Final/Thu May 14, 2026/2025-26 playoffs

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
2316
3003

02/Scoring summary

9 goals

1st

5 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLBUF
02:00BUFJason Zucker (1)Jack Quinn, Conor Timmins01
06:31MTLCole Caufield (4)Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský11
07:45BUFJosh Doan (3)Owen Power12
07:54MTLAlexandre Texier (3)Alexandre Carrier, Phillip Danault22
10:15BUFNHL 8484797 (1)Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin23

2nd

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLBUF
08:01MTLJosh Anderson (3)Lane Hutson, Phillip Danault33
16:15MTLJake Evans (1)Ivan Demidov, Alex Newhook43
17:33MTLNick Suzuki (4)Juraj Slafkovský, Lane Hutson53

3rd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLBUF
03:32MTLIvan Demidov (1)Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki63

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
MTL
Away / Home
BUF
6
Goals
3
26
Shots on goal
36
13
Missed shots
21
25
Blocked shots
11
53
Shot attempts
82
19
Hits
22
33
Faceoffs won of 59
26
55.9%
Faceoff win %
44.1%
16
Giveaways
11
5
Takeaways
4
4
Penalties
4
16
Penalty minutes
16
2
Power plays
2

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Montréal Canadiens

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Nick SuzukiC123001226-1020:45
Juraj SlafkovskýL033-122110-119:17
Lane HutsonD022+1210020:33
Phillip DanaultC022+1001114-416:00
Ivan DemidovR1120052114:44
Alexandre CarrierD0110011423:27
Jake EvansC101+101017-617:50
Cole CaufieldR1010031016:48
Alex NewhookC011+1100110-216:15
Josh AndersonR101+221011-014:29
Alexandre TexierL101+103001-012:27
Mike MathesonD000-1011426:18
Kaiden GuhleD000+1011520:38
Noah DobsonD000+1012320:20
Joe VelenoC000-101003-29:56
Zack BolducR000-100209:52
Kirby DachC000004301-19:05
Arber XhekajD000000117:16
Skaters6121816261925

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jakub Dobes36333.91760:00
NHL 8484170

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Buffalo Sabres

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Rasmus DahlinD0110230027:28
Mattias SamuelssonD0110051325:27
Owen PowerD0110002121:52
Josh DoanR101003300-121:32
Jack QuinnR011+2030016:10
Jason ZuckerL101+1021013:35
NHL 8484797101+102102-811:47
Conor TimminsD011-1011010:56
Bowen ByramD0000240221:47
Zach BensonL00001010121:04
Josh NorrisC0000041010-920:32
Tage ThompsonC000-223002-920:05
Alex TuchR000-202421-016:59
Peyton KrebsC000-201001-314:46
Ryan McLeodC000001109-313:23
NHL 8478413000-101111-010:03
Beck MalenstynL000000619:21
Luke SchennD000-100008:01
Skaters35816362211

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen23185.78340:00
Alex Lyon321.66713:39

06/Penalties

8 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
2nd12:51MTLJuraj SlafkovskýHigh-sticking2Josh Doan
2nd17:23BUFTage ThompsonCross-checking2Jake Evans
3rd02:09BUFRasmus DahlinCross-checking2Ivan Demidov
3rd16:32MTLJosh AndersonSlashing2Bowen Byram
3rd16:32BUFBowen ByramCross-checking2Josh Anderson
3rd16:32MTLLane HutsonCross-checking2Jack Quinn
3rd17:50BUFZach BensonMisconduct10
3rd17:50MTLAlex NewhookMisconduct10

07/Game

Date
Thu May 14, 2026
Venue
Season
2025-26
Type
Playoff
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025030215

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 3 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.