Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Thu, Jan 22, 2026 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 2

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at Centre Bell. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 17–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	1	4	17
MTL	0	2	0	2	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:44	BUF	EV	Jason Zucker (11) · snap	Jack Quinn (18), Ryan McLeod (21)	1–0
1st	14:58	BUF	SH	Beck Malenstyn (4) · backhand	Mattias Samuelsson (18)	2–0
2nd	02:25	BUF	EV	Zach Benson (6) · snap	Konsta Helenius (3), Noah Ostlund (9)	3–0
2nd	03:56	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (26) · snap	Nick Suzuki (41), Mike Matheson (19)	3–1
2nd	11:20	MTL	EV	Nick Suzuki (16) · snap	Zachary Bolduc (9)	3–2
3rd	19:16	BUF	SH EN	Peyton Krebs (6) · snap	Tage Thompson (26)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	13:01	BUF	Michael Kesselring	high sticking	2
2nd	07:44	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	slashing	2
2nd	14:47	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	roughing	2
2nd	14:47	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	roughing	2
2nd	16:55	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	slashing	2
2nd	16:55	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	roughing	2
2nd	16:55	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	roughing	2
3rd	05:51	BUF	Noah Ostlund	slashing	2
3rd	07:16	MTL	Lane Hutson	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.97 · MTL 3.00 · xG% BUF 49.7

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	5	2		23:03	31
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	42.9	20:53	28
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	2	27.8	17:14	23
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1		17:00	20
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		16:57	23
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0		13:02	18
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	6	2	50.0	11:41	19
6	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		10:47	16
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	57.1	10:38	16
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	33.3	9:36	13
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1	1	0		27:21	28
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2		26:25	29
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	2		22:53	28
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3		19:46	26
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		15:26	22
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	1		12:04	18
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		10:57	18
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		6:17	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	52.4	20:14	21
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	1		23:53	30
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		17:56	20
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	1	1	-1	6	2	4	2		14:18	19
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	-3	2	4	0	0		24:14	25
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3		23:26	31
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		18:53	25
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		18:50	18
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1		17:44	19
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	3	63.6	15:54	21
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		15:25	17
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		14:17	23
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		13:21	17
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	71.4	13:20	20
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		13:09	17
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	83.3	11:25	17
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	75.0	10:02	14
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0		9:06	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	L	16	13	3	.813	58:33