Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres

East 2nd Round - Game 5 • MTL leads series 2-1

MTL

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

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

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

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

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Dobes	29	10	4	0	2.78	.901
S. Montembeault	10	8	4	0	3.43	.872
J. Fowler	9	6	2	1	2.43	.908

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	20	10	4	3	2.77	.907
U. Luukkonen	22	9	3	1	2.52	.910
C. Ellis	8	4	2	1	2.90	.903

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12:00 AM, 15 May 2026

Buffalo, NY

MTL

BUF

Points

Nick SuzukiC #14

Tage ThompsonC #72

Goals

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Tage ThompsonC #72

Assists

Nick SuzukiC #14

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Patrik Laine RW	IR	18 May

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Noah Ostlund C	OUT	20 May
Jiri Kulich C	IR	15 Sep
Justin Danforth RW	IR	15 Sep

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MTL	3.40	3.06	26.3	27.8	849	56	23.1	54	78.2	8	0
BUF	3.45	2.93	28.1	29.1	797	48	19.5	42	81.9	11	0

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/5/26	vsBUF	W6-2
9/5/26	@BUF	W5-1
7/5/26	@BUF	L4-2
3/5/26	@TB	W2-1
2/5/26	vsTB	L1-0 OT

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/5/26	@MTL	L6-2
9/5/26	vsMTL	L5-1
7/5/26	vsMTL	W4-2
2/5/26	@BOS	W4-1
29/4/26	vsBOS	L2-1 OT

Canadiens
2
Sabres
4

Game 1

7/5

Canadiens
5
Sabres
1

Game 2

9/5

Sabres
2
Canadiens
6

Game 3

11/5

Sabres
Canadiens

Game 4

13/5

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 5

15/5

Sabres
Canadiens

Game 6

16/5

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 7

18/5

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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Sabres going back to Luukkonen at goalie for Game 4

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