Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens, May 8, 2026 — L 1-5

Second Round, Game 2 · Friday, May 8

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Buffalo lost 1-5

WAR Box

Every skater who dressed, graded against the other skaters on the ice that night. A C is an ordinary NHL performance.

Team gradeDLost by 41G · 2A · 28 shots · 12 blocks

Production: D
Offense: F
Defense: D-
Power play: C+
Penalty kill: B-

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Josh Doan	16:28	B-	C	C-	A+	D	B-
Zach Benson	19:25	C+	D+	C-	A-	D	B+
Owen Power	20:18	C	D-	B	B-	B-	C+
Josh Norris	17:39	C	D	C	B-	B	A-
Peyton Krebs	12:25	C	C-	C+	C-
Jack Quinn	14:30	C-	D-	C	C	C-	A-
Alex Tuch	20:19	C-	C-	D	D+	B+	D+
Conor Timmins	18:08	C-	C	D-	C-		C+
Ryan McLeod	17:17	D+	D-	C	C	D+	D
Bowen Byram	21:27	D+	F	B-	D+	D+	C-
Jordan Greenway	12:55	D+	D-	C	D-	B-	C
Jason Zucker	11:08	D+	D-	D+	D-	B+
Tage Thompson	18:38	D	D-	D	D+	B
Tyson Kozak	10:02	D	D-	C-	F		C-
Rasmus Dahlin	22:17	D	D	D-	D	A-	C
Beck Malenstyn	7:11	D	F	D	D+		B
Mattias Samuelsson	19:47	D	D	F	D+		C+
Logan Stanley	10:27	D	D-	D-	D-		B+

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonL	58:13	C	27	4	.852	-0.48

A grade compares a skater with everyone who played that night, adjusted for how he was used — heavier minutes and defensive-zone starts raise the bar. Goaltenders are graded against expectation instead, on goals saved above expected. How this is calculated

Box score

Skaters · 18

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

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonL	58:13	27	4	.852	-0.48