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
Zach BensonLW	0	1	0	1	10:47	0:49	0:00	9:58	16	1	6	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh DoanRW	0	1	0	-2	15:26	2:24	0:03	12:59	22	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jordan GreenwayLW	0	0	1	1	10:57	0:00	1:42	9:15	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Konsta HeleniusC	1	1	0	1	9:36	0:00	0:00	9:36	13	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	33.3	1	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	4	0	0	10:38	0:00	0:00	10:38	16	1	6	0	1	0	4	3	57.1	0	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	2	6	0	1	11:41	0:00	2:11	9:30	19	1	4	0	1	0	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	1	20:53	1:04	3:12	16:37	28	0	11	1	0	2	9	12	42.9	0	0	0
Noah OstlundC	0	0	1	1	13:02	2:02	0:00	11:00	18	0	9	1	0	0	0	3	0.0	1	1	2
Jack QuinnRW	0	0	0	1	16:57	1:04	0:00	15:53	23	0	11	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	2	0	0	-1	17:14	2:27	0:03	14:44	23	0	26	1	1	1	5	13	27.8	0	0	0
Alex TuchRW	3	3	1	0	19:46	1:16	3:39	14:51	26	0	17	0	4	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Jason ZuckerLW	1	1	0	1	17:00	2:09	0:00	14:51	20	1	11	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jacob BrysonD	2	0	0	1	6:17	0:00	0:00	6:17	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bowen ByramD	0	1	0	3	27:21	1:43	3:35	22:03	28	10	0	1	1	1	0	0
Rasmus DahlinD	2	1	0	-2	22:53	1:04	0:33	21:16	28	7	0	1	1	1	2	4
Michael KesselringD	1	0	0	1	12:04	0:00	0:30	11:34	18	0	0	2	0	0	1	2
Owen PowerD	2	1	0	2	26:25	0:58	2:00	23:27	29	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mattias SamuelssonD	2	5	1	-1	23:03	0:05	4:12	18:46	31	8	1	0	1	1	1	2