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Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

NHLJanuary 15, 2026KeyBank Center

CanadiensMontrealMTL26-15-7

Canadiens 3, Sabres 5

Final
SabresBuffaloBUFWon26-16-4
Score by period
Team123T
MTL2103
BUF2125

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:23Alex Tuch Backhand Wide Left
  4. 0:26Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  5. 1:00Icing
  6. 1:00Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  7. 1:20Owen Power hit Juraj Slafkovský
  8. 1:30Hand Pass
  9. 1:30Phillip Danault faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  10. 1:36Phillip Danault hit Zach Metsa
  11. 1:38Zachary Bolduc hit Jacob Bryson
  12. 1:57Arber Xhekaj hit Noah Ostlund
  13. 2:25Giveaway by Tyson Kozak
  14. 2:27Beck Malenstyn hit Noah Dobson
  15. 2:32Icing
  16. 2:32Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  17. 2:37Zach Benson hit Brendan Gallagher
  18. 2:48Noah Dobson Slap Shot Wide Left
  19. 3:06Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  20. 3:09Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  21. 3:11Cole Caufield Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (21)
  22. 3:11Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  23. 3:18Giveaway by Jacob Fowler
  24. 3:20Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  25. 3:42Beck Malenstyn hit Lane Hutson
  26. 3:43Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  27. 3:46Lane Hutson High-sticking against Beck Malenstyn
  28. 3:46Jason Zucker faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  29. 4:05Tage Thompson Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (7), Jason Zucker (11)
  30. 4:05Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  31. 4:23Ivan Demidov Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  32. 4:24Goalie Stopped
  33. 4:24Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  34. 4:42Beck Malenstyn hit Mike Matheson
  35. 4:51Takeaway by Tyson Kozak
  36. 5:01Takeaway by Owen Power
  37. 5:18Alex Tuch shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  38. 5:23Zach Metsa shot blocked by Joseph Veleno
  39. 5:27Joseph Veleno hit Zach Benson
  40. 5:31Puck in Crowd
  41. 5:31Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  42. 5:33Zach Metsa Slap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  43. 5:35Goalie Stopped
  44. 5:35Zachary Bolduc faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  45. 5:46Phillip Danault hit Jacob Bryson
  46. 5:48Josh Anderson hit Zach Metsa
  47. 5:57Jacob Bryson Snap Shot Wide Right
  48. 6:11Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot Wide Right
  49. 6:34Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  50. 6:42Josh Doan Snap Shot Wide Left
  51. 6:46Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  52. 7:07Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  53. 7:10Goalie Stopped
  54. 7:10Tage Thompson faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  55. 7:14Owen Power shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  56. 7:21Bowen Byram shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  57. 7:37Icing
  58. 7:37Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  59. 7:39Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  60. 7:41Puck in Netting
  61. 7:41Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  62. 8:00Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  63. 8:31Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Samuel Blais
  64. 8:49Noah Ostlund Tip-In saved by Jacob Fowler
  65. 8:55Bowen Byram Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  66. 8:58Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  67. 9:01Owen Power Snap Shot Wide Left
  68. 9:21Kaiden Guhle Interference against Josh Doan
  69. 9:21Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  70. 9:55Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen
  71. 9:58Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  72. 10:30Josh Doan Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (23), Noah Ostlund (8)
  73. 10:30Cole Caufield faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  74. 10:48Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  75. 11:03Tyson Kozak hit Alexandre Texier
  76. 11:13Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  77. 11:51Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  78. 12:11Takeaway by Oliver Kapanen
  79. 12:13Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  80. 12:16Samuel Blais hit Zach Metsa
  81. 12:20Brendan Gallagher Tip-In saved by Colten Ellis
  82. 12:38Joseph Veleno hit Jacob Bryson
  83. 12:50Zach Benson Slashing against Brendan Gallagher
  84. 12:50TV Timeout
  85. 12:50Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Juraj Slafkovský
  86. 13:46Bowen Byram High-sticking against Lane Hutson
  87. 13:46Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  88. 14:20Ivan Demidov Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (38), Nick Suzuki (37)
  89. 14:20Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  90. 14:36Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  91. 14:38Goalie Stopped
  92. 14:38Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  93. 14:59Jordan Greenway hit Zachary Bolduc
  94. 15:36Mike Matheson Snap Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  95. 15:39Puck Frozen - Goalie
  96. 15:39Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  97. 16:23Zach Benson Tip-In saved by Jacob Fowler
  98. 16:25Zach Benson shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  99. 16:38Samuel Blais hit Owen Power
  100. 17:15Peyton Krebs Snap Shot Wide Left
  101. 17:21Josh Doan shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  102. 17:31Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  103. 17:57Icing
  104. 17:57Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  105. 18:08Off-side
  106. 18:08Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  107. 18:45Icing
  108. 18:45Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  109. 18:57Noah Ostlund Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  110. 18:59Goalie Stopped
  111. 18:59Phillip Danault faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  112. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:30Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  4. 0:38Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  5. 1:13Jason Zucker hit Lane Hutson
  6. 1:14Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  7. 1:15Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  8. 1:20Ryan McLeod hit Juraj Slafkovský
  9. 1:42Arber Xhekaj hit Jack Quinn
  10. 1:48Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  11. 2:32Jacob Bryson Holding against Zachary Bolduc
  12. 2:32Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  13. 3:03Lane Hutson Slap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  14. 3:05Nick Suzuki Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (39), Cole Caufield (23)
  15. 3:05Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  16. 3:24Tyson Kozak Tip-In saved by Jacob Fowler
  17. 3:29Tyson Kozak hit Noah Dobson
  18. 3:35Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  19. 3:43Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Samuel Blais
  20. 3:55Giveaway by Beck Malenstyn
  21. 4:15Samuel Blais hit Ryan McLeod
  22. 4:34Off-side
  23. 4:34Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  24. 4:42Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  25. 4:59Zachary Bolduc Tip-In Wide Left
  26. 5:06Puck in Benches
  27. 5:06Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  28. 5:10Alexandre Texier hit Rasmus Dahlin
  29. 5:12Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  30. 5:34Tage Thompson Snap Shot Wide Right
  31. 5:44Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  32. 5:49Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot Wide Right
  33. 6:20Beck Malenstyn Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  34. 6:22Goalie Stopped
  35. 6:22Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  36. 6:35Zachary Bolduc hit Bowen Byram
  37. 6:36Kaiden Guhle hit Alex Tuch
  38. 6:50Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  39. 6:53Zachary Bolduc hit Zach Benson
