Boxscore
Game 22 | Oct 5, 2026 | 2026-27 PRE
0
Final
5
Goals 1st 2nd 3rd T
MTL 0 0 0 0
BUF 3 2 0 5
Shots 1st 2nd 3rd T
MTL 7 12 12 31
BUF 13 9 12 34
Scoring Summary
1st Period
01:19
Chris Kreider (1)
PP
T. Thompson (3), S. Crosby (4)
GWG
1–0
BUF
05:02
Mattias Samuelsson (2)
PP
D. Pastrnak (1), C. Verhaeghe (3)
2–0
BUF
10:53
Trevor Moore (1)
A. Lee (1), Z. Girgensons (1)
3–0
BUF
01:07 F. Nazar for Interference
03:13 R. Ristolainen for Cross-checking
12:34 R. Gudas for Roughing
19:52 D. Tarasov for Slashing (served by R. Gudas)
2nd Period
00:20
Sidney Crosby (1)
PP
T. Thompson (4), C. Kreider (3)
4–0
BUF
13:46
Sidney Crosby (2)
J. Faulk (2), T. Thompson (5)
5–0
BUF
00:24 C. Murphy for Roughing
04:37 M. Samuelsson for Holding
14:36 R. Ristolainen for Interference
19:17 D. Pastrnak for Interference
3rd Period
— — No goals scored
04:20 R. Gudas for Hooking
09:25 E. Andrae for Cross-checking
Goalies Summary
Goalie Dec SA SV GA SV% TOI Record
A. Nedeljkovic 20 19 1 .950 39:40
D. Tarasov L 14 10 4 .714 20:20 0-2-0
P. Grubauer ★1 W 31 31 0 1.000 60:00 2-0-0
Game Notes
  • Alex Nedeljkovic enters game at 0:20 of 2nd period
Team Stats
MTL BUF
31 Shots 34
61 Shot Attempts 76
0% 0/3 Power Play 3/7 43%
44% 40 Faceoffs 51 56%
30 Hits 19
12 Blk Shots 7
14 PiM 6
45% Possession 55%
13:49 OZ Possession 18:58
3 Stars of the Game
  1. BUF P. Grubauer
    Sv:31/31 1.000
  2. BUF S. Crosby
    G:2 A:1 P:3
  3. BUF T. Thompson
    G:0 A:3 P:3
Season Series
BUF leads 2-0
MTL 0 BUF 5 Oct 5 Final BUF 2 MTL 1 Oct 9 Final

Team Summary

Shots Hits Ice time Face-off PP PK EV
Skaters G A P +/- PIM S SAT SB Hit HTT TOI POSS FO% FOT TOI G A S TOI G S TOI G A S
J. Sanderson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 6 4 2 4 25:18 4:17 - 0 3:59 0 0 3 5:51 0 0 15:28 0 0 0
B. Brink R 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 23:59 1:29 29 14 3:24 0 0 1 5:41 0 0 14:54 0 0 3
R. Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 2 4 0 23:20 2:00 - 0 3:59 0 0 0 3:55 0 0 15:26 0 0 0
CE D'Astous D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 2 3 20:28 1:58 - 0 0:00 - - - 4:46 0 1 15:42 0 0 1
F. Nazar C 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 2 20:10 1:46 44 18 3:24 0 0 0 5:44 0 0 11:02 0 0 1
C. Graf L/R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 8 1 3 2 19:44 2:43 30 10 2:33 0 0 1 4:02 0 0 13:09 0 0 3
A. Copp C/L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 1 1 19:03 2:19 54 28 2:33 0 0 0 3:21 0 1 13:09 0 0 1
R. Gudas D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 4 0 3 0 17:38 1:31 - 0 1:58 0 0 0 0:00 - - 15:40 0 0 2
E. Zamula D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 17:02 1:20 - 0 0:00 - - - 4:34 0 0 12:28 0 0 1
E. Andrae D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 16:09 1:06 - 0 1:58 0 0 0 1:44 0 0 12:27 0 0 0
B. Goodrow C/L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 1 1 15:42 1:15 - 0 2:33 0 0 0 0:00 - - 13:09 0 0 1
E. Dadonov L/R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 0 0 0 14:49 0:55 67 3 0:00 - - - 0:27 0 0 14:22 0 0 3
K. Sherwood L/R 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 6 0 14:27 0:49 0 1 3:24 0 0 0 0:00 - - 11:03 0 0 3
B. Gallagher R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 2 0 0 14:22 0:43 50 10 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 14:22 0 0 2
D. Joshua C/L/R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 0 5 2 14:22 1:04 0 1 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 14:22 0 0 2
T. Novak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6:39 0:40 50 6 0:00 - - - 1:35 0 0 5:04 0 0 1
M. Carcone L/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5:04 0:43 - 0 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 5:04 0 0 0
