Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Score | Status |
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 11:20 | Montreal Canadiens, power play goal by Juraj Slafkovsky (Assist: Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield) |
| 2nd Period | |
| 7:36 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Owen Power (Assist: Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin) |
| 18:56 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Noah Ostlund (Assist: Alex Tuch, Bowen Byram) |
| 3rd Period | |
| 4:14 | Montreal Canadiens, goal by Cole Caufield (Assist: Noah Dobson, Lane Hutson) |
| 10:13 | Montreal Canadiens, goal by Cole Caufield (Assist: Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach) |
| 19:12 | Montreal Canadiens, goal by Oliver Kapanen (Assist: Noah Dobson) |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 10:00 | Buffalo Sabres, Tage Thompson 2 minutes for Interference Phillip Danault |
| 19:06 | Buffalo Sabres, Bowen Byram 2 minutes for Tripping Nick Suzuki |
| 2nd Period | |
| 0:58 | Montreal Canadiens, Lane Hutson 2 minutes for Tripping Ryan McLeod |
| 2:46 | Buffalo Sabres, Ryan McLeod 2 minutes for Hooking Kaiden Guhle |
| 14:21 | Montreal Canadiens, Noah Dobson 2 minutes for High-sticking Jason Zucker |
| 16:58 | Montreal Canadiens, Lane Hutson 2 minutes for High-sticking Alex Tuch |
| 3rd Period | |
| 16:24 | Montreal Canadiens, Kirby Dach 2 minutes for Holding Bowen Byram |
| Montreal Canadiens | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| J. Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12:11 |
| Z. Bolduc | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 |
| C. Caufield | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 |
| K. Dach | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:29 |
| P. Danault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 |
| I. Demidov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| J. Evans | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 |
| B. Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 |
| O. Kapanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 |
| J. Slafkovsky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17:28 |
| N. Suzuki | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:52 |
| J. Veleno | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:33 |
| A. Carrier | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:26 |
| N. Dobson | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 |
| K. Guhle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19:29 |
| L. Hutson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:12 |
| M. Matheson | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:31 |
| A. Xhekaj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:09 |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:43 |
| J. Doan | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17:22 |
| K. Helenius | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:54 |
| T. Kozak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:51 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:40 |
| B. Malenstyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8:48 |
| R. McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:36 |
| N. Ostlund | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:16 |
| J. Quinn | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:28 |
| T. Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:21 |
| A. Tuch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22:27 |
| J. Zucker | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 |
| B. Byram | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:17 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26:03 |
| M. Kesselring | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:53 |
| Z. Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 |
| O. Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:02 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21:50 |
Last updated on Sunday, February 1, 2026 1:59 AM.