Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

2nd Round, Game 7 · May 18, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	3	25
Buffalo Sabres	2	39

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:30	MTL	Phillip Danault (1)	Kaiden Guhle (6), Alexandre Texier (4)	1 - 0
14:29	MTL	Zachary Bolduc (3) PP	Nick Suzuki (9), Lane Hutson (12)	2 - 0
2nd Period
13:19	BUF	Jordan Greenway (2)	Mattias Samuelsson (4), Beck Malenstyn (2)	2 - 1
3rd Period
06:27	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin (4)	Owen Power (6), Ryan McLeod (4)	2 - 2
Overtime
11:22	MTL	Alex Newhook (7)	Alexandre Carrier (4)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:34	BUF	Zach Benson	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd Period
01:34	MTL	Phillip Danault	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	64	48	25	3	3.0	41.4
Buffalo Sabres	87	64	39	2	4.7	58.6

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 3.0 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 4.7 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens

Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	17:35	56.7	69.9	0-0
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov	15:54	53.8	66.8	1-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier	13:16	48.4	39.6	1-1
Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc · Oliver Kapanen	4:27	41.7	44.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier	17:10	42.9	43.4	1-0
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson	15:29	44.0	42.4	0-1
Alexandre Carrier · Kaiden Guhle	7:59	40.0	35.9	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
15	Alex Newhook	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	19:52	0.42	18-15	0.63-0.36
24	Phillip Danault	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	17:16	0.18	17-31	0.97-2.17
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	09:11	0.29	5-14	0.16-0.48
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	29:30	0.18	23-33	1.21-1.24
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	22:52	0.01	22-27	0.82-1.53
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	27:03	0.00	23-34	1.36-2.03
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	31:17	0.06	23-37	0.87-1.90
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	17:51	0.17	17-29	0.97-2.44
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	31:28	0.01	27-42	1.50-2.26
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	21:16	0.64	19-17	1.05-0.58
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	17:10	0.59	15-25	0.80-2.14
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	23:07	0.22	19-21	1.07-0.72
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	26:30	0.03	22-29	0.88-1.34
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22:33		16-24	0.48-1.61
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	01:52	0.02	3-1	0.21-0.00
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	08:58	0.05	7-14	0.19-0.41
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	04:45	0.01	5-7	0.16-0.20
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	22:19	0.15	19-25	0.75-1.26

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
75	Jakub Dobes	W	39	37	2	71:22	4.28	+2.28

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tage Thompson · Josh Norris · Zach Benson	18:57	55.6	51.4	0-1
Alex Tuch · Ryan McLeod · Josh Doan	14:27	70.6	85.2	1-0
Jason Zucker · Jack Quinn · Konsta Helenius	13:40	58.6	64.0	0-1
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs	9:09	55.6	59.8	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	17:28	67.7	54.4	0-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	13:51	65.5	65.7	0-0
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram	6:16	62.5	65.3	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
12	Jordan Greenway	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	11:11	0.25	11-10	0.37-0.28
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	33:11	0.26	41-25	2.11-1.26
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	28:35	0.03	38-21	1.89-1.00
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	28:47	0.09	37-21	2.18-0.92
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	10:42	0.07	10-8	0.37-0.25
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	20:39	0.12	30-16	1.50-0.49
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	24:07	0.16	28-23	1.41-1.48
9	Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	21:37	0.62	27-20	1.41-1.29
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	16:39	0.27	20-15	1.39-0.78
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	11:13	0.02	11-10	0.37-0.28
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:43	0.13	17-17	0.77-0.50
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:12	0.59	21-16	1.53-0.80
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	28:18	0.11	39-30	2.04-1.57
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	21:56	0.52	26-21	1.36-1.45
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	03:25		2-7	0.27-0.39
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	21:25	0.47	28-15	1.28-0.32
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	18:38	0.48	26-12	1.36-0.28
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	16:37	0.48	17-14	1.25-0.76

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	25	22	3	71:22	2.78	-0.22