Game Summary
Final: Buffalo Sabres 8, Montréal Canadiens 3. Shots on goal: BUF 36, MTL 22. Goals by period (from the event feed, matching the official final): P1 BUF 2-3 MTL; P2 BUF 3-0 MTL; P3 BUF 3-0 MTL.
Scoring plays: P1 00:32 Rasmus Dahlin (assists: Mattias Samuelsson, Zach Benson) to make it BUF 1-0 MTL; P1 01:40 Arber Xhekaj (assists: Jake Evans) to make it BUF 1-1 MTL; P1 08:12 Ivan Demidov (assists: Lane Hutson, Cole Caufield) to make it BUF 1-2 MTL; P1 10:14 Jake Evans (assists: Mike Matheson) to make it BUF 1-3 MTL; P1 13:56 Jason Zucker (assists: Josh Norris, Jack Quinn) to make it BUF 2-3 MTL; P2 01:00 Zach Benson (assists: Tage Thompson, Bowen Byram) to make it BUF 3-3 MTL; P2 10:54 Jack Quinn (assists: Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson) to make it BUF 4-3 MTL; P2 12:59 Konsta Helenius (assists: Jason Zucker, Rasmus Dahlin) to make it BUF 5-3 MTL; P3 09:58 Jack Quinn (assists: Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin) to make it BUF 6-3 MTL; P3 14:12 Tage Thompson to make it BUF 7-3 MTL; P3 17:49 Zach Metsa (assists: Ryan McLeod, Rasmus Dahlin) to make it BUF 8-3 MTL. Top skaters: Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 1 G, 4 A; Tage Thompson (BUF) 1 G, 3 A; Jack Quinn (BUF) 2 G, 1 A; Jason Zucker (BUF) 1 G, 1 A. Goaltending (box score): Alex Lyon (BUF) 1 saves on 4; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) 18 saves on 18, decision W; Jakub Dobes (MTL) 27 saves on 33, decision L; Jacob Fowler (MTL) 1 saves on 2.
Standouts
Every skater's and goalie's line is in the box score below.
📊 Game Flow
- P1 0:32 Rasmus Dahlin (Mattias Samuelsson, Zach Benson) BUF · backhand shot · BUF 1, MTL 0
- P1 1:40 Arber Xhekaj (Jake Evans) MTL · snap shot · BUF 1, MTL 1
- P1 8:12 Ivan Demidov (Lane Hutson, Cole Caufield) MTL · Power play · slap shot · BUF 1, MTL 2
- P1 10:14 Jake Evans (Mike Matheson) MTL · Shorthanded · snap shot · BUF 1, MTL 3
- P1 13:56 Jason Zucker (Josh Norris, Jack Quinn) BUF · Power play · snap shot · BUF 2, MTL 3
- P2 1:00 Zach Benson (Tage Thompson, Bowen Byram) BUF · backhand shot · BUF 3, MTL 3
- P2 10:54 Jack Quinn (Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson) BUF · Power play · slap shot · BUF 4, MTL 3
- P2 12:59 Konsta Helenius (Jason Zucker, Rasmus Dahlin) BUF · snap shot · BUF 5, MTL 3
- P3 9:58 Jack Quinn (Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin) BUF · Power play · slap shot · BUF 6, MTL 3
- P3 14:12 Tage Thompson BUF · Empty net · snap shot · BUF 7, MTL 3
- P3 17:49 Zach Metsa (Ryan McLeod, Rasmus Dahlin) BUF · Power play · snap shot · BUF 8, MTL 3
📋 Team Stats
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 11 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| MTL | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
🎯 Shot Map
- 8Goals16% of attempts
- 28Saved56% of attempts
- 14Missed the net28% of attempts
- 3Goals9% of attempts
- 19Saved54% of attempts
- 13Missed the net37% of attempts
● goal (large) · ● saved · ✕ missed the net; blocked shots are not located. Each team attacks to the right.
🏒 Box Score
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18:14 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20:04 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:29 |
| Konsta Helenius | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:36 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:53 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:56 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19:53 |
| Josh Norris | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15:27 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:22 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19:10 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:26 |
| Josh Doan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:31 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 08:22 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 08:15 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 06:25 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | — | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 10:14 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | W | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 0 | 49:41 |
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Evans | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 07:12 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24:28 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22:05 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25:22 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:27 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19:20 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16:32 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:03 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13:39 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12:06 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11:24 |
| Joseph Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 09:59 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | L | 27 | 33 | 81.8 | 6 | 49:58 |
| Jacob Fowler | — | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 08:23 |
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