Buffalo Sabres 4 — 2 Montréal Canadiens
2026-01-22 · Centre Bell
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | MTL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | 6 | 9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Montembeault start | MTL | L | 13 | 16 | 3 | 11/13 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 58:33 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 32 | 34 | 2 | 31/33 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:47 |
| Konsta Helenius | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 09:36 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:38 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11:41 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:14 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 23:03 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19:46 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:04 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:53 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:21 |
| Josh Doan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26:25 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 06:17 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Suzuki | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:14 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23:53 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14:18 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:14 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:53 |
| Jake Evans | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:25 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:21 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:54 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:44 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:02 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23:26 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:06 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14:17 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:25 |
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 |