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Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens

NHLJanuary 22, 2026Bell Centre

SabresBuffaloBUFWon28-17-5

Sabres 4, Canadiens 2

Final
CanadiensMontrealMTL28-16-7
Score by period
Team123T
BUF2114
MTL0202

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:20Icing
  4. 0:20Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  5. 0:38Nick Suzuki hit Bowen Byram
  6. 0:44Jason Zucker Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (18), Ryan McLeod (21)
  7. 0:44Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  8. 1:00Ivan Demidov Deflected saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  9. 1:02Goalie Stopped
  10. 1:02Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  11. 1:03Ivan Demidov Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  12. 1:12Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  13. 1:13Puck in Netting
  14. 1:13Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  15. 1:30Owen Power hit Brendan Gallagher
  16. 1:42Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  17. 1:53Mike Matheson Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  18. 2:06Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  19. 2:10Jayden Struble hit Jack Quinn
  20. 2:20Puck in Netting
  21. 2:20Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Konsta Helenius
  22. 2:36Zachary Bolduc hit Jacob Bryson
  23. 3:03Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Konsta Helenius
  24. 3:06Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  25. 3:12Kaiden Guhle hit Zach Benson
  26. 3:17Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen
  27. 3:35Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  28. 3:42Beck Malenstyn hit Alexandre Carrier
  29. 4:06Juraj Slafkovský hit Rasmus Dahlin
  30. 4:27Puck in Crowd
  31. 4:27Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  32. 4:32Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  33. 4:55Jason Zucker hit Kaiden Guhle
  34. 4:57Kirby Dach hit Ryan McLeod
  35. 4:59Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot Short
  36. 5:25Josh Anderson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  37. 5:33Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Samuel Montembeault
  38. 5:37Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  39. 5:51Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  40. 5:52Goalie Stopped
  41. 5:52Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  42. 6:11Jacob Bryson shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  43. 6:17Peyton Krebs hit Lane Hutson
  44. 6:28Peyton Krebs hit Zachary Bolduc
  45. 7:00Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  46. 7:07Off-side
  47. 7:07Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  48. 7:18Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  49. 7:20Goalie Stopped
  50. 7:20Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  51. 7:22Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  52. 7:24Josh Doan shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  53. 7:32Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  54. 7:50Off-side
  55. 7:50Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  56. 8:34Bowen Byram Snap Shot Wide Right
  57. 9:22Icing
  58. 9:22Jake Evans faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  59. 9:44Puck in Crowd
  60. 9:44Phillip Danault faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  61. 9:47Oliver Kapanen Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  62. 9:52Goalie Stopped
  63. 9:52Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  64. 9:56Noah Dobson shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  65. 9:57Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  66. 10:10Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  67. 10:11Goalie Stopped
  68. 10:11Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  69. 10:33Giveaway by Oliver Kapanen
  70. 10:40Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  71. 10:51Puck in Penalty Benches
  72. 10:51Tage Thompson faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  73. 10:54Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Kirby Dach
  74. 11:10Mattias Samuelsson hit Kirby Dach
  75. 11:16Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  76. 11:56Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  77. 12:06Brendan Gallagher hit Beck Malenstyn
  78. 12:17Peyton Krebs hit Brendan Gallagher
  79. 12:31Takeaway by Jordan Greenway
  80. 12:33Giveaway by Jordan Greenway
  81. 13:00Joseph Veleno Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  82. 13:01Goalie Stopped
  83. 13:01Michael Kesselring High-sticking against Jake Evans
  84. 13:01Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  85. 13:29High Stick
  86. 13:29Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Beck Malenstyn
  87. 13:40Off-side
  88. 13:40Beck Malenstyn faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  89. 13:59Bowen Byram Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  90. 14:32Alex Tuch hit Kirby Dach
  91. 14:58Beck Malenstyn Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (18)
  92. 14:58Jake Evans faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  93. 15:07Joseph Veleno hit Bowen Byram
  94. 15:38Joseph Veleno hit Bowen Byram
  95. 15:42Joseph Veleno hit Owen Power
  96. 15:44Giveaway by Owen Power
  97. 16:18Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  98. 16:23Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  99. 16:30Konsta Helenius Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  100. 17:03Phillip Danault Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  101. 17:14Josh Anderson shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  102. 17:15Goalie Stopped
  103. 17:15Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  104. 17:21Oliver Kapanen Deflected Wide Left
  105. 17:25Beck Malenstyn hit Jayden Struble
  106. 17:56Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  107. 18:13Jayden Struble hit Peyton Krebs
  108. 18:47Tage Thompson Snap Shot Wide Right
  109. 18:52Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  110. 19:47Phillip Danault hit Jacob Bryson
  111. 19:56Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  112. 19:57Kaiden Guhle hit Zach Benson
  113. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:18Puck in Crowd
  4. 0:18Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  5. 0:39Nick Suzuki hit Mattias Samuelsson
  6. 1:04Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  7. 1:12Jack Quinn Snap Shot Wide Left
  8. 1:50Juraj Slafkovský Backhand High and Wide Right
  9. 2:20Zach Benson Tip-In Hit Left Post
  10. 2:21Zach Benson Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  11. 2:25Zach Benson Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Konsta Helenius (3), Noah Ostlund (9)
  12. 2:25Phillip Danault faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  13. 2:47Noah Dobson shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  14. 2:49Josh Anderson hit Jordan Greenway
  15. 3:03Josh Anderson Tip-In Wide Right
  16. 3:14Beck Malenstyn hit Kaiden Guhle
  17. 3:20Puck in Crowd
  18. 3:20Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  19. 3:32Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  20. 3:34Jake Evans Snap Shot Wide Left
  21. 3:44Icing
  22. 3:44Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  23. 3:51Kirby Dach hit Rasmus Dahlin
  24. 3:56Cole Caufield Goal (26) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (41), Mike Matheson (19)
  25. 3:56Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  26. 4:42Takeaway by Noah Ostlund
  27. 5:07Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  28. 5:08Goalie Stopped
  29. 5:08Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  30. 5:24Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  31. 5:24Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  32. 5:28Phillip Danault shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  33. 5:28Beck Malenstyn hit Lane Hutson
  34. 5:36Lane Hutson shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  35. 5:41Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  36. 5:43Goalie Stopped
  37. 5:43Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  38. 5:45Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  39. 5:47Goalie Stopped
  40. 5:47Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  41. 6:10Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  42. 6:26Noah Dobson shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  43. 6:35Noah Dobson Batted saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  44. 7:10Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  45. 7:12Goalie Stopped
