Game

Canadiens at Sabres

Canadiens 3, Sabres 2 in overtime · first star Alex Newhook (1 G, 0 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 3 at Buffalo Sabres 2

Canadiens MTL

3 FINAL/OT 2

Sabres BUF

Playoffs Monday, May 18, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo · TV ESPN · CBC · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Canadiens	2	0	0	1	3	25
Sabres	0	1	1	0	2	39

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 4 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 25, BUF 39.

MTL in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 25 shots on goal (3 goals, 23 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 39 shots on goal (2 goals, 25 missed, 27 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	17	9	0	21
2nd	7	0	14	14	1	37
3rd	4	0	18	10	1	21
OT	3	1	11	6	0	12
Total	25	3	60	39	2	91

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	2	38	2
Power play	1	1	1	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 60.3% of the shot attempts, and 62.1% of the 145 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	55.3	51.7
2nd	72.5	65.8
3rd	53.9	53.6
OT	52.2	52.9
Game	60.3	57.1

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

Scoring summary

1st period

04:30 Phillip Danault (1) Kaiden Guhle (6), Alexandre Texier (4) · deflected 1–0
14:29 Zachary Bolduc (3) PP Nick Suzuki (9), Lane Hutson (12) · snap 2–0

2nd period

13:19 Jordan Greenway (2) Mattias Samuelsson (4), Beck Malenstyn (2) · deflected 2–1

3rd period

06:27 Rasmus Dahlin (4) Owen Power (6), Ryan McLeod (4) · snap 2–2

Overtime

11:22 Alex Newhook (7) Alexandre Carrier (4) · wrist 3–2

Three stars

Alex Newhook MTL · C #15 · 1 G, 0 A
Jakub Dobes MTL · G #75 · 0 GA, .949 SV%
Rasmus Dahlin BUF · D #26 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	12:34	BUF	Zach Benson	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
3rd	01:34	MTL	Phillip Danault	high sticking	2	Mattias Samuelsson

Boxscore

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	2	3	0	0	0.0	19:52
Phillip Danault #24	C	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	2	53.8	17:16
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	1	0	1	-1	2	3	1	0	0.0	09:11
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.0	29:30
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	17:51
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	5	0	0.0	27:03
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	1	1	0	1	3	4	0	0.0	22:52
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	1	1	-1	1	0	3	0	0.0	31:17
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	22:33
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	0.0	08:58
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33.3	04:45
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	23:07
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	0.0	21:16
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0.0	22:19
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0.0	17:10
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	01:52
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	31:28
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	26:30

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	39	37	2	.949	36/38	1/1	71:22

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jordan Greenway #12	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	0.0	11:11
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	1	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	0.0	33:11
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	68.8	20:39
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	1	1	+1	1	4	0	0	0.0	10:42
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	0.0	28:35
Owen Power #25	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	28:47
Josh Norris #9	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	69.2	21:37
Konsta Helenius #94	C	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	9.1	16:37
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	66.7	11:13
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0.0	21:56
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	0.0	16:39
Zach Benson #6	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0	24:07
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	+1	5	2	2	0	100.0	21:25
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	19:12
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	0.0	18:38
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0.0	28:18
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	18:43
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	03:25

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	L	25	22	3	.880	22/24	0/1	71:22

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.