Buffalo at Montreal — NHL May 16, 2026

8 – 3

Final

Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	3	3	8
MTL	3	0	0	3

BUF 36 shots on goal 22 MTL

Recap

Three stars

1st star

R. Dahlin

1 goal

4 assists

+2 rating

2nd star

J. Quinn

2 goals

1 assist

+1 rating

3rd star

T. Thompson

1 goal

3 assists

+3 rating

Closing line

Scoring

	1st Per	BUF	MTL
0:32	Rasmus Dahlin 3 (Assists: Mattias Samuelsson 3, Zach Benson 4)	1	0
1:40	Arber Xhekaj 1 (Assists: Jake Evans 6)	1	1
8:12	Ivan Demidov 2 (power-play) (Assists: Lane Hutson 11, Cole Caufield 5)	1	2
10:14	Jake Evans 2 (short-handed) (Assists: Mike Matheson 2)	1	3
13:56	Jason Zucker 2 (power-play) (Assists: Josh Norris 2, Jack Quinn 5)	2	3

	2nd Per	BUF	MTL
1:00	Zach Benson 5 (Assists: Tage Thompson 8, Bowen Byram 3)	3	3
10:54	Jack Quinn 1 (power-play) (Assists: Rasmus Dahlin 7, Tage Thompson 9)	4	3
12:59	Konsta Helenius 2 (Assists: Jason Zucker 2, Rasmus Dahlin 8)	5	3

	3rd Per	BUF	MTL
9:58	Jack Quinn 2 (power-play) (Assists: Tage Thompson 10, Rasmus Dahlin 9)	6	3
14:12	Tage Thompson 5 (empty net) (Unassisted)	7	3
17:49	Zach Metsa 1 (power-play) (Assists: Ryan McLeod 3, Rasmus Dahlin 10)	8	3

Penalties

1st Per

7:43 Peyton Krebs (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Alex Newhook
8:30 Phillip Danault (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Josh Norris
9:50 Jakub Dobes (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Rasmus Dahlin served by Alex Newhook
9:50 Rasmus Dahlin (Unsportsmanlike Conduct - 2 min) drawn by Jakub Dobes
11:47 Mike Matheson (High-Sticking - 4 min) drawn by Josh Norris
17:17 Josh Norris (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Lane Hutson served by Konsta Helenius
17:17 Lane Hutson (Embellishment - 2 min)

2nd Per

3rd Per

9:12 Josh Anderson (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Zach Benson
17:16 Arber Xhekaj (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Beck Malenstyn served by Ivan Demidov
17:16 Arber Xhekaj (Misconduct - 10 min)
17:20 Jake Evans (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
17:20 Josh Norris (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Mike Matheson
17:20 Zach Benson (Misconduct - 10 min)
17:20 Alexandre Carrier (Misconduct - 10 min)
17:20 Jake Evans (Misconduct - 10 min)
17:52 Kirby Dach (Misconduct - 10 min)
17:52 Peyton Krebs (Misconduct - 10 min)