Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres

26-15-7, 13-5-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Canadiens MTL	2	1	0	3
Sabres BUF	2	1	2	5

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

26-16-4, 16-6-2 Home

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Sammy BlaisS. Blais#27
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	13:27	0:00	2:54	10:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	12	7:29	0:00	0:00	7:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	17	12:04	1:01	0:00	11:03	1	0	100.0
1	1	-1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	21	19:17	2:28	0:00	16:49	1	0	100.0
0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	3	20	14:58	0:00	2:13	12:45	5	6	45.5
1	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	16:10	2:21	0:00	13:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	16	10:58	1:01	0:06	9:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	20	16:02	0:49	1:36	13:37	8	7	53.3
0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	20	18:14	2:28	0:00	15:46	0	1	0.0
1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	22:17	2:28	1:40	18:09	14	8	63.6
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:45	1:01	0:00	12:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	17	11:12	0:00	1:59	9:13	4	1	80.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	23	21:00	0:00	4:04	16:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	26	21:39	1:08	0:43	19:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	18	14:56	0:00	0:40	14:16	0	0	0.0
0	2	-1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	28	25:55	2:21	0:10	23:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	26	22:32	0:19	5:18	16:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	13	10:29	0:00	0:00	10:29	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jacob FowlerJ. Fowler#32

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	4	22	.846	20	2	0	0	0	58:08	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#12
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#86
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Jacob BrysonJ. Bryson#78
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Zach MetsaZ. Metsa#73
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	24	16:06	0:13	0:00	15:53	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	16:55	4:39	0:00	12:16	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	19	11:10	0:04	1:18	9:48	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	16	9:22	0:00	0:04	9:18	3	4	42.9
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	10:55	0:00	0:00	10:55	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	15	8:45	0:00	1:01	7:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	18:29	0:16	1:52	16:21	10	8	55.6
0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	17:21	5:13	0:00	12:08	1	4	20.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	19	14:21	0:16	0:00	14:05	0	0	0.0
3	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	25	20:43	5:13	0:00	15:30	7	10	41.2
1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	25	18:44	0:15	2:09	16:20	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	15	14:27	5:15	0:00	9:12	1	3	25.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	6:02	0:00	0:00	6:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	33	25:05	0:15	1:29	23:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	33	27:39	5:12	0:53	21:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7:38	0:00	0:00	7:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	30	23:04	0:00	1:25	21:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	32	25:24	0:00	3:11	22:13	0	0	0.0

goalies
Colten EllisC. Ellis#92

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
23	3	20	.870	19	1	0	0	0	59:47	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	2	1	0	3
	Sabres	2	1	2	5

1st Period		MTL	BUF
3:11	Cole Caufield (22) Assists: Noah Dobson (21)	1	0
4:05	Tage Thompson (23) (Power Play) Assists: Noah Ostlund (7), Jason Zucker (11)	1	1
10:30	Josh Doan (15) (Power Play) Assists: Tage Thompson (23), Noah Ostlund (8)	1	2
14:20	Ivan Demidov (11) (Power Play) Assists: Lane Hutson (38), Nick Suzuki (37)	2	2

2nd Period			MTL	BUF
3:05		Nick Suzuki (15) (Power Play) Assists: Lane Hutson (39), Cole Caufield (23)	3	2
8:55		Alex Tuch (16) Assists: Tage Thompson (24), Rasmus Dahlin (27)	3	3

3rd Period			MTL	BUF
5:12		Tage Thompson (24) Assists: Josh Doan (19)	3	4
18:20		Tage Thompson (25) (Empty Net) Assists: Zach Benson (17)	3	5

Tage Thompson nets goal for Sabres

0:51

Tage Thompson lights the lamp

0:58

Alex Tuch scores goal vs. Canadiens

0:50

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sabres
2
Canadiens
4

Game 1

21/10

Canadiens
3
Sabres
5

Game 2

16/1

Sabres
Canadiens

Game 3

23/1

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 4

1/2

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 16 January 2026

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Alex Lepkowski
Jon McIsaac

Linesmen:
Matt MacPherson
Jesse Marquis

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	29	13	3	61
Detroit	28	16	4	60
Montreal	26	15	7	59
Buffalo	26	16	4	56
Boston	27	19	2	56
Toronto	23	16	7	53
Florida	24	18	3	51
Ottawa	22	19	5	49

Sorokin's NHL-leading fifth shutout and Duclair's late goal lift Islanders over Oilers 1-0

— Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves for his NHL-leading fifth shutout of the season, Anthony Duclair scored the game's only goal in the third period on the power play and the New York Islanders edged the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 on Thursday night.

Marino scores in third period to give Utah Mammoth 2-1 win over Dallas Stars

— John Marino scored at 4:03 of the third period to break a tie and give the Utah Mammoth a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

Backlund and Sharangovich lead Flames to 3-1 road win over Blackhawks

— Mikael Backlund and Yegor Sharangovich each had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Thursday night.

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

Sorokin's NHL-leading fifth shutout and Duclair's late goal lift Islanders over Oilers 1-0

Marino scores in third period to give Utah Mammoth 2-1 win over Dallas Stars

Backlund and Sharangovich lead Flames to 3-1 road win over Blackhawks