Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Sabres

28-17-5, 61 PTS

4-2

Final

Canadiens

28-16-7, 63 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

BUF shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	8	3	6	17
MTL	10	15	9	34

In net

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen32/34 SV, .941

Sam Montembeault13/16 SV, .813

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	1	4
MTL	0	2	0	2

Who won: Sabres 4-2

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at Bell Centre. The Sabres lead the series 2-1. The Sabres outscored the Canadiens 2-0 in the 1st period. Jason Zucker led the Sabres in goals (1). Nick Suzuki led the Canadiens in goals (1).

BUF

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	0	2	0	-1	13:21	0:03	1:00	12:18	17	0	11	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Zack BolducRW	2	4	0	-1	14:18	2:09	0:03	12:06	19	0	10	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	2	3	6
Cole CaufieldRW	0	0	0	0	17:56	3:10	0:00	14:46	20	1	26	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Kirby DachC	1	2	1	-1	15:25	2:06	0:09	13:10	17	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	1	1	0	-1	13:20	0:00	2:12	11:08	20	0	1	0	1	0	10	4	71.4	4	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	1	3	0	-1	17:44	3:14	0:00	14:30	19	0	11	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jake EvansC	0	1	0	0	11:25	0:03	2:12	9:10	17	0	5	0	2	1	5	1	83.3	0	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	0	1	1	-1	13:09	1:56	0:00	11:13	17	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	3	0	0	-1	15:54	2:06	1:09	12:39	21	0	16	0	2	1	7	4	63.6	1	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	0	1	0	-1	18:50	3:14	0:00	15:36	18	0	19	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	1	2	0	0	20:14	3:16	0:00	16:58	21	1	16	1	3	1	11	10	52.4	1	0	0
Joe VelenoC	0	4	0	0	10:02	0:03	0:05	9:54	14	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	75.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	1	0	0	0	18:53	0:00	1:53	17:00	25	5	0	3	1	0	0	0
Noah DobsonD	3	2	0	1	23:26	1:58	1:25	20:03	31	9	0	1	2	0	0	0
Kaiden GuhleD	2	2	0	0	14:17	0:03	1:28	12:46	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	-3	24:14	3:24	0:00	20:50	25	9	0	4	1	0	1	2
Mike MathesonD	1	1	1	1	23:53	0:20	2:04	21:29	30	5	1	5	0	1	0	0
Jayden StrubleD	0	2	0	-2	9:06	0:00	0:00	9:06	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0