  40. 7:40Off-side
  41. 7:40Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  42. 7:48Takeaway by Josh Doan
  43. 8:00Icing
  44. 8:00Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  45. 8:02Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  46. 8:10Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  47. 8:29Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  48. 8:36Alex Tuch hit Alexandre Carrier
  49. 8:39Giveaway by Cole Caufield
  50. 8:55Alex Tuch Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (24), Rasmus Dahlin (27)
  51. 8:55Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  52. 9:05Zachary Bolduc hit Beck Malenstyn
  53. 9:29Jordan Greenway hit Kaiden Guhle
  54. 9:30Beck Malenstyn Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  55. 9:43Puck Frozen - Goalie
  56. 9:43Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  57. 9:54Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  58. 9:56Samuel Blais Tip-In saved by Colten Ellis
  59. 9:57Samuel Blais Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  60. 9:59Goalie Stopped
  61. 9:59Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Josh Doan
  62. 10:14Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  63. 10:20Bowen Byram Roughing against Mike Matheson
  64. 10:20Mike Matheson Roughing against Bowen Byram
  65. 10:20TV Timeout
  66. 10:20Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  67. 10:28Alex Tuch hit Cole Caufield
  68. 10:29Nick Suzuki Tip-In Wide Left
  69. 11:03Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  70. 11:27Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  71. 11:32Puck in Netting
  72. 11:32Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  73. 11:47Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  74. 11:55Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  75. 12:01Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  76. 13:01Zach Benson Backhand saved by Jacob Fowler
  77. 13:57Icing
  78. 13:57Phillip Danault faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  79. 14:09Josh Doan hit Phillip Danault
  80. 14:16Mike Matheson hit Noah Ostlund
  81. 14:53Alex Tuch shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  82. 15:12Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  83. 15:51Beck Malenstyn hit Alexandre Carrier
  84. 15:53Takeaway by Tyson Kozak
  85. 16:05Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  86. 16:25Jordan Greenway hit Ivan Demidov
  87. 16:48Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot Wide Left
  88. 16:57Ryan McLeod Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  89. 17:03Takeaway by Sammy Blais
  90. 17:14Samuel Blais hit Josh Doan
  91. 17:22Jack Quinn hit Joseph Veleno
  92. 17:39Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  93. 18:05Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  94. 18:07Puck in Netting
  95. 18:07Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  96. 18:24Giveaway by Cole Caufield
  97. 18:45Icing
  98. 18:45Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  99. 19:22Puck in Netting
  100. 19:22Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  101. 19:40Giveaway by Tyson Kozak
  102. 19:54Juraj Slafkovský hit Tyson Kozak
  103. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:15Takeaway by Cole Caufield
  4. 0:17Alexandre Texier shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  5. 0:22Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  6. 0:24Goalie Stopped
  7. 0:24Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  8. 0:37Phillip Danault Tripping against Jack Quinn
  9. 0:37Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  10. 1:04Noah Ostlund Slap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  11. 1:06Goalie Stopped
  12. 1:06Tage Thompson faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  13. 1:40Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  14. 1:42Goalie Stopped
  15. 1:42Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  16. 2:14Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  17. 2:42Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  18. 2:49Takeaway by Zach Benson
  19. 2:52Joseph Veleno hit Zach Benson
  20. 2:57Bowen Byram shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  21. 3:26Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  22. 3:29Arber Xhekaj hit Beck Malenstyn
  23. 3:35Tyson Kozak Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  24. 3:45Tyson Kozak hit Kaiden Guhle
  25. 3:48Beck Malenstyn hit Nick Suzuki
  26. 3:58Ivan Demidov Slap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  27. 4:03Arber Xhekaj hit Beck Malenstyn
  28. 5:12Tage Thompson Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Doan (19)
  29. 5:12Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  30. 5:57Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  31. 6:24Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  32. 6:36Arber Xhekaj hit Jack Quinn
  33. 6:50Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  34. 6:58Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Jordan Greenway
  35. 7:08Jordan Greenway Roughing against Brendan Gallagher
  36. 7:08Brendan Gallagher Roughing against Jordan Greenway
  37. 7:08TV Timeout
  38. 7:08Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  39. 7:18Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  40. 7:58Takeaway by Owen Power
  41. 8:30Icing
  42. 8:30Tage Thompson faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  43. 8:39Oliver Kapanen Tripping against Tage Thompson
  44. 8:39Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  45. 9:03Tage Thompson Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  46. 9:14Puck in Netting
  47. 9:14Tage Thompson faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  48. 9:47Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot Wide Right
  49. 10:01Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  50. 10:05Phillip Danault hit Noah Ostlund
  51. 10:18Tage Thompson Slap Shot Wide Left
  52. 10:37Noah Ostlund Snap Shot Short
  53. 10:43Giveaway by Colten Ellis
  54. 10:47Oliver Kapanen Backhand saved by Colten Ellis
  55. 10:56Oliver Kapanen Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  56. 11:04Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  57. 11:16Giveaway by Zach Benson
  58. 11:31Cole Caufield Snap Shot Wide Left
  59. 11:33Alexandre Texier Backhand Wide Right
  60. 11:48Icing
  61. 11:48Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  62. 11:52Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  63. 12:11Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot Wide Left
  64. 13:50Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  65. 14:53Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  66. 15:20Arber Xhekaj hit Jack Quinn
  67. 15:27Puck in Crowd
  68. 15:27Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  69. 16:30Alex Tuch hit Juraj Slafkovský
  70. 16:46Mike Matheson shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  71. 17:31Josh Anderson Tip-In Wide Right
  72. 17:52Zachary Bolduc hit Owen Power
  73. 17:53High Stick
  74. 17:53Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  75. 18:20Tage Thompson Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Benson (17)
  76. 18:20Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  77. 19:16Off-side
  78. 19:16Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  79. 19:38Tage Thompson shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  80. 19:42Alex Tuch hit Noah Dobson
  81. 19:55Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  82. 19:59Colten Ellis shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  83. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  84. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 3:11MTL 1, BUF 0Cole Caufield Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (21)
  2. 4:05MTL 1, BUF 1Tage Thompson Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (7), Jason Zucker (11)
  3. 10:30MTL 1, BUF 2Josh Doan Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (23), Noah Ostlund (8)
  4. 14:20MTL 2, BUF 2Ivan Demidov Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (38), Nick Suzuki (37)

