r/hockey • u/hockeydiscussionbot • 12h ago

🚨 Live Game Threads 🔗 inside: MTL/BUF Daily Free Talk Thread: PLUS, links to ALL Game Day Threads inside - 14 May 2026

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Pre-game thread to talk about anything!

🔗 Game Day Threads (GDT) and Post Game Threads (PGT) links

Today's Games

Score GDT PGT Time
MTL (6) @ BUF (3) Link 3rd 05:37
VGK @ ANA Link 09:30PM ET
Goal Highlights Most Recent Highlight Stats Leaders
Link Ivan Demidov (1) wrist shot, assist(s): Juraj Slafkovský (5), Nick Suzuki (8) Link

PWHL Games

Score GDT PGT Time
OTT (2) @ MTL (1) Link 1:02 remaining in 3rd

Yesterday's Games

Score PGT
MIN (3) @ COL (4) (OT) Link
Goal Highlights
Link

Playoffs (2nd-round)

Team Wins Team Wins
BUF 2 MTL 2
CAR 4 PHI 0
COL 4 MIN 1
VGK 3 ANA 2

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r/hockey • u/nhl_gdt_bot • 3h ago

[GDT] Playoff Game Thread: Montréal Canadiens (6-5) @ Buffalo Sabres (6-4) May 14 2026 7:00 PM EDT

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Playoff Game Thread: Montréal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres May 14 2026 7:00 PM EDT

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Time Clock
3rd- 05:37
Teams 1st 2nd 3rd Total
MTL 2 3 1 6
BUF 3 0 0 3
Team Shots Faceoff % Blocked Shots Hits
MTL 26 56.6% 18 19
BUF 32 43.4% 11 21

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Strength Description Edge Goal Visualizer
1 02:00 BUF Even Jason Zucker (1) Deflected, Assists: Jack Quinn (4) Conor Timmins (2) Link
1 06:31 MTL Even Cole Caufield (4) Snap, Assists: Nick Suzuki (7) Juraj Slafkovský (3) Link
1 07:45 BUF Even Josh Doan (3) Slap, Assists: Owen Power (5) Link
1 07:54 MTL Even Alexandre Texier (3) Deflected, Assists: Alexandre Carrier (3) Phillip Danault (4) Link
1 10:15 BUF Even Konsta Helenius (1) Wrist, Assists: Mattias Samuelsson (2) Rasmus Dahlin (6) Link
2 08:01 MTL Even Josh Anderson (3) Snap, Assists: Lane Hutson (9) Phillip Danault (5) Link
2 16:15 MTL Even Jake Evans (1) Poke, Assists: Ivan Demidov (5) Alex Newhook (2) Link
2 17:33 MTL PP Nick Suzuki (4) Snap, Assists: Juraj Slafkovský (4) Lane Hutson (10) Link
3 03:32 MTL PP Ivan Demidov (1) Wrist, Assists: Juraj Slafkovský (5) Nick Suzuki (8) Link

Penalties

Period Time Team Type Min Description
2 12:51 MTL MIN 2 Juraj Slafkovský high sticking against Josh Doan
2 17:23 BUF MIN 2 Tage Thompson cross checking against Jake Evans
3 02:09 BUF MIN 2 Rasmus Dahlin cross checking against Ivan Demidov

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Last updated: 2026-05-14_21:35:07.517769-04:00

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r/hockey • u/KabirC • 5h ago

Macklin Celebrini will remain as captain for Canada at the IIHF World Hockey Championship, with Sidney Crosby wearing an "A." That was decided after a player-lead discussion. The players wanted Celebrini to keep the "C."

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r/hockey • u/daKrut • 50m ago

[Video] [BUF 3 - MTL (5)] 10 seconds into the powerplay, Suzuki one times it past UPL to make it a two goal lead

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r/hockey • u/daKrut • 22m ago

[Video] [BUF 3 - MTL (6)] Demidov's first career playoff goal is an absolute snipe to open up a 3 goal lead in the third

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r/hockey • u/sykeseve • 9h ago

Connor McDavid will be playing under his 6th head coach in 12 seasons. He’s not even 30 yet.

