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Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres on January 15th 2026

Montreal Canadiens (3)

at

Buffalo Sabres (5)

Game No: 740

Started: 2026-01-15 19:25:00

Ended: 2026-01-15 21:57:00

Attendance: 0

Three Stars by: STARS

Full Recap

Period Time Team Scorer Shot Type Distance (ft) Assist Assist Highlight
1 3:11 MTL Cole Caufield Noah Dobson
1 4:05 BUF Tage Thompson Noah Ostlund Jason Zucker
1 10:30 BUF Josh Doan Tage Thompson Noah Ostlund
1 14:20 MTL Ivan Demidov Lane Hutson Nick Suzuki
2 3:05 MTL Nick Suzuki Lane Hutson Cole Caufield
2 8:55 BUF Alex Tuch Tage Thompson Rasmus Dahlin
3 5:12 BUF Tage Thompson Josh Doan
3 18:20 BUF Tage Thompson Zach Benson

Referees

#2 Jon McIsaac

#44 Alex Lepkowski

Officials

#83 Matt MacPherson

#86 Jesse Marquis

Period Time Team Player Penalty PIM Drawn By
1 3:46 MTL Lane Hutson High-sticking 2 Beck Malenstyn
1 9:21 MTL Kaiden Guhle Interference 2 Josh Doan
1 12:50 BUF Zach Benson Slashing 2 Brendan Gallagher
1 13:46 BUF Bowen Byram High-sticking 2
2 2:32 BUF Jacob Bryson Holding 2 Lane Hutson
2 10:20 MTL Mike Matheson Roughing 2
2 10:20 BUF Bowen Byram Roughing 2 Mike Matheson
3 0:37 MTL Phillip Danault Tripping 2 Jack Quinn
3 7:08 MTL Brendan Gallagher Roughing 2
3 8:39 MTL Oliver Kapanen Tripping 2 Tage Thompson
3 7:08 BUF Jordan Greenway Roughing 2 Brendan Gallagher

Buffalo Sabres Roster

Coach: Lindy Ruff

# Player Position
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G
4 Bowen Byram D
6 Zach Benson L
12 Jordan Greenway L
17 Jason Zucker L
19 Peyton Krebs C
22 Jack Quinn R
23 Mattias Samuelsson D
25 Owen Power D
26 Rasmus Dahlin D
29 Beck Malenstyn L
48 Tyson Kozak C
71 Ryan McLeod C
72 Tage Thompson C
73 Zach Metsa D
78 Jacob Bryson D
86 Noah Ostlund C
89 Alex Tuch R
91 Josh Doan R
92 Colten Ellis G

Montreal Canadiens Scratches

# Player Position
47 Jayden Struble D
62 Owen Beck C
75 Jakub Dobes G

Buffalo Sabres Scratches

# Player Position
8 Michael Kesselring D
9 Josh Norris C
94 Konsta Helenius C

3 Goals 5
5 Assists 8
-11 Plus / Minus 10
6 Penalties 5
12 PIM 10
36 Corsi For 39
48 Corsi % 52
23 Fenwick For 39
37.1 Fenwick % 62.9
23 Shots 27
7 Shots Blocked 17
13 Missed Shots 12
26 Hits 20
14 Giveaways 15
4 Takeaways 6
17 Blocked Shots 6
33 Faceoffs Won 23
23 Faceoffs Lost 33
59% Faceoff Percentage 41%

Time Spent With Lead

Montreal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres
Lead Time With Lead Lead Time With Lead
1 6:44 1 16:58
2 2 1:40

Time Each Lead Lasted

Montreal Canadiens - Buffalo Sabres Time With Lead
1 - 0 0:54
1 - 2 3:50
3 - 2 5:50
3 - 4 13:08
3 - 5 1:40

Montreal Canadiens

# Player G A Pts +/- P PIM S SB MS H GV TK B Shots FW FL F%
8 Mike Matheson 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Brendan Gallagher 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cole Caufield 1 1 2 -1 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 100
14 Nick Suzuki 1 1 2 -1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 14 8 64
17 Josh Anderson 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
21 Kaiden Guhle 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
24 Phillip Danault 0 0 0 -2 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 5 6 45
27 Samuel Blais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Sammy Blais 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
32 Jacob Fowler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Samuel Montembeault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Alexandre Carrier 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
48 Lane Hutson 0 2 2 -1 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
53 Noah Dobson 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
72 Arber Xhekaj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
76 Zachary Bolduc 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 100
85 Alexandre Texier 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 Joe Veleno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 1 80
91 Oliver Kapanen 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 7 53
93 Ivan Demidov 1 0 1 -1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Buffalo Sabres

# Player G A Pts +/- P PIM S SB MS H GV TK B Shots FW FL F%
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bowen Byram 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Zach Benson 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 Jordan Greenway 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 Jason Zucker 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 25
19 Peyton Krebs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 33
22 Jack Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Mattias Samuelsson 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
25 Owen Power 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
26 Rasmus Dahlin 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
29 Beck Malenstyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
48 Tyson Kozak 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 3 4 43
71 Ryan McLeod 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 8 56
72 Tage Thompson 3 2 5 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 7 10 41
73 Zach Metsa 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
78 Jacob Bryson 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
86 Noah Ostlund 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 20
89 Alex Tuch 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
91 Josh Doan 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Montreal Canadiens

