Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Team	1	2	3	Score	Status
Montreal Canadiens	2	1	0	3
Buffalo Sabres	2	1	2	5	Final

Scoring Summary
1st Period
3:11	Montreal Canadiens, goal by Cole Caufield (Assist: Noah Dobson)
4:05	Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Tage Thompson (Assist: Noah Ostlund, Jason Zucker)
10:30	Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Josh Doan (Assist: Tage Thompson, Noah Ostlund)
14:20	Montreal Canadiens, power play goal by Ivan Demidov (Assist: Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki)
2nd Period
3:05	Montreal Canadiens, power play goal by Nick Suzuki (Assist: Lane Hutson, Cole Caufield)
8:55	Buffalo Sabres, goal by Alex Tuch (Assist: Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin)
3rd Period
5:12	Buffalo Sabres, goal by Tage Thompson (Assist: Josh Doan)
18:20	Buffalo Sabres, goal by Tage Thompson (Assist: Zach Benson)

Penalty Summary
1st Period
3:46	Montreal Canadiens, Lane Hutson 2 minutes for High-sticking Beck Malenstyn
9:21	Montreal Canadiens, Kaiden Guhle 2 minutes for Interference Josh Doan
12:50	Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson 2 minutes for Slashing Brendan Gallagher
13:46	Buffalo Sabres, Bowen Byram 2 minutes for High-sticking Lane Hutson
2nd Period
2:32	Buffalo Sabres, Jacob Bryson 2 minutes for Holding Zachary Bolduc
10:20	Buffalo Sabres, Bowen Byram 2 minutes for Roughing Mike Matheson
10:20	Montreal Canadiens, Mike Matheson 2 minutes for Roughing Bowen Byram
3rd Period
0:37	Montreal Canadiens, Phillip Danault 2 minutes for Tripping Jack Quinn
7:08	Buffalo Sabres, Jordan Greenway 2 minutes for Roughing Brendan Gallagher
7:08	Montreal Canadiens, Brendan Gallagher 2 minutes for Roughing Jordan Greenway
8:39	Montreal Canadiens, Oliver Kapanen 2 minutes for Tripping Tage Thompson

Montreal Canadiens
Player	G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	TOI
J. Anderson	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13:27
S. Blais	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	7:29
Z. Bolduc	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	12:04
C. Caufield	1	1	-1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	19:17
P. Danault	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	3	14:58
I. Demidov	1	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:10
B. Gallagher	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	10:58
O. Kapanen	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	16:02
J. Slafkovsky	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	18:14
N. Suzuki	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	22:17
A. Texier	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13:45
J. Veleno	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	11:12
A. Carrier	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	21:00
N. Dobson	0	1	-1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	21:39
K. Guhle	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	14:56
L. Hutson	0	2	-1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	25:55
M. Matheson	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	22:32
A. Xhekaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	10:29
Buffalo Sabres
Player	G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	TOI
Z. Benson	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	16:06
J. Doan	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	16:55
J. Greenway	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	11:10
T. Kozak	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	9:22
P. Krebs	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:55
B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	8:45
R. McLeod	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18:29
N. Ostlund	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:21
J. Quinn	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	14:21
T. Thompson	3	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	20:43
A. Tuch	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	18:44
J. Zucker	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	14:27
J. Bryson	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	6:02
B. Byram	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	25:05
R. Dahlin	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	27:39
Z. Metsa	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:38
O. Power	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	23:04
M. Samuelsson	0	0	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	25:24

Last updated on Friday, January 16, 2026 1:59 AM.