  46. 7:12Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  47. 7:40Ivan Demidov Slap Shot Wide Right
  48. 7:40Peyton Krebs hit Lane Hutson
  49. 7:44Rasmus Dahlin Slashing against Juraj Slafkovský
  50. 7:44Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  51. 7:57Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  52. 8:07Mattias Samuelsson hit Ivan Demidov
  53. 8:45Oliver Kapanen shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  54. 8:48Zachary Bolduc hit Jordan Greenway
  55. 8:50Takeaway by Brendan Gallagher
  56. 8:59Zachary Bolduc Slap Shot Wide Left
  57. 9:20Mattias Samuelsson hit Kirby Dach
  58. 9:51Kirby Dach shot blocked by Owen Power
  59. 10:25Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  60. 10:29Joseph Veleno hit Konsta Helenius
  61. 10:33Nick Suzuki Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  62. 10:40Zach Benson hit Joseph Veleno
  63. 10:46Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  64. 10:58Puck Frozen - Goalie
  65. 10:58Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  66. 11:12Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  67. 11:18Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  68. 11:20Nick Suzuki Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (9)
  69. 11:20Timeout - Visitor
  70. 11:20Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  71. 12:00Josh Anderson hit Owen Power
  72. 12:02Giveaway by Owen Power
  73. 12:08Josh Anderson Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  74. 12:26Ivan Demidov hit Jacob Bryson
  75. 12:44Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  76. 12:48Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  77. 12:49Bowen Byram hit Juraj Slafkovský
  78. 13:03Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot Wide Left
  79. 13:10Mattias Samuelsson hit Juraj Slafkovský
  80. 13:39Puck in Benches
  81. 13:39Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  82. 13:51Off-side
  83. 13:51Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Evans
  84. 14:02Owen Power shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  85. 14:03Puck in Netting
  86. 14:03Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  87. 14:18Jake Evans hit Ryan McLeod
  88. 14:33Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  89. 14:45Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  90. 14:47Goalie Stopped
  91. 14:47Mattias Samuelsson Roughing against Zachary Bolduc
  92. 14:47Zachary Bolduc Roughing against Mattias Samuelsson
  93. 14:47Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  94. 15:03Alex Tuch hit Noah Dobson
  95. 15:34Icing
  96. 15:34Jake Evans faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  97. 15:38Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  98. 15:42Jake Evans Deflected saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  99. 15:43Goalie Stopped
  100. 15:43Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  101. 16:08Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  102. 16:36Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Ivan Demidov
  103. 16:53Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  104. 16:55Goalie Stopped
  105. 16:55Zachary Bolduc Slashing against Rasmus Dahlin served by Brendan Gallagher
  106. 16:55Zachary Bolduc Roughing against Rasmus Dahlin
  107. 16:55Rasmus Dahlin Roughing against Zachary Bolduc
  108. 16:55Jake Evans faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  109. 17:38Mike Matheson hit Josh Doan
  110. 18:26Jack Quinn shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  111. 18:57Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  112. 19:00Noah Dobson hit Jack Quinn
  113. 19:50Beck Malenstyn hit Cole Caufield
  114. 19:56Beck Malenstyn hit Mike Matheson
  115. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:21Takeaway by Kirby Dach
  4. 1:32Jack Quinn shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  5. 1:34Puck in Netting
  6. 1:34Phillip Danault faceoff won against Konsta Helenius
  7. 1:44Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  8. 2:08Konsta Helenius hit Phillip Danault
  9. 2:35Zachary Bolduc hit Rasmus Dahlin
  10. 2:39Joseph Veleno shot blocked by Jake Evans
  11. 2:54Off-side
  12. 2:54Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  13. 3:05Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  14. 4:00Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  15. 4:02Goalie Stopped
  16. 4:02Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  17. 4:22Rasmus Dahlin hit Phillip Danault
  18. 4:29Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  19. 4:34Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Wide Left
  20. 5:01Michael Kesselring Slap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  21. 5:03Goalie Stopped
  22. 5:03Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  23. 5:08Icing
  24. 5:08Konsta Helenius faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  25. 5:19Owen Power shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen
  26. 5:28Giveaway by Konsta Helenius
  27. 5:32Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  28. 5:36Ivan Demidov hit Bowen Byram
  29. 5:51Noah Ostlund Slashing against Kaiden Guhle
  30. 5:51Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  31. 6:19Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  32. 6:39Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Short
  33. 6:58Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  34. 7:11Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  35. 7:14Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Samuel Montembeault
  36. 7:16Lane Hutson Slashing against Alex Tuch
  37. 7:16Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  38. 9:04Bowen Byram shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen
  39. 9:29Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  40. 9:50Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  41. 9:51Ryan McLeod hit Brendan Gallagher
  42. 11:19Konsta Helenius Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  43. 11:56Josh Doan hit Alexandre Carrier
  44. 12:00Michael Kesselring Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  45. 12:22Zachary Bolduc hit Michael Kesselring
  46. 12:36Joseph Veleno shot blocked by Owen Power
  47. 12:41Zachary Bolduc shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  48. 12:47Mike Matheson shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  49. 12:53Icing
  50. 12:53Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  51. 13:17Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  52. 13:46Icing
  53. 13:46Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  54. 13:48Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  55. 13:50Goalie Stopped
  56. 13:50Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  57. 14:05Takeaway by Mike Matheson
  58. 14:15Noah Dobson Tip-In Wide Left
  59. 14:51Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  60. 14:53Goalie Stopped
  61. 14:53Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  62. 15:15Ivan Demidov hit Owen Power
  63. 15:39Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  64. 15:41Goalie Stopped
  65. 15:41Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  66. 16:02Mattias Samuelsson hit Alexandre Carrier
  67. 16:37Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  68. 16:44Alex Tuch hit Noah Dobson
  69. 17:06Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Samuel Montembeault
  70. 17:20Kirby Dach shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  71. 17:46TV Timeout
  72. 17:46On-Ice Official
  73. 17:46Video Review
  74. 17:46Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  75. 18:40Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  76. 19:11Lane Hutson Slap Shot Short
  77. 19:16Peyton Krebs Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (26)
  78. 19:16Timeout - Home
  79. 19:16Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  80. 19:25Noah Dobson hit Beck Malenstyn
  81. 19:37Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  82. 19:39Noah Dobson Slap Shot Wide Right
  83. 19:54Ryan McLeod Snap Shot Wide Left
  84. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  85. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 0:44BUF 1, MTL 0Jason Zucker Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (18), Ryan McLeod (21)
  2. 14:58BUF 2, MTL 0Beck Malenstyn Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (18)

