The NHL announces that their minds have changed on a controversial goal from the Canadiens-Sabres in Game 7
Jordan Greenway gave Martin St-Louis and the Canadiens another detail to chew on after the NHL changed Buffalo's first goal postgame.
What first sat on Mattias Samuelsson's stat line was later moved to Greenway after league review, flipping the official scoring record from the blue line to the net-front lane.
That's the whole story now: the puck was judged to have touched Greenway's leg before it slipped past Jakub Dobes, which made the tip the last touch that counted.
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It won't change the final result, and it won't change how frustrated Montreal felt about the sequence in real time.
But it does change who gets the goal on paper.
For Buffalo, that matters. Greenway gets the finish, Samuelsson loses it, and the play now lands in the category the league always watches closely around the crease.
Mike Harrington flagged the change on social media right away, and the reaction made sense.
It was the kind of scoring switch that gets noticed because the puck path looked messy from the first replay.
Lance Lysowski also confirmed the call, which removed any doubt about where the NHL landed once the review was complete.
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The play changed the scorer, not the pressure on the Canadiens in game 7
The final ruling came down to a slight touch, not a dramatic deflection.
That's often all it takes when the league reviews a puck that changes direction near the net.
From Montreal's side, there isn't much value in staying stuck on it.
The Canadiens gave up the goal either way, and the bigger issue is what comes next, not who was listed first.
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That's where Martin St-Louis has to turn the page fast.
A postgame scoring adjustment is noise compared to the task waiting for his group in the next round.
The Canadiens' focus now shifts to the Carolina Hurricanes and the opening game at PNC Arena.
That's the matchup that will define the next few days inside the locker room, not a bookkeeping change from Buffalo.
Still, Greenway walks away with the goal, Samuelsson does not, and the NHL made its call. Small touch, official change, done deal.
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YESTERDAY
MAY 18, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Zachary Bolduc | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Phillip Danault | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Kaiden Guhle | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Beck Malenstyn | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ryan McLeod | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Owen Power | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nick Suzuki | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexandre Texier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Zach Benson | - | - | - | |
| Bowen Byram | - | - | - | |
| Cole Caufield | - | - | - | |
| Kirby Dach | - | - | - | |
| Ivan Demidov | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||