Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres

East 2nd Round - Game 2 • Series tied 1-1

48-24-10, 24-9-8 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Canadiens MTL	2	1	2	5
Sabres BUF	0	1	0	1

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

50-23-9, 26-10-5 Home

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	0	2	0	2	12	1	0	0	20	14:29	0:00	3:15	11:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	12:02	2:41	0:00	9:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	17:06	6:00	0:00	11:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	16	11:18	2:08	0:00	9:10	0	1	0.0
0	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	21	14:33	0:03	3:17	11:13	10	5	66.7
0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	13:18	5:24	0:00	7:54	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	16:32	1:35	5:58	8:59	7	4	63.6
2	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	16:46	2:00	5:52	8:54	1	3	25.0
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	18	17:56	6:03	0:00	11:53	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	19	20:03	6:08	0:08	13:47	9	7	56.3
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	9:21	0:50	0:00	8:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15	10:32	0:07	0:00	10:25	3	3	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	4	1	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	24	19:38	0:00	3:41	15:57	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	5	1	5	0	0	1	1	2	24	16:20	1:29	1:30	13:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	24	20:56	1:10	4:35	15:11	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	20:54	6:11	0:39	14:04	0	0	0.0
1	0	3	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	25	26:44	0:59	8:09	17:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	1	12	9:32	0:42	0:00	8:50	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	1	29	.967	19	10	0	0	0	60:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#12
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Josh NorrisJ. Norris#9
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23
Logan StanleyL. Stanley#64
Conor TimminsC. Timmins#21

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	4	0	1	22	19:25	4:23	1:16	13:46	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	21	16:28	4:15	0:00	12:13	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	15	12:55	0:08	5:38	7:09	2	0	100.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	10:02	0:00	3:22	6:40	5	6	45.5
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	17	12:25	1:16	0:00	11:09	3	1	75.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7:11	0:00	3:06	4:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	24	17:17	4:37	1:32	11:08	4	11	26.7
0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	2	19	17:39	4:38	0:42	12:19	5	7	41.7
0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:30	4:16	0:29	9:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	20	18:38	5:01	0:00	13:37	3	3	50.0
0	0	-3	7	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	22	20:19	4:54	1:16	14:09	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	13	11:08	4:44	0:00	6:24	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-3	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	22	21:27	4:53	2:00	14:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	24	22:17	4:23	0:21	17:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	23	20:18	0:08	1:51	18:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	10	1	0	21	19:47	0:00	4:00	15:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	16	10:27	0:00	2:04	8:23	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	19	18:08	0:00	7:11	10:57	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alex LyonA. Lyon#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	4	23	.852	14	7	2	0	0	58:13	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	2	1	2	5
	Sabres	0	1	0	1

1st Period			MTL	BUF
1:36		Alex Newhook (2) Assists: Kaiden Guhle (5), Lane Hutson (5)	1	0
4:27		Mike Matheson (1) Assists: Phillip Danault (2)	2	0

2nd Period			MTL	BUF
4:47		Alex Newhook (3) Assists: Jake Evans (2), Noah Dobson (1)	3	0
19:22		Zach Benson (3) Assists: Conor Timmins (1), Josh Doan (4)	3	1

3rd Period			MTL	BUF
3:54		Alexandre Carrier (1) Unassisted	4	1
15:59		Nick Suzuki (3) (Empty Net) Assists: Josh Anderson (2)	5	1

Nick Suzuki gets an empty-netter

0:35

Alexandre Carrier pads the lead for Montreal

0:43

Zach Benson gets the Sabres on the board

0:59

Canadiens
2
Sabres
4

Game 1

7/5

Canadiens
5
Sabres
1

Game 2

9/5

Sabres
Canadiens

Game 3

11/5

Sabres
Canadiens

Game 4

13/5

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 5

14/5

Sabres
Canadiens

Game 6

16/5

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 7

18/5

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 9 May 2026

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Jean Hebert
Trevor Hanson
Peter MacDougall

Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso
Ryan Daisy

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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