2nd

  1. 2:25BUF 3, MTL 0Zach Benson Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Konsta Helenius (3), Noah Ostlund (9)
  2. 3:56BUF 3, MTL 1Cole Caufield Goal (26) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (41), Mike Matheson (19)
  3. 11:20BUF 3, MTL 2Nick Suzuki Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (9)

3rd

  1. 19:16BUF 4, MTL 2Peyton Krebs Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (26)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

CanadiensMontreal

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Beck Malenstyn LW101062011:4150.011100001949:300:002:11
Jason Zucker LW101011017:000.02101000201114:512:090:00
Peyton Krebs C100040010:3857.1134000016610:380:000:00
Zach Benson LW101010010:470.020000201669:580:490:00
Alex Tuch RW000033019:460.04100001261714:511:163:39
Jack Quinn RW011000016:570.01000010231115:531:040:00
Jordan Greenway LW001000010:570.000010011819:150:001:42
Josh Doan RW00-2010015:260.00000000221512:592:240:03
Konsta Helenius C01101109:3633.312110101319:360:000:00
Noah Ostlund C011000213:020.0030110118911:002:020:00
Ryan McLeod C011010020:5342.901290021281116:371:043:12
Tage Thompson C01-1002017:1427.811350010232614:442:270:03
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D003010027:2110010100.0281022:031:433:35
Jacob Bryson D00100206:1700000000.01026:170:000:00
Mattias Samuelsson D01-1052223:0300011110.031818:460:054:12
Michael Kesselring D001001212:0420001000.018011:340:000:30
Owen Power D002012026:2500020000.029323:270:582:00
Rasmus Dahlin D00-2012422:5310012100.028721:161:040:33
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G34232.94160:0000311000

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