Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres 5-1, May 8, 2026: Box Score | AskScores

Montreal Canadiens

5

1

Final · East 2nd Round - Game 2 · KeyBank Center

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	1	2	5
BUF	0	1	0	1

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on May 8, 2026 in the playoffs at KeyBank Center.

Top performers

Alex Newhook
Alex Newhook had 2 goals for the Canadiens.
Jakub Dobes
Jakub Dobes made 28 saves on 29 shots for the Canadiens.
Zach Benson
Zach Benson had 1 goal for the Sabres.
Alex Lyon
Alex Lyon made 23 saves on 27 shots for the Sabres.

Before and after

Canadiens · 2025-26 season · Previous May 6, 2026: MTL 2, BUF 4 · Next May 10, 2026: BUF 2, MTL 6
Sabres · 2025-26 season · Previous May 6, 2026: MTL 2, BUF 4 · Next May 10, 2026: BUF 2, MTL 6

Other Canadiens vs Sabres games

Other Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres games

May 18, 2026	MTL at BUF	3-2	Playoffs
May 16, 2026	BUF at MTL	8-3	Playoffs
May 14, 2026	MTL at BUF	6-3	Playoffs
May 12, 2026	BUF at MTL	3-2	Playoffs
May 10, 2026	BUF at MTL	2-6	Playoffs
May 6, 2026	MTL at BUF	2-4	Playoffs

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, May 8, 2026

Alex Newhook	2	0	2	2	4	0	16:46
Phillip Danault	0	1	1	3	0	0	14:33
Josh Anderson	0	1	1	2	0	12	14:29
Mike Matheson	1	0	1	3	3	0	26:44
Alexandre Carrier	1	0	1	4	1	4	19:38
Nick Suzuki	1	0	1	0	4	0	20:03
Noah Dobson	0	1	1	-1	5	0	16:20
Jake Evans	0	1	1	2	2	0	16:32
Kaiden Guhle	0	1	1	0	1	2	20:56
Lane Hutson	0	1	1	1	3	0	20:54
Alexandre Texier	0	0	0	2	0	0	9:21
Kirby Dach	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:18
Joe Veleno	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:32
Cole Caufield	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:06
Arber Xhekaj	0	0	0	1	0	2	9:32
Juraj Slafkovsky	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:56
Zack Bolduc	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:02
Ivan Demidov	0	0	0	1	0	0	13:18
Team	5	6	11	20	28	20

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, May 8, 2026
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub Dobes	29	28	1	.966	60:00

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, May 8, 2026

Conor Timmins	0	1	1	0	0	0	18:08
Josh Doan	0	1	1	0	4	2	16:28
Zach Benson	1	0	1	0	1	2	19:25
Jason Zucker	0	0	0	-2	2	0	11:08
Alex Tuch	0	0	0	-3	6	0	20:19
Jordan Greenway	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:55
Tage Thompson	0	0	0	-4	1	0	18:38
Rasmus Dahlin	0	0	0	-1	5	2	22:17
Josh Norris	0	0	0	-1	3	0	17:39
Beck Malenstyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:11
Mattias Samuelsson	0	0	0	0	0	2	19:47
Ryan McLeod	0	0	0	-2	2	0	17:17
Bowen Byram	0	0	0	-3	1	2	21:27
Peyton Krebs	0	0	0	-1	1	0	12:25
Jack Quinn	0	0	0	-1	0	0	14:30
Owen Power	0	0	0	-2	0	0	20:18
Tyson Kozak	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:02
Team	1	2	3	-20	28	10

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, May 8, 2026
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex Lyon	27	23	4	.852	58:13

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%