Buffalo Sabres

East 2nd Round · Game 3 · Best of 7

Ugh, no.

Buffalo Sabres lost to the Montreal Canadiens

50-23-9, 109 PTS 2 – 6

48-24-10, 106 PTS

Final · Sun, May 10

Series: MTL leads 2-1

Game Details

Bell Centre (Montreal) · 20,962 fans · ESPN View tournament bracket →

Recap

Canadiens beat Sabres 6-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the second-round Eastern Conference series

Cole Caufield scored his second goal of the playoffs and added an assist as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 in a dominant Game 3 on Sunday night to take a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Recap via ESPN

Bell Centre · Montreal

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	0	2
MTL	1	3	2	6

Game Leaders

Buffalo Sabres

Tage Thompson · 1Goals
Tage Thompson · 1Assists
Tage Thompson · 2Points

Montreal Canadiens

Alex Newhook · 2Goals
Jake Evans · 2Assists
Alex Newhook · 2Points

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Boston	2	1	0	4
Florida	1	0	2	4
Montreal	1	0	1	3
Ottawa	1	0	0	2
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Toronto	1	2	0	2
Detroit	0	2	0	0

Scoring

3rd 15:14

Alex Newhook Goal (5) , assists: Nick Suzuki (6), Jake Evans (4)2–6

3rd 8:46

Kirby Dach Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Alexandre Texier (3), Phillip Danault (3)2–5

2nd 14:46

PPG Rasmus Dahlin Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (6), Josh Doan (5)2–4

2nd 12:17

PPG Juraj Slafkovský Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (7), Cole Caufield (4)1–4

2nd 10:43

Zachary Bolduc Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Joseph Veleno (1), Alexandre Carrier (2)1–3

2nd 6:05

PPG Cole Caufield Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (6), Ivan Demidov (3)1–2

1st 15:31

Alex Newhook Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Evans (3)1–1

1st 0:53

Tage Thompson Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (4)1–0

Team Stats

Buffalo SabresMontreal Canadiens

Shots & Puck

28 Shots on Goal 36

15 Blocked Shots 14

21 Hits 25

37.7 Faceoff % 62.3

6 Takeaways 3

13 Giveaways 14

Special Teams

1/4 Power Play 2/6

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

42 Penalty Minutes 38

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
Z. Benson	0	0	-1	3	18:07	12	1	1	0	4:38	0:27	13:02	22	2	0	1	0.0	2	2
S. Carrick	0	0	0	2	6:17	2	0	0	0	0:00	0:18	5:59	11	0	2	6	25.0	0	1
J. Doan	0	1	0	4	15:32	4	2	0	0	4:42	0:00	10:50	20	0	0	0	0.0	2	2
J. Greenway	0	0	0	0	13:31	2	1	1	1	0:00	5:43	7:48	18	0	3	5	37.5	0	1
P. Krebs	0	0	-1	1	16:53	0	2	0	0	0:23	0:36	15:54	22	2	1	2	33.3	1	0
B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	0	12:15	2	1	2	1	0:00	5:45	6:30	16	1	0	0	0.0	0	1
R. McLeod	0	0	-1	2	13:51	0	0	1	0	0:53	2:54	10:04	20	0	6	7	46.2	1	0
J. Norris	0	0	0	2	13:45	2	2	1	1	0:31	0:33	12:41	22	1	2	6	25.0	1	1
J. Quinn	0	0	-2	1	15:28	0	0	0	0	4:39	0:00	10:49	19	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
T. Thompson	1	1	-2	3	21:06	0	0	2	1	4:38	0:09	16:19	24	2	9	11	45.0	0	0
A. Tuch	0	0	-2	4	20:06	2	6	1	0	0:50	2:18	16:58	26	2	0	0	0.0	3	1
J. Zucker	0	0	-1	0	6:47	0	0	0	0	0:31	0:00	6:16	11	2	0	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
B. Byram	0	0	-2	2	20:32	0	0	1	1	0:55	1:07	18:30	25	0	0	0
R. Dahlin	1	1	-2	3	23:04	2	1	0	0	5:00	0:46	17:18	24	1	1	1
O. Power	0	0	0	0	19:42	0	0	0	1	0:20	2:36	16:46	24	0	1	0
M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	1	23:05	0	5	2	0	0:00	6:37	16:28	25	0	0	0
L. Stanley	0	0	-1	0	11:51	12	0	2	0	0:00	1:38	10:13	15	0	1	2
C. Timmins	0	0	-1	0	17:22	2	0	1	0	0:00	6:05	11:17	20	0	0	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
A. Lyon	31	36	5	.861	58:39	23	7	1	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
J. Anderson	0	0	0	4	15:26	0	0	1	0	0:44	1:36	13:06	18	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Z. Bolduc	1	0	1	1	10:43	16	1	0	0	1:46	0:00	8:57	15	0	0	0	0.0	0	4
C. Caufield	1	1	-1	3	17:17	0	1	0	0	5:24	0:00	11:53	18	2	0	0	0.0	1	0
K. Dach	1	0	2	4	12:12	2	1	0	0	2:33	0:00	9:39	17	0	4	3	57.1	1	1
P. Danault	0	1	1	3	14:39	0	1	0	1	0:47	1:14	12:38	16	1	6	3	66.7	0	0
I. Demidov	0	1	1	1	14:52	0	1	1	0	6:24	0:00	8:28	17	2	0	0	0.0	1	0
J. Evans	0	2	2	3	13:12	0	1	0	0	0:00	3:56	9:16	19	0	4	6	40.0	0	0
A. Newhook	2	0	2	4	16:43	2	4	0	0	3:08	3:57	9:38	22	0	5	3	62.5	1	1
J. Slafkovsky	1	0	-1	4	18:12	0	1	1	1	5:27	0:00	12:45	20	0	0	1	0.0	0	0
N. Suzuki	0	1	0	4	19:44	0	1	1	0	5:27	0:23	13:54	21	2	14	7	66.7	0	0
A. Texier	0	1	1	0	13:38	0	1	0	0	3:23	0:00	10:15	15	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
J. Veleno	0	1	1	1	12:18	0	5	0	0	1:01	0:00	11:17	16	1	5	0	100.0	0	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	GV	PN
A. Carrier	1	1	0	24:31	0	1	4	0	1:16	4:03	19:12	26	2	0
N. Dobson	0	1	1	17:45	0	0	2	0	2:58	1:06	13:41	22	1	0
K. Guhle	0	1	0	17:48	14	2	2	0	0:12	0:46	16:50	20	2	3
L. Hutson	2	2	1	20:35	2	1	0	0	5:41	0:24	14:30	24	0	1
M. Matheson	0	1	0	25:06	0	1	2	1	0:12	4:43	20:11	26	3	0
A. Xhekaj	0	0	2	7:10	2	2	0	0	0:32	0:00	6:38	9	0	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
J. Dobes	26	28	2	.929	59:53	21	4	1	0

Injury Report

Montreal Canadiens

Oliver Kapanen CDay-To-Day
Alexandre Carrier DDay-To-Day
Bryce Pickford DInjured Reserve
Lucas Condotta LWInjured Reserve
Kaiden Guhle DInjured Reserve

Buffalo Sabres

Alex Lyon GInjured Reserve
Conor Timmins DInjured Reserve
Topias Leinonen GInjured Reserve
Jack Rathbone DInjured Reserve
Jason Zucker LWInjured Reserve

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