Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Canadiens

26-15-7, 59 PTS

3-5

Final

Sabres

26-16-4, 56 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	7	8	8	23
BUF	12	10	5	27

In net

Jacob Fowler22/26 SV, .846

Colten Ellis20/23 SV, .870

Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	1	0	3
BUF	2	1	2	5

Who won: Sabres 5-3

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The series is tied 1-1. The Sabres outscored the Canadiens 2-0 in the 3rd period. Tage Thompson led the Sabres in goals (3). Nick Suzuki led the Canadiens in goals (1).

MTL

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	0	1	1	1	16:06	0:13	0:00	15:53	24	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Josh DoanRW	0	1	1	1	16:55	4:39	0:00	12:16	19	1	15	1	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Jordan GreenwayLW	1	3	0	0	11:10	0:04	1:18	9:48	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	2
Tyson KozakC	0	3	2	0	9:22	0:00	0:04	9:18	16	0	2	0	2	0	3	4	42.9	2	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	1	10:55	0:00	0:00	10:55	15	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	33.3	0	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	0	5	0	0	8:45	0:00	1:01	7:44	15	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	0	0	18:29	0:16	1:52	16:21	26	0	10	0	1	0	10	8	55.6	0	0	0
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	0	17:21	5:13	0:00	12:08	19	0	7	2	3	1	1	4	20.0	0	0	0
Jack QuinnRW	0	1	0	0	14:21	0:16	0:00	14:05	19	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	1	0	0	2	20:43	5:13	0:00	15:30	25	3	25	2	3	3	7	10	41.2	2	0	0
Alex TuchRW	0	4	0	1	18:44	0:15	2:09	16:20	25	1	16	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jason ZuckerLW	1	1	0	0	14:27	5:15	0:00	9:12	15	0	10	1	0	0	1	3	25.0	3	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	6:02	0:00	0:00	6:02	8	2	0	0	1	0	1	2
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	1	25:05	0:15	1:29	23:21	33	10	0	1	0	0	2	4
Rasmus DahlinD	2	0	0	0	27:39	5:12	0:53	21:34	33	6	1	2	2	1	0	0
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	1	7:38	0:00	0:00	7:38	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Owen PowerD	0	1	2	0	23:04	0:00	1:25	21:39	30	3	0	3	1	0	0	0
Mattias SamuelssonD	1	0	0	2	25:24	0:00	3:11	22:13	32	8	0	4	1	2	0	0