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5–1Final · May 8, 2026
MTL 5 BUF 1 Final
123T
MTL48-24-10, 106 PTS2125
BUF50-23-9, 109 PTS0101

· Line: BUF -162 (O/U 5.5)

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Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

  1. Alex Newhook Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Kaiden Guhle (5), Lane Hutson (5)

    1–0

  2. Mike Matheson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Phillip Danault (2)

    2–0

  3. Alex Newhook Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Evans (2), Noah Dobson (1)

    3–0

  4. Zach Benson Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Conor Timmins (1), Josh Doan (4)

    3–1

  5. Alexandre Carrier Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: none

    4–1

  6. Nick Suzuki Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Anderson (2)

    5–1

Play-by-play

  1. P1 Start of 1st Period
  2. P1 Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. P1 Zach Benson hit Alexandre Carrier
  4. P1 Zach Benson hit Cole Caufield
  5. P1 Zach Benson hit Alexandre Carrier
  6. P1 Josh Norris hit Cole Caufield
  7. P1 Mattias Samuelsson hit Nick Suzuki
  8. P1 Nick Suzuki hit Mattias Samuelsson
  9. P1 Ivan Demidov hit Owen Power
  10. P1 Tage Thompson hit Lane Hutson
  11. P1 Tage Thompson hit Jake Evans
  12. P1 Alex Newhook Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Kaiden Guhle (5), Lane Hutson (5) 1–0
  13. P1 Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  14. P1 Logan Stanley Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  15. P1 Alexandre Texier hit Logan Stanley
  16. P1 Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  17. P1 Rasmus Dahlin hit Zachary Bolduc
  18. P1 Takeaway by Bowen Byram
  19. P1 Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  20. P1 Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  21. P1 Zach Benson shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  22. P1 Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  23. P1 Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  24. P1 Zach Benson hit Cole Caufield
  25. P1 Cole Caufield Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  26. P1 Goalie Stopped
  27. P1 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  28. P1 Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  29. P1 Goalie Stopped
  30. P1 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  31. P1 Mike Matheson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Phillip Danault (2) 2–0
  32. P1 Jake Evans faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  33. P1 Arber Xhekaj hit Jordan Greenway
  34. P1 Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  35. P1 Mattias Samuelsson hit Kaiden Guhle
  36. P1 Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  37. P1 Tage Thompson hit Mike Matheson
  38. P1 Puck in Benches
  39. P1 Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  40. P1 Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot Wide Left
  41. P1 Josh Doan hit Noah Dobson
  42. P1 Nick Suzuki Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  43. P1 Goalie Stopped
  44. P1 Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  45. P1 Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  46. P1 Peyton Krebs hit Kirby Dach
  47. P1 Peyton Krebs hit Kaiden Guhle
  48. P1 Tage Thompson hit Arber Xhekaj
  49. P1 Zachary Bolduc hit Conor Timmins
  50. P1 Alexandre Carrier Tripping against Jason Zucker
  51. P1 Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  52. P1 Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  53. P1 Kaiden Guhle hit Ryan McLeod
  54. P1 Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  55. P1 Goalie Stopped
  56. P1 Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Evans
  57. P1 Jason Zucker Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  58. P1 Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  59. P1 Puck in Netting
  60. P1 Jake Evans faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  61. P1 Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  62. P1 Goalie Stopped
  63. P1 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  64. P1 Puck in Benches
  65. P1 Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  66. P1 Jack Quinn hit Phillip Danault
  67. P1 Giveaway by Owen Power
  68. P1 Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Jack Quinn
  69. P1 Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  70. P1 Giveaway by Zach Benson
  71. P1 Alex Tuch hit Alex Newhook
  72. P1 Tage Thompson hit Lane Hutson
  73. P1 Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  74. P1 Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  75. P1 Rasmus Dahlin Interference against Lane Hutson
  76. P1 TV Timeout
  77. P1 Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  78. P1 Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  79. P1 Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  80. P1 Goalie Stopped
  81. P1 Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  82. P1 Lane Hutson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  83. P1 Goalie Stopped
  84. P1 Alex Newhook faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  85. P1 Zachary Bolduc Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  86. P1 Zach Benson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  87. P1 Mattias Samuelsson hit Alex Newhook
  88. P1 Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  89. P1 Kirby Dach Tip-In Hit Right Post
  90. P1 Phillip Danault Tip-In Wide Left
  91. P1 Josh Anderson hit Alex Tuch
  92. P1 Josh Anderson Snap Shot Wide Right
  93. P1 Mike Matheson shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  94. P1 Takeaway by Phillip Danault
  95. P1 Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  96. P1 Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  97. P1 Juraj Slafkovský hit Logan Stanley
  98. P1 Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  99. P1 Cole Caufield Snap Shot Wide Left
  100. P1 Cole Caufield Deflected Off Crossbar