2nd

  1. 3:05MTL 3, BUF 2Nick Suzuki Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (39), Cole Caufield (23)
  2. 8:55MTL 3, BUF 3Alex Tuch Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (24), Rasmus Dahlin (27)

3rd

  1. 5:12MTL 3, BUF 4Tage Thompson Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Doan (19)
  2. 18:20MTL 3, BUF 5Tage Thompson Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Benson (17)

Game leaders

CanadiensMontreal

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Cole Caufield RW11-1000019:17100.05012011212216:492:280:00
Ivan Demidov RW10-1000016:100.03001000191113:492:210:00
Nick Suzuki C11-1000022:1763.628141010241518:092:281:40
Alexandre Texier LW000010013:450.0300001017712:441:010:00
Brendan Gallagher RW000000210:580.030001001649:511:010:06
Joe Veleno C000031011:1280.001400001729:130:001:59
Josh Anderson RW00-1010013:270.00000010181010:330:002:54
Juraj Slafkovsky LW00-1012018:140.01101020201715:462:280:00
Oliver Kapanen C000001216:0253.33780101201613:370:491:36
Phillip Danault C00-2032214:5845.5065310020012:450:002:13
Sammy Blais LW00004107:290.020000011237:290:000:00
Zack Bolduc RW00-1050012:04100.00010020171011:031:010:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alexandre Carrier D00-1004021:0000000100.023316:560:004:04
Arber Xhekaj D000060010:2900000000.013110:290:000:00
Kaiden Guhle D000011214:5600011210.018114:160:000:40
Lane Hutson D02-1002225:5510031000.028823:242:210:10
Mike Matheson D000010222:3200011100.026516:550:195:18
Noah Dobson D01-1004021:3900000100.026919:481:080:43
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jacob Fowler G26422.84658:0800202000

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