	4	33	3
Power play	2	2	3	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 60.7% of the shot attempts, and 57.5% of the 113 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 Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	47.6	45.2
2nd	48.8	43.3
3rd	82.0	85.7
Game	60.7	59.4

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

Scoring summary

1st period

02:00 Jason Zucker (1) Jack Quinn (4), Conor Timmins (2) · deflected 0–1
06:31 Cole Caufield (4) Nick Suzuki (7), Juraj Slafkovský (3) · snap 1–1
07:45 Josh Doan (3) Owen Power (5) · slap 1–2
07:54 Alexandre Texier (3) Alexandre Carrier (3), Phillip Danault (4) · deflected 2–2
10:15 Konsta Helenius (1) Mattias Samuelsson (2), Rasmus Dahlin (6) · wrist 2–3

2nd period

08:01 Josh Anderson (3) Lane Hutson (9), Phillip Danault (5) · snap 3–3
16:15 Jake Evans (1) Ivan Demidov (5), Alex Newhook (2) · poke 4–3
17:33 Nick Suzuki (4) PP Juraj Slafkovský (4), Lane Hutson (10) · snap 5–3

3rd period

03:32 Ivan Demidov (1) PP Juraj Slafkovský (5), Nick Suzuki (8) · wrist 6–3

Three stars

Nick Suzuki MTL · C #14 · 1 G, 2 A
Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L #20 · 0 G, 3 A
Ivan Demidov MTL · R #93 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	12:51	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	high sticking	2	Josh Doan
2nd	17:23	BUF	Tage Thompson	cross checking	2	Jake Evans
3rd	02:09	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	cross checking	2	Ivan Demidov
3rd	16:32	MTL	Josh Anderson	slashing	2	Bowen Byram
3rd	16:32	BUF	Bowen Byram	cross checking	2	Josh Anderson
3rd	16:32	MTL	Lane Hutson	cross checking	2	Jack Quinn
3rd	17:50	BUF	Zach Benson	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	17:50	MTL	Alex Newhook	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nick Suzuki #14	C	1	2	3	0	1	2	2	0	37.5	20:45
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	3	3	-1	2	1	1	2	0.0	19:17
Ivan Demidov #93	R	1	1	2	0	5	2	1	0	0.0	14:44
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	0	77.8	16:00
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	2	0.0	20:33
Jake Evans #71	C	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	53.8	17:50
Alexandre Texier #85	L	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	100.0	12:27
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	16:48
Josh Anderson #17	R	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	2	100.0	14:29
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	10	0.0	16:15
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	0	0.0	23:27
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	60.0	09:56
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	50.0	09:05
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	09:52
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	07:16
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	5	0	0.0	20:38
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	4	0	0.0	26:18
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	0.0	20:20

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	36	33	3	.917	30/33	3/3	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Konsta Helenius #94	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	20.0	11:47
Jason Zucker #17	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	13:35
Josh Doan #91	R	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	21:32
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	0	0.0	16:10
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	10:56
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	1	1	0	5	1	3	0	0.0	25:27
Owen Power #25	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	21:52
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	0.0	27:28
Josh Norris #9	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	52.6	20:32
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	25.0	14:46
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	75.0	13:23
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	2	18.2	20:05
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0.0	09:21
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	100.0	10:03
Zach Benson #6	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	10	0.0	21:04
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	-2	2	4	2	0	100.0	16:59
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	0.0	21:47
Luke Schenn #5	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	08:01

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	L	23	18	5	.783	18/22	0/1	40:00
Alex Lyon #34	—	3	2	1	.667	2/2	0/1	13:39

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.