  101. P1 Jack Quinn Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  102. P1 Off-side
  103. P1 Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  104. P1 Bowen Byram shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  105. P1 Jordan Greenway Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  106. P1 Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  107. P1 Arber Xhekaj hit Jordan Greenway
  108. P1 Icing
  109. P1 Tage Thompson faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  110. P1 Alexandre Carrier shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  111. P1 Mattias Samuelsson hit Alexandre Texier
  112. P1 Josh Anderson Tip-In Wide Right
  113. P1 Off-side
  114. P1 Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  115. P1 Logan Stanley shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  116. P1 Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  117. P1 Puck in Crowd
  118. P1 Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  119. P1 Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Right
  120. P1 Noah Dobson hit Zach Benson
  121. P1 Giveaway by Josh Doan
  122. P1 Josh Doan Interference against Noah Dobson
  123. P1 Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  124. P1 Cole Caufield shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  125. P1 Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  126. P1 On-Ice Official
  127. P1 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  128. P1 Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  129. P2 Start of 2nd Period
  130. P2 Jordan Greenway faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  131. P2 Jordan Greenway hit Ivan Demidov
  132. P2 Lane Hutson shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  133. P2 Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  134. P2 Puck Frozen - Goalie
  135. P2 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  136. P2 Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Josh Norris
  137. P2 Alexandre Carrier Hooking against Tage Thompson
  138. P2 Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  139. P2 Jack Quinn Slap Shot Wide Left
  140. P2 Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  141. P2 Josh Norris Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  142. P2 Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  143. P2 Josh Norris Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  144. P2 Goalie Stopped
  145. P2 Josh Norris faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  146. P2 Giveaway by Josh Norris
  147. P2 Jason Zucker hit Noah Dobson
  148. P2 Alex Newhook Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Evans (2), Noah Dobson (1) 3–0
  149. P2 Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  150. P2 Tyson Kozak Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  151. P2 Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Right
  152. P2 Arber Xhekaj Slashing against Jordan Greenway
  153. P2 Jake Evans faceoff won against Josh Norris
  154. P2 Giveaway by Josh Norris
  155. P2 Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  156. P2 Giveaway by Alex Newhook
  157. P2 Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  158. P2 Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  159. P2 Kaiden Guhle hit Josh Doan
  160. P2 Logan Stanley hit Nick Suzuki
  161. P2 Logan Stanley hit Juraj Slafkovský
  162. P2 Off-side
  163. P2 Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  164. P2 Alexandre Carrier hit Ryan McLeod
  165. P2 Alex Tuch Backhand Short
  166. P2 Takeaway by Mike Matheson
  167. P2 Tage Thompson hit Mike Matheson
  168. P2 Mattias Samuelsson Tripping against Nick Suzuki
  169. P2 Jordan Greenway faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  170. P2 Puck in Crowd
  171. P2 Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  172. P2 Ivan Demidov Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  173. P2 Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  174. P2 Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  175. P2 Ivan Demidov Slap Shot Wide Right
  176. P2 Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  177. P2 Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  178. P2 Mattias Samuelsson hit Lane Hutson
  179. P2 Conor Timmins hit Ivan Demidov
  180. P2 Mattias Samuelsson hit Noah Dobson
  181. P2 Mattias Samuelsson hit Mike Matheson
  182. P2 Kirby Dach Tip-In Wide Left
  183. P2 Puck in Benches
  184. P2 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  185. P2 Tage Thompson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  186. P2 Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  187. P2 Josh Norris hit Alex Newhook
  188. P2 Noah Dobson Snap Shot Wide Right
  189. P2 Goalie Stopped
  190. P2 Jake Evans faceoff won against Josh Norris
  191. P2 Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  192. P2 Hand Pass
  193. P2 Jake Evans faceoff won against Josh Norris
  194. P2 Takeaway by Noah Dobson
  195. P2 Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  196. P2 Mattias Samuelsson hit Jake Evans
  197. P2 Jake Evans Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  198. P2 Too many men/ice served by Ivan Demidov
  199. P2 TV Timeout
  200. P2 Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Evans
  201. P2 Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  202. P2 Josh Norris shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  203. P2 Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  204. P2 Tage Thompson Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  205. P2 Phillip Danault hit Jack Quinn
  206. P2 Joseph Veleno hit Rasmus Dahlin
  207. P2 Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  208. P2 Goalie Stopped
  209. P2 Kaiden Guhle Roughing against Logan Stanley
  210. P2 Logan Stanley Roughing against Kaiden Guhle
  211. P2 Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  212. P2 Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  213. P2 Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  214. P2 Owen Power hit Juraj Slafkovský
  215. P2 Mike Matheson Snap Shot Wide Right
