Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Thu, Jan 15, 2026 · KeyBank Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

3 – 5

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–3 on Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at KeyBank Center. Tage Thompson scored a hat trick. Colten Ellis made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	1	0	3	23
BUF	2	1	2	5	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:11	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (22) · wrist	Noah Dobson (21)	1–0
1st	04:05	BUF	PP	Tage Thompson (23) · snap	Noah Ostlund (7), Jason Zucker (11)	1–1
1st	10:30	BUF	PP	Josh Doan (15) · wrist	Tage Thompson (23), Noah Ostlund (8)	1–2
1st	14:20	MTL	PP	Ivan Demidov (11) · slap	Lane Hutson (38), Nick Suzuki (37)	2–2
2nd	03:05	MTL	PP	Nick Suzuki (15) · snap	Lane Hutson (39), Cole Caufield (23)	3–2
2nd	08:55	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (16) · snap	Tage Thompson (24), Rasmus Dahlin (27)	3–3
3rd	05:12	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (24) · snap	Josh Doan (19)	3–4
3rd	18:20	BUF	SH EN	Tage Thompson (25) · wrist	Zach Benson (17)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:46	MTL	Lane Hutson	high sticking	2
1st	09:21	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	interference	2
1st	12:50	BUF	Zach Benson	slashing	2
1st	13:46	BUF	Bowen Byram	high sticking	2
2nd	02:32	BUF	Jacob Bryson	holding	2
2nd	10:20	BUF	Bowen Byram	roughing	2
2nd	10:20	MTL	Mike Matheson	roughing	2
3rd	00:37	MTL	Phillip Danault	tripping	2
3rd	07:08	BUF	Jordan Greenway	roughing	2
3rd	07:08	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	roughing	2
3rd	08:39	MTL	Oliver Kapanen	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 3.04 · BUF 2.99 · xG% MTL 50.4

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	2	2	-1	2	1	0	2		25:55	28
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	1	2	-1	0	2	0	0	63.6	22:17	24
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	1	2	-1	0	5	0	0	100.0	19:17	21
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	4		21:39	26
93	Ivan Demidov	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0		16:10	19
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		22:32	26
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4		21:00	23
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		18:14	20
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	53.3	16:02	20
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	3	2	45.5	14:58	20
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1		14:56	18
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		13:45	17
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		13:27	18
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0	100.0	12:04	17
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	80.0	11:12	17
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		10:58	16
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		10:29	13
27	Sammy Blais	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1		7:29	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Jacob Fowler	L	26	22	4	.846	58:08

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	3	2	5	+2	0	3	0	1	41.2	20:43	25
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	20.0	17:21	19
91	Josh Doan	R	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	0		16:55	19
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2		27:39	33
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	0		18:44	25
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0		16:06	24
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	25.0	14:27	15
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	1		25:24	32
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0		25:05	33
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		23:04	30
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	55.6	18:29	26
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		14:21	19
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1		11:10	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	33.3	10:55	15
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	42.9	9:22	16
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0		8:45	15
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		7:38	8
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		6:02	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
92	Colten Ellis	W	23	20	3	.870	59:47