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Final · January 15, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Montreal Canadiens3
Buffalo Sabres5

Shots on goal : MTL 23 — BUF 27 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

MTLGame statsBUF

23Shots on goal27
59 %Faceoff win %41 %
2/3Power play2/4
12Penalty minutes10
26Hits21
18Blocked shots6
14Giveaways15
4Takeaways6

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
MTL78823
BUF1210527

Season seriