Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens, May 6, 2026 — W 4-2

Second Round, Game 1 · Wednesday, May 6

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Buffalo won 4-2

WAR Box

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

Team gradeBWon by 24G · 5A · 16 shots · 15 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Rasmus Dahlin	21:04	B+	C-	A+	A-	D
Josh Doan	17:26	B	B	F	A+	A-
Ryan McLeod	14:33	B	B+	B	C+	B-	B
Zach Benson	16:56	B-	C	D	A+	A-	C
Mattias Samuelsson	21:35	B-	D-	B+	A		D
Alex Tuch	19:16	B-	D-	A+	B+	D	C
Tage Thompson	18:28	B-	F	A+	A-	D
Peyton Krebs	14:02	C+	F	A+	B	C
Jordan Greenway	13:03	C+	C+	B+	D+		D
Tyson Kozak	10:56	C+	C	B+	D+
Bowen Byram	21:13	C	D+	B-	C+	B+	D-
Logan Stanley	12:52	C-	D+	C	C+		B-
Owen Power	18:41	C-	D	C+	C-	A-	D-
Beck Malenstyn	10:36	C-	F	A	D-		D-
Josh Norris	17:08	C-	F	D	A-	D	C
Jason Zucker	14:15	C-	D-	A-	D-	D
Jack Quinn	15:19	C-	D-	C+	D+	A-
Conor Timmins	19:39	D+	D	D+	C+		D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonW	59:40	B-	24	2	.917	+0.33

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
Mattias Samuelsson	21:35	0	1	1	0	0
Bowen Byram	21:13	1	0	1	2	0
Rasmus Dahlin	21:04	0	0	0	4	3
Conor Timmins	19:39	0	0	0	0	2
Alex Tuch	19:16	0	0	0	1	1
Owen Power	18:41	0	0	0	0	2
Tage Thompson	18:28	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Doan	17:26	1	1	2	3	0
Josh Norris	17:08	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Benson	16:56	0	2	2	1	0
Jack Quinn	15:19	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan McLeod	14:33	1	1	2	2	0
Jason Zucker	14:15	0	0	0	0	1
Peyton Krebs	14:02	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Greenway	13:03	1	0	1	1	0
Logan Stanley	12:52	0	0	0	0	2
Tyson Kozak	10:56	0	0	0	1	3
Beck Malenstyn	10:36	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonW	59:40	24	2	.917	+0.33