N. Alexandrov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1:13 0:04 - 0 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 1:13 0 0 0
MTL Totals 0 0 0 12 31 61 12 30 19 - - 44% 91 - 0 0 5 - 0 2 - 0 0 24
Goalies
Goalie Role Dec SA SV GA SV% GAA GSAA QS TOI Record A PIM
A. Nedeljkovic Relief 20 19 1 .950 1.51 +1.05 – 39:40 0 0
D. Tarasov Start L 14 10 4 .714 11.80 -2.57 RBS 20:20 0-2-0 0 2
Skaters
SAT
Shot attempts (on goal + missed + blocked)
POSS
Puck possession time
HTT
Hits taken
Goalies
GSAA
Goals saved above avg: what a league-average goalie would have allowed, minus what was actually allowed
QS
Quality start: at or above league average save %; OR fewer than 20 shots & above .885
RBS
Really bad start: save percentage below .850
PL
Preventable loss: the goals allowed beyond avg. exceed the margin of defeat
Shots Hits Ice time Face-off PP PK EV
Skaters G A P +/- PIM S SAT SB Hit HTT TOI POSS FO% FOT TOI G A S TOI G S TOI G A S
S. Crosby ★2 C 2 1 3 +1 0 3 5 0 1 4 23:54 2:27 64 39 5:34 1 1 1 4:10 0 0 14:10 1 0 2
T. Thompson ★3 C/R 0 3 3 +1 0 6 11 0 1 1 23:54 3:15 75 4 5:34 0 2 1 4:10 0 1 14:10 0 1 4
C. Kreider L/R 1 1 2 +1 0 2 4 0 0 3 21:28 2:23 - 0 5:34 1 1 2 1:44 0 0 14:10 0 0 0
M. Samuelsson D 1 0 1 +2 2 3 5 0 3 1 24:28 3:18 - 0 5:06 1 0 2 2:02 0 0 17:20 0 0 1
T. Moore L/R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 5 0 2 1 10:31 1:27 0 1 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 10:31 1 0 3
J. Faulk D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 1 1 1 25:37 2:43 - 0 5:06 0 0 1 3:10 0 0 17:21 0 1 0
D. Pastrnak R 0 1 1 0 2 2 5 0 3 2 19:10 3:16 33 3 4:51 0 1 2 1:15 0 0 13:04 0 0 0
C. Verhaeghe C/L 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 17:59 2:28 - 0 4:51 0 1 0 0:03 0 0 13:05 0 0 2
A. Lee L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10:31 1:00 - 0 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 10:31 0 1 0
Z. Girgensons C/L/R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:31 0:47 30 10 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 10:31 0 1 0
B. Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 3 22:08 1:40 - 0 5:19 0 0 1 3:00 0 0 13:49 0 0 1
C. Murphy D 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 1 3 2 20:54 2:08 - 0 5:19 0 0 3 1:47 0 0 13:48 0 0 0
M. Backlund C/L 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 1 0 4 17:56 2:14 55 22 4:51 0 0 2 0:00 - - 13:05 0 0 2
N. Matinpalo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:23 1:08 - 0 0:00 - - - 1:55 0 0 12:28 0 0 1
M. Robertson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 12:28 1:18 - 0 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 12:28 0 0 0
J. Martinook L/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6:24 0:41 100 1 0:00 - - - 0:32 0 0 5:52 0 0 0
J. Sourdif C/R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5:52 0:48 56 9 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 5:52 0 0 1
O. Sundqvist C/R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 5:52 0:14 50 2 0:00 - - - 0:00 - - 5:52 0 0 1
BUF Totals 5 10 15 6 34 76 7 19 30 - - 56% 91 - 3 6 15 - 0 1 - 2 4 18
Goalies
Goalie Role Dec SA SV GA SV% GAA GSAA QS TOI Record A PIM
P. Grubauer ★1 Start W 31 31 0 1.000 0.00 +3.18 60:00 2-0-0 0 0
Skaters
SAT
Shot attempts (on goal + missed + blocked)
POSS
Puck possession time
HTT
Hits taken
Goalies
GSAA
Goals saved above avg: what a league-average goalie would have allowed, minus what was actually allowed
QS
Quality start: at or above league average save %; OR fewer than 20 shots & above .885
RBS
Really bad start: save percentage below .850
PL
Preventable loss: the goals allowed beyond avg. exceed the margin of defeat

Lines

5 on 5
# C LW RW OBJ Time TOI
1 F. Nazar K. Sherwood B. Brink 40% 25% 11:03
2 A. Copp B. Goodrow C. Graf 30% 30% 13:09
3 B. Gallagher D. Joshua E. Dadonov 20% 33% 14:22
