Sabres vs. Canadiens | January 22, 2026

Buffalo Sabres28-17-5

Final4 - 2

Montreal Canadiens28-16-7

1 2 3 T ------------------ BUF 2 1 1 4 MTL 0 2 0 2

Goals and Penalties: ShowHide

1st Period: ShowHide

P1 19:16
Jason Zucker (BUF) scores on snap shot past Samuel Montembeault, assisted by Jack Quinn and Ryan McLeod
1-0

P1 06:59

Michael Kesselring (BUF) high-sticking against Jake Evans (2 minutes)

1-0

P1 05:02
Beck Malenstyn (BUF) scores short-handed goal on backhand shot past Samuel Montembeault, assisted by Mattias Samuelsson
2-0

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P2 17:35
Zach Benson (BUF) scores on snap shot past Samuel Montembeault, assisted by Konsta Helenius and Noah Ostlund
3-0
P2 16:04
Cole Caufield (MTL) scores on snap shot past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, assisted by Nick Suzuki and Mike Matheson
3-1

P2 12:16

Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) slashing against Juraj Slafkovský (2 minutes)

3-1

P2 08:40
Nick Suzuki (MTL) scores on snap shot past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, assisted by Zachary Bolduc
3-2

P2 05:13

Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) roughing against Zachary Bolduc (2 minutes)

3-2

P2 05:13

Zachary Bolduc (MTL) roughing against Mattias Samuelsson (2 minutes)

3-2

P2 03:05

Zachary Bolduc (MTL) slashing against Rasmus Dahlin (2 minutes), served by Brendan Gallagher

3-2

P2 03:05

Zachary Bolduc (MTL) roughing against Rasmus Dahlin (2 minutes)

3-2

P2 03:05

Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) roughing against Zachary Bolduc (2 minutes)

3-2

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P3 14:09

Noah Ostlund (BUF) slashing against Kaiden Guhle (2 minutes)

3-2

P3 12:44

Lane Hutson (MTL) slashing against Alex Tuch (2 minutes)

3-2

P3 00:44
Peyton Krebs (BUF) scores on empty net, assisted by Tage Thompson
4-2

Box Score: Back to Top

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

Zach Benson L

10:47 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0

Josh Doan R

15:26 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0

Jordan Greenway L

10:57 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0/0

Konsta Helenius C

09:36 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1/3

Peyton Krebs C

10:38 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4/7

Beck Malenstyn L

11:41 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1/2

Ryan McLeod C

20:53 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9/21

Noah Ostlund C

13:02 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0/3

Jack Quinn R

16:57 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0

Tage Thompson C

17:14 0 1 -1 1 2 0 0 0 5/18

Alex Tuch R

19:46 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0/1

Jason Zucker L

17:00 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0/1

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

Jacob Bryson D

06:17 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0/0

Bowen Byram D

27:21 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0/0

Rasmus Dahlin D

22:53 0 0 -2 1 2 4 0 1 0/0

Michael Kesselring D

12:04 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0/0

Owen Power D

26:25 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0/0

Mattias Samuelsson D

23:03 0 1 -1 0 2 2 1 1 0/0

Sabres Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

4 6 17 19 10 5 9 20/56 35.7%

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

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G

60:00 2 32/34 31/33 1/1 0/0 0 .941 .939 1.000

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

Josh Anderson R

13:21 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0

Zachary Bolduc R

14:18 0 1 -1 2 2 6 0 2 0/0

Cole Caufield R

17:56 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0/0

Kirby Dach C

15:25 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0/0

Phillip Danault C

13:20 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 4 10/14

Ivan Demidov R

17:44 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 1 0/0

Jake Evans C

11:25 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5/6

Brendan Gallagher R

13:09 0 0 -1 3 0 0 1 0 0/0

Oliver Kapanen C

15:54 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 1 7/11

Juraj Slafkovský L

18:50 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 2 0/0

Nick Suzuki C

20:14 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 11/21

Joe Veleno C

10:02 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3/4

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

Alexandre Carrier D

18:53 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0/0

Noah Dobson D

23:26 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0/0

Kaiden Guhle D

14:17 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0/0

Lane Hutson D

24:14 0 0 -3 4 1 2 0 0 0/0

Mike Matheson D

23:53 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 1 0/0

Jayden Struble D

09:06 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0

Canadiens Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

2 3 34 18 8 3 12 36/56 64.3%

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

Samuel Montembeault G

58:33 3 13/16 11/13 0/0 2/3 0 .812 .846 .667