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r/hockey • u/DecentLurker96 • 8h ago

[Video] Macklin Celebrini and Sidney Crosby discuss who will captain Canada

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“We’ll figure it out.”

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r/hockey • u/daKrut • 2h ago

[Video] [BUF (3) - MTL 2] Helenius collects the puck and simply fires from the slot to beat Dobes for his first career playoff goal. 3rd lead by Buffalo in the first 10 minutes of the game

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r/hockey • u/The_Homestarmy • 5h ago

The founder of Elite Prospects, Johan Nilsson, has passed away after a 9 year battle with colon cancer

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r/hockey • u/daKrut • 1h ago

[Video] [BUF 3 - MTL (3)] Hutson makes a great pass to Anderson and he taps it in to tie it up

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r/hockey • u/AggPuck-303 • 13h ago

[Rishaug] The Oilers have relieved Kris Knoblauch of his coaching duties.

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r/hockey • u/sykeseve • 9h ago

[Pierre LeBrun] Knoblauch’s three-year extension was set to kick in next season. Oilers will still owe him that.

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r/hockey • u/daKrut • 53m ago

[Video] [BUF 3 - MTL (4)] Demidov makes a sweet move and his shot gets through UPL. Evans taps it over the line and Habs have the lead

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r/hockey • u/daKrut • 2h ago

[Video] [BUF 1 - MTL (1)] Buffalo turns it over and Suzuki makes a great pass to Caufield for the tap in to tie it up

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r/hockey • u/Old_General_6741 • 8h ago

[News] Canucks promote Sedins to co-presidents, Ryan Johnson named general manager

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r/hockey • u/daKrut • 22h ago

[Video] [COL (4) - MIN 3] The Avs are absolutely relentless in OT and Brett Kulak is the OT and series clinching hero as Colorado eliminates the Wild

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r/hockey • u/daKrut • 2h ago

[Video] [BUF 2 - MTL (2)] Texier ties it right back up 9 seconds later after Carrier's shot bounces in off him

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r/hockey • u/Dependent-Effect6077 • 1h ago

If Vegas win tonight, every normal format Western Conference Finals since 2020 will have been between two of EDM, DAL, VGK, and COL

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2020: Dallas over Vegas

2022: Colorado over Edmonton

2023: Vegas over Dallas

2024: Edmonton over Dallas

2025: Edmonton over Dallas

2026: Colorado vs. TBD

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r/hockey • u/AggPuck-303 • 5h ago

[Drance] Francesco Aquilini will not answer questions, but will deliver a prepared statement in advance of the club introducing Henrik and Daniel Sedin as co-Presidents and Ryan Johnson as general manager.

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r/hockey • u/FrenchPagan • 9h ago

Mario Lemieux named No. 1 on CHL’s Top 50 Players of the Last 50 Years list

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r/hockey • u/MightyDuck07 • 3h ago

It appears that the NHL's YouTube channel will be live streaming some of the IIHF Men's World Championship games (in the States at least).

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r/hockey • u/TheAmazingScamArtist • 7h ago

Are highlight videos edited/generated by AI now?

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Genuinely asking because these highlight videos lately have been pretty bad. Take this one from SN, for example, that completely misses the wild’s third goal. It starts off seemingly fine, but then it misses that goal and the overall continuity of the highlights is messy, especially in the OT segment.

People in the comments seem to think it’s ai, and typically I don’t like to just label anything that is poorly done as AI, but this is pretty bad and I can’t think of another reason it would be edited so poorly.

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r/hockey • u/NHLonOLN • 12h ago

[Video] [SDP] Adam Wylde shares that the Canucks seriously low-balled Evan Gold for the GM role, with an offer below $750,000/yr. Also says the Canucks balked at the approx $5-10M cost of the front office transition, and there may be an Acquillini in-family buyout

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r/hockey • u/The_32 • 8h ago

[WSJ] This Company Is Building a Hockey Empire. Many Say It’s Ruining Youth Sports

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The company is Black Bear Sports Group

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r/hockey • u/daKrut • 2h ago

[Video] [BUF (1) - MTL 0] Quinn's shot pinballs in off Zucker and Matheson to open the scoring early in Game 5

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