4 T. Novak M. Carcone B. Brink 10% 12% 5:04
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Sanderson R. Ristolainen 40% 35% 15:28
2 R. Gudas CE D'Astous 30% 36% 15:42
3 E. Zamula E. Andrae 20% 29% 12:28
4 J. Sanderson R. Ristolainen 10% 0% 0:00
Power play
# C LW RW OBJ Time TOI
1 F. Nazar K. Sherwood B. Brink 60% 57% 3:24
2 A. Copp B. Goodrow C. Graf 40% 43% 2:33
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Sanderson R. Ristolainen 60% 67% 3:59
2 E. Andrae R. Gudas 40% 33% 1:58
Penalty kill
# C W OBJ Time TOI
1 B. Brink F. Nazar 60% 69% 7:09
2 C. Graf A. Copp 40% 31% 3:16
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Sanderson R. Ristolainen 60% 56% 5:51
2 E. Zamula CE D'Astous 40% 44% 4:34
Penalty kill, 3 skaters
# C OBJ Time TOI
1 B. Brink 60% 0% 0:00
2 F. Nazar 40% 0% 0:00
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Sanderson E. Zamula 60% 0% 0:00
2 R. Ristolainen E. Andrae 40% 0% 0:00
4 on 4
# C W OBJ Time TOI
1 B. Brink F. Nazar 60% 0% 0:00
2 T. Novak A. Copp 40% 0% 0:00
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Sanderson E. Andrae 60% 0% 0:00
2 R. Ristolainen E. Zamula 40% 0% 0:00
Last minute
L C LW RW D D
Off F. Nazar K. Sherwood B. Brink J. Sanderson R. Ristolainen
Def F. Nazar K. Sherwood B. Brink J. Sanderson R. Ristolainen
Extras
Forwards Defensemen
Normal N. Alexandrov, B. Brink, T. Novak E. Zamula, E. Andrae, J. Sanderson
Power play N. Alexandrov, F. Nazar E. Zamula, E. Andrae
Penalty kill T. Novak J. Sanderson
Penalty shots
B. Brink , F. Nazar , K. Sherwood , A. Copp , C. Graf
Goalies
D. Tarasov , A. Nedeljkovic
OT forwards
B. Brink , F. Nazar , K. Sherwood , A. Copp , C. Graf , B. Goodrow , N. Alexandrov , T. Novak , D. Joshua , M. Carcone
OT defensemen
J. Sanderson , R. Ristolainen , R. Gudas , CE D'Astous , E. Zamula
5 on 5
# C LW RW OBJ Time TOI
1 S. Crosby C. Kreider T. Thompson 40% 32% 14:10
2 M. Backlund C. Verhaeghe D. Pastrnak 30% 30% 13:05
3 Z. Girgensons A. Lee T. Moore 20% 24% 10:31
4 J. Sourdif J. Martinook O. Sundqvist 10% 13% 5:52
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Faulk M. Samuelsson 40% 38% 16:35
2 C. Murphy B. Kulak 30% 32% 13:49
3 M. Robertson N. Matinpalo 20% 29% 12:28
4 J. Faulk M. Samuelsson 10% 2% 0:46
Power play
# C LW RW OBJ Time TOI
1 S. Crosby C. Kreider T. Thompson 60% 53% 5:34
2 M. Backlund C. Verhaeghe D. Pastrnak 40% 47% 4:51
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Faulk M. Samuelsson 60% 49% 5:06
2 C. Murphy B. Kulak 40% 51% 5:19
Penalty kill
# C W OBJ Time TOI
1 S. Crosby T. Thompson 60% 71% 4:13
2 D. Pastrnak C. Kreider 40% 29% 1:44
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Faulk M. Samuelsson 60% 53% 3:10
2 C. Murphy B. Kulak 40% 47% 2:47
Penalty kill, 3 skaters
# C OBJ Time TOI
1 S. Crosby 60% 0% 0:00
2 T. Thompson 40% 0% 0:00
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Faulk M. Samuelsson 60% 0% 0:00
2 C. Murphy B. Kulak 40% 0% 0:00
4 on 4
# C W OBJ Time TOI
1 S. Crosby T. Thompson 60% 0% 0:00
2 D. Pastrnak C. Kreider 40% 0% 0:00
# D D OBJ Time TOI
1 J. Faulk M. Samuelsson 60% 0% 0:00
2 C. Murphy B. Kulak 40% 0% 0:00
Last minute
L C LW RW D D
Off S. Crosby C. Kreider T. Thompson J. Faulk M. Samuelsson
Def S. Crosby C. Kreider T. Thompson J. Faulk M. Samuelsson
Extras
Forwards Defensemen
Normal A. Lee, T. Moore, J. Martinook M. Robertson, N. Matinpalo, C. Murphy
Power play A. Lee, T. Moore M. Robertson, N. Matinpalo
Penalty kill J. Martinook C. Murphy
Penalty shots
S. Crosby , T. Thompson , D. Pastrnak , C. Kreider , M. Backlund
Goalies
P. Grubauer , J. Annunen
OT forwards
S. Crosby , T. Thompson , D. Pastrnak , C. Kreider , M. Backlund , C. Verhaeghe , A. Lee , T. Moore , J. Martinook , Z. Girgensons
OT defensemen
J. Faulk , M. Samuelsson , C. Murphy , B. Kulak , M. Robertson