  216. P2 Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  217. P2 Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  218. P2 Josh Doan shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  219. P2 Zach Benson Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Conor Timmins (1), Josh Doan (4) 3–1
  220. P2 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  221. P2 Jordan Greenway hit Alexandre Carrier
  222. P2 Alexandre Texier shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  223. P3 Start of 3rd Period
  224. P3 Josh Norris faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  225. P3 Josh Norris hit Cole Caufield
  226. P3 Icing
  227. P3 Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  228. P3 Jason Zucker shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  229. P3 Jason Zucker Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  230. P3 Puck in Crowd
  231. P3 Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  232. P3 Lane Hutson Backhand Wide Right
  233. P3 Lane Hutson Snap Shot Wide Left
  234. P3 Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  235. P3 Giveaway by Jake Evans
  236. P3 Mattias Samuelsson hit Alex Newhook
  237. P3 Zach Benson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  238. P3 Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  239. P3 Owen Power Slap Shot Wide Right
  240. P3 Goalie Stopped
  241. P3 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  242. P3 Bowen Byram hit Josh Anderson
  243. P3 Tage Thompson Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  244. P3 Tage Thompson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  245. P3 Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  246. P3 Alexandre Carrier Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: none 4–1
  247. P3 Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  248. P3 Icing
  249. P3 Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  250. P3 Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Wide Right
  251. P3 Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  252. P3 Takeaway by Kirby Dach
  253. P3 Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  254. P3 Icing
  255. P3 Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  256. P3 Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  257. P3 Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  258. P3 Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  259. P3 Puck in Netting
  260. P3 Josh Norris faceoff won against Jake Evans
  261. P3 Logan Stanley shot blocked by Ivan Demidov
  262. P3 Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Left
  263. P3 Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Left
  264. P3 Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  265. P3 Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Right
  266. P3 Noah Dobson Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  267. P3 Zachary Bolduc shot blocked by Owen Power
  268. P3 Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  269. P3 Takeaway by Bowen Byram
  270. P3 Takeaway by Zachary Bolduc
  271. P3 Peyton Krebs hit Kaiden Guhle
  272. P3 Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  273. P3 Jake Evans Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  274. P3 Mike Matheson hit Zach Benson
  275. P3 Owen Power hit Alex Newhook
  276. P3 Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  277. P3 Goalie Stopped
  278. P3 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  279. P3 Phillip Danault hit Owen Power
  280. P3 Owen Power Wrist Shot Wide Left
  281. P3 Alexandre Carrier hit Ryan McLeod
  282. P3 Alex Tuch hit Alexandre Carrier
  283. P3 Tage Thompson shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  284. P3 Puck in Netting
  285. P3 Tage Thompson faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  286. P3 Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  287. P3 Icing
  288. P3 Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  289. P3 Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  290. P3 Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  291. P3 Jason Zucker shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  292. P3 Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  293. P3 Peyton Krebs hit Juraj Slafkovský
  294. P3 Joseph Veleno Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  295. P3 Goalie Stopped
  296. P3 Josh Doan faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  297. P3 Josh Norris Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  298. P3 Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  299. P3 Josh Doan hit Noah Dobson
  300. P3 Josh Norris hit Lane Hutson
  301. P3 Bowen Byram hit Zachary Bolduc
  302. P3 Bowen Byram Elbowing against Zachary Bolduc
  303. P3 Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  304. P3 Mattias Samuelsson hit Nick Suzuki
  305. P3 Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  306. P3 Cole Caufield Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  307. P3 Takeaway by Jordan Greenway
  308. P3 Puck in Benches
  309. P3 Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Norris
  310. P3 Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  311. P3 Nick Suzuki Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Anderson (2) 5–1
  312. P3 Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  313. P3 Takeaway by Joe Veleno
  314. P3 Owen Power shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  315. P3 Josh Anderson Cross-checking against Jordan Greenway served by Ivan Demidov
  316. P3 Josh Anderson Misconduct
  317. P3 Timeout - Home
  318. P3 Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Jake Evans
  319. P3 Josh Doan Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  320. P3 Ryan McLeod Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  321. P3 Zach Benson Cross-checking against Mike Matheson
  322. P3 Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  323. P3 Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  324. P3 Arber Xhekaj hit Conor Timmins
  325. P3 Game End

