Montréal Canadiens 3 — 5 Buffalo Sabres
2026-01-15 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | 5 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis start | BUF | W | 20 | 23 | 3 | 19/20 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 59:47 |
| Jacob Fowler start | MTL | L | 22 | 26 | 4 | 20/22 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 58:08 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:17 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:17 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25:55 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21:39 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:02 |
| Sammy Blais | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 07:29 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:14 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10:29 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:04 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:56 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21:00 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14:58 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:32 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11:12 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson | C | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20:43 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27:39 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:44 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:27 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25:24 |
| Owen Power | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:04 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:22 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 08:45 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:38 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:05 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:55 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:02 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11:10 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | BUF | 2 | OT |
| 2026-05-16 | 2025-26 | BUF | 8 | MTL | 3 | |
| 2026-05-14 | 2025-26 | MTL | 6 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2026-05-12 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-05-10 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | MTL | 6 | |
| 2026-05-08 | 2025-26 | MTL | 5 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2026-05-06 | 2025-26 | MTL | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2026-01-31 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2026-01-22 | 2025-26 | BUF | 4 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-01-15 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | BUF | 5 |