Canadiens vs. Sabres | January 15, 2026

Montreal Canadiens26-15-7

Final3 - 5

Buffalo Sabres26-16-4

Goals & Penalties Box Score

1 2 3 T ------------------ MTL 2 1 0 3 BUF 2 1 2 5

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1st Period: ShowHide

P1 16:49
Cole Caufield (MTL) scores on wrist shot past Colten Ellis, assisted by Noah Dobson
1-0

P1 16:14

Lane Hutson (MTL) high-sticking against Beck Malenstyn (2 minutes)

1-0

P1 15:55
Tage Thompson (BUF) scores power-play goal on snap shot past Jacob Fowler, assisted by Noah Ostlund and Jason Zucker
1-1

P1 10:39

Kaiden Guhle (MTL) interference against Josh Doan (2 minutes)

1-1

P1 09:30
Josh Doan (BUF) scores power-play goal on wrist shot past Jacob Fowler, assisted by Tage Thompson and Noah Ostlund
1-2

P1 07:10

Zach Benson (BUF) slashing against Brendan Gallagher (2 minutes)

1-2

P1 06:14

Bowen Byram (BUF) high-sticking against Lane Hutson (2 minutes)

1-2

P1 05:40
Ivan Demidov (MTL) scores power-play goal on slap shot past Colten Ellis, assisted by Lane Hutson and Nick Suzuki
2-2

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P2 17:28

Jacob Bryson (BUF) holding against Zachary Bolduc (2 minutes)

2-2

P2 16:55
Nick Suzuki (MTL) scores power-play goal on snap shot past Colten Ellis, assisted by Lane Hutson and Cole Caufield
3-2
P2 11:05
Alex Tuch (BUF) scores on snap shot past Jacob Fowler, assisted by Tage Thompson and Rasmus Dahlin
3-3

P2 09:40

Bowen Byram (BUF) roughing against Mike Matheson (2 minutes)

3-3

P2 09:40

Mike Matheson (MTL) roughing against Bowen Byram (2 minutes)

3-3

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P3 19:23

Phillip Danault (MTL) tripping against Jack Quinn (2 minutes)

3-3

P3 14:48
Tage Thompson (BUF) scores on snap shot past Jacob Fowler, assisted by Josh Doan
3-4

P3 12:52

Jordan Greenway (BUF) roughing against Brendan Gallagher (2 minutes)

3-4

P3 12:52

Brendan Gallagher (MTL) roughing against Jordan Greenway (2 minutes)

3-4

P3 11:21

Oliver Kapanen (MTL) tripping against Tage Thompson (2 minutes)

3-4

P3 01:40
Tage Thompson (BUF) scores on empty net, assisted by Zach Benson
3-5

Box Score: Back to Top

Canadiens Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Josh Anderson R

13:27 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0

Sammy Blais L

07:29 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0/0

Zachary Bolduc R

12:04 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1/1

Cole Caufield R

19:17 1 1 -1 5 0 0 1 2 1/1

Phillip Danault C

14:58 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 3 5/11

Ivan Demidov R

16:10 1 0 -1 3 0 0 0 1 0/0

Brendan Gallagher R

10:58 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0/0

Oliver Kapanen C

16:02 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 8/15

Juraj Slafkovský L

18:14 0 0 -1 1 2 0 0 1 0/1

Nick Suzuki C

22:17 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 1 14/22

Alexandre Texier L

13:45 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0/0

Joe Veleno C

11:12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4/5

Canadiens Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Alexandre Carrier D

21:00 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 0 0/0

Noah Dobson D

21:39 0 1 -1 0 4 0 0 0 0/0

Kaiden Guhle D

14:56 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0/0

Lane Hutson D

25:55 0 2 -1 1 2 2 0 3 0/0

Mike Matheson D

22:32 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0/0

Arber Xhekaj D

10:29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0

Canadiens Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

3 5 23 19 12 4 13 33/56 58.9%

Canadiens Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Jacob Fowler G

58:08 4 22/26 20/22 2/4 0/0 0 .846 .909 .500

Sabres Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Zach Benson L

16:06 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0/0

Josh Doan R

16:55 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0/1

Jordan Greenway L

11:10 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0/1

Tyson Kozak C

09:22 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 3/7

Peyton Krebs C

10:55 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/3

Beck Malenstyn L

08:45 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0/0

Ryan McLeod C

18:29 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10/18

Noah Ostlund C

17:21 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1/5

Jack Quinn R

14:21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0/0

Tage Thompson C

20:43 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 2 7/17

Alex Tuch R

18:44 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0/0

Jason Zucker L

14:27 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1/4

Sabres Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Jacob Bryson D

06:02 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0/0

Bowen Byram D

25:05 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0/0

Rasmus Dahlin D

27:39 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0/0

Zach Metsa D

07:38 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0

Owen Power D

23:04 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0/0

Mattias Samuelsson D

25:24 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 0/0

Sabres Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

5 8 27 6 10 6 14 23/56 41.1%

Sabres Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Colten Ellis G

59:47 3 20/23 19/20 1/3 0/0 0 .870 .950 .333