Box score

MTL

forwards
PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIPPTOISHTOIESTOISHFTGYTDGASSMSOGFWFLFO%GVPNPIM
Josh AndersonRW010214:290:003:1511:1420021020000.00212
Zack BolducRW011012:022:410:009:2117010100000.0000
Cole CaufieldRW000017:066:000:0011:0618010230000.0000
Kirby DachC001011:182:080:009:1016030020010.0300
Phillip DanaultC221314:330:033:1711:132100101010566.7000
Ivan DemidovRW110113:185:240:007:5415000020000.0000
Jake EvansC000216:321:355:588:59190012007463.6100
Alex NewhookC100216:462:005:528:54182304001325.0100
Juraj SlafkovskyLW210017:566:030:0011:5318030110000.0000
Nick SuzukiC010020:036:080:0813:47191304009756.3100
Alexandre TexierLW01029:210:500:008:3114020000000.0000
Joe VelenoC011010:320:070:0010:25150001003350.0000
defenses
PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIPPTOISHTOIESTOISHFTGYTDGASSMSOGFWFLFO%GVPNPIM
Alexandre CarrierD120419:380:003:4115:5724110100000.0024
Noah DobsonD511-116:201:291:3013:2124001510000.0200
Kaiden GuhleD221020:561:104:3515:1124001100000.0112
Lane HutsonD100120:546:110:3914:0420021320000.0000
Mike MathesonD311326:440:598:0917:3625110310000.0100
Arber XhekajD03019:320:420:008:5012000020000.0112
goalies
PlayerGASASOSSOSASVSV%ESSVPPSVSHSVTOIYTDGPIM
Jakub DobesG1290028.9661810060:0000

BUF

forwards
PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIPPTOISHTOIESTOISHFTGYTDGASSMSOGFWFLFO%GVPNPIM
Zach BensonLW040019:254:231:1613:4622130110000.0112
Josh DoanRW020016:284:150:0012:132102141010100.0112
Jordan GreenwayLW021012:550:085:387:091501010020100.0000
Tyson KozakC000010:020:003:226:40140001005645.5000
Peyton KrebsC140-112:251:160:0011:09170201103175.0000
Beck MalenstynLW00007:110:003:064:059010000000.0000
Ryan McLeodC000-217:174:371:3211:082401020041126.7300
Josh NorrisC040-117:394:380:4212:19190103305741.7200
Jack QuinnRW110-114:304:160:299:4520000020000.0000
Tage ThompsonC060-418:385:010:0013:37200201103350.0100
Alex TuchRW120-320:194:541:1614:0922040620010.0100
Jason ZuckerLW010-211:084:440:006:2413000210010.0200
defenses
PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIPPTOISHTOIESTOISHFTGYTDGASSMSOGFWFLFO%GVPNPIM
Bowen ByramD022-321:274:532:0014:3422040100000.0112
Rasmus DahlinD010-122:174:230:2117:3324010510000.0012
Owen PowerD120-220:180:081:5118:1923000020000.0100
Mattias SamuelssonD3101019:470:004:0015:4721020000000.0012
Logan StanleyD020-110:270:002:048:2316000100000.0012
Conor TimminsD410018:080:007:1110:5719001000000.0000
goalies
PlayerGASASOSSOSASVSV%ESSVPPSVSHSVTOIYTDGPIM
Alex LyonG4270023.852147258:1300

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