TOI
# Player Shifts Avg Shift Total Power Play Shorthanded Even Strength
8 Mike Matheson 26 00:52 22:32 00:19 05:18 16:55
11 Brendan Gallagher 16 00:41 10:58 01:01 00:06 09:51
13 Cole Caufield 21 00:55 19:17 02:28 00:00 16:49
14 Nick Suzuki 24 00:55 22:17 02:28 01:40 18:09
17 Josh Anderson 18 00:44 13:27 00:00 02:54 10:33
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 0
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 1 00:52 00:52 00:00 00:00 00:52
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 2 00:58 01:56 00:00 00:00 01:56
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 3 00:51 02:33 00:00 00:00 02:33
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 4 00:51 04:21 00:56 00:00 03:25
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 7 00:56 06:36 01:55 00:00 04:41
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 7 00:56 06:36 01:55 00:00 04:41
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 7 00:56 06:36 01:55 00:00 04:41
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 8 00:56 07:29 01:55 00:00 05:34
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 10 00:50 08:21 02:28 00:00 05:53
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 11 00:49 09:09 02:28 00:00 06:41
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 12 00:51 10:20 02:28 00:00 07:52
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 13 00:52 11:20 02:28 00:00 08:52
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 14 00:51 11:58 02:28 00:00 09:30
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 14 00:51 11:58 02:28 00:00 09:30
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 14 00:51 11:58 02:28 00:00 09:30
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 15 00:51 12:57 02:28 00:00 10:29
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 16 00:50 13:32 02:28 00:00 11:04
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 19 00:50 16:07 02:28 00:00 13:39
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 20 00:54 18:14 02:28 00:00 15:46
20 Juraj SlafkovskÝ 20 00:54 18:14 02:28 00:00 15:46
21 Kaiden Guhle 18 00:49 14:56 00:00 00:40 14:16
24 Phillip Danault 20 00:44 14:58 00:00 02:13 12:45
27 Samuel Blais 0
27 Sammy Blais 12 00:37 07:29 00:00 00:00 07:29
45 Alexandre Carrier 23 00:54 21:00 00:00 04:04 16:56
48 Lane Hutson 28 00:55 25:55 02:21 00:10 23:24
53 Noah Dobson 26 00:49 21:39 01:08 00:43 19:48
72 Arber Xhekaj 13 00:48 10:29 00:00 00:00 10:29
76 Zachary Bolduc 17 00:42 12:04 01:01 00:00 11:03
85 Alexandre Texier 17 00:48 13:45 01:01 00:00 12:44
90 Joe Veleno 17 00:39 11:12 00:00 01:59 09:13
91 Oliver Kapanen 20 00:48 16:02 00:49 01:36 13:37
93 Ivan Demidov 19 00:51 16:10 02:21 00:00 13:49

Buffalo Sabres

TOI
# Player Shifts Avg Shift Total Power Play Shorthanded Even Strength
4 Bowen Byram 33 00:45 25:05 00:15 01:29 23:21
6 Zach Benson 24 00:40 16:06 00:13 00:00 15:53
12 Jordan Greenway 19 00:35 11:10 00:04 01:18 09:48
17 Jason Zucker 15 00:57 14:27 05:15 00:00 09:12
19 Peyton Krebs 15 00:43 10:55 00:00 00:00 10:55
22 Jack Quinn 19 00:45 14:21 00:16 00:00 14:05
23 Mattias Samuelsson 32 00:47 25:24 00:00 03:11 22:13
25 Owen Power 30 00:46 23:04 00:00 01:25 21:39
26 Rasmus Dahlin 33 00:50 27:39 05:12 00:53 21:34
29 Beck Malenstyn 15 00:35 08:45 00:00 01:01 07:44
48 Tyson Kozak 16 00:35 09:22 00:00 00:04 09:18
71 Ryan McLeod 26 00:42 18:29 00:16 01:52 16:21
72 Tage Thompson 25 00:49 20:43 05:13 00:00 15:30
73 Zach Metsa 8 00:57 07:38 00:00 00:00 07:38
78 Jacob Bryson 8 00:45 06:02 00:00 00:00 06:02
86 Noah Ostlund 19 00:54 17:21 05:13 00:00 12:08
89 Alex Tuch 25 00:44 18:44 00:15 02:09 16:20
91 Josh Doan 19 00:53 16:55 04:39 00:00 12:16

Montreal Canadiens

# Player Period Goals Against Shots Against Save Percentage
32 Jacob Fowler 1 2 12 0.833
2 1 10 0.9
3 1 4 0.75

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Period Goals Against Shots Against Save Percentage
92 Colten Ellis 1 2 7 0.714
2 1 8 0.875
3 0 8 1