Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Score | Status |
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 0:44 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Jason Zucker (Assist: Jack Quinn, Ryan McLeod) |
| 14:58 | Buffalo Sabres, shd by Beck Malenstyn (Assist: Mattias Samuelsson) |
| 2nd Period | |
| 2:25 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Zach Benson (Assist: Konsta Helenius, Noah Ostlund) |
| 3:56 | Montreal Canadiens, goal by Cole Caufield (Assist: Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson) |
| 11:20 | Montreal Canadiens, goal by Nick Suzuki (Assist: Zack Bolduc) |
| 3rd Period | |
| 19:16 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Peyton Krebs (Assist: Tage Thompson) |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 13:01 | Buffalo Sabres, Michael Kesselring 2 minutes for High-sticking Jake Evans |
| 2nd Period | |
| 7:44 | Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin 2 minutes for Slashing Juraj Slafkovský |
| 14:47 | Buffalo Sabres, Mattias Samuelsson 2 minutes for Roughing Zachary Bolduc |
| 14:47 | Montreal Canadiens, Zachary Bolduc 2 minutes for Roughing Mattias Samuelsson |
| 16:55 | Montreal Canadiens, Zachary Bolduc 2 minutes for Slashing Rasmus Dahlin served by Brendan Gallagher |
| 16:55 | Montreal Canadiens, Zachary Bolduc 2 minutes for Roughing Rasmus Dahlin |
| 16:55 | Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin 2 minutes for Roughing Zachary Bolduc |
| 3rd Period | |
| 5:51 | Buffalo Sabres, Noah Ostlund 2 minutes for Slashing Kaiden Guhle |
| 7:16 | Montreal Canadiens, Lane Hutson 2 minutes for Slashing Alex Tuch |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| Z. Benson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 |
| J. Doan | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 |
| J. Greenway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:57 |
| K. Helenius | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:36 |
| P. Krebs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 |
| B. Malenstyn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11:41 |
| R. McLeod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:53 |
| N. Ostlund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| J. Quinn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 |
| T. Thompson | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 |
| A. Tuch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19:46 |
| J. Zucker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 |
| J. Bryson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:17 |
| B. Byram | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:21 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:53 |
| M. Kesselring | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:04 |
| O. Power | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:25 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23:03 |
| Montreal Canadiens | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| J. Anderson | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| Z. Bolduc | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 |
| C. Caufield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 |
| K. Dach | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:25 |
| P. Danault | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:20 |
| I. Demidov | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| J. Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:25 |
| B. Gallagher | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:09 |
| O. Kapanen | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 |
| J. Slafkovsky | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:50 |
| N. Suzuki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:14 |
| J. Veleno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| A. Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:53 |
| N. Dobson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23:26 |
| K. Guhle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 |
| L. Hutson | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:14 |
| M. Matheson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23:53 |
| J. Struble | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:06 |
Last updated on Friday, January 23, 2026 3:35 AM.