Montréal Canadiens 4 — 2 Buffalo Sabres
2026-01-31 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 14 | 15 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | L | 27 | 30 | 3 | 23/25 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 57:43 |
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | W | 36 | 38 | 2 | 32/33 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 59:58 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield | R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15:39 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20:32 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:52 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:26 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17:28 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:10 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12:29 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27:33 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:13 |
| Jake Evans | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:33 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:28 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:11 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10:18 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:33 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19:29 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:09 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Power | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24:00 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:21 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26:03 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:29 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:19 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:40 |
| Konsta Helenius | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:54 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:28 |
| Josh Doan | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:22 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:45 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:48 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 08:46 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 08:53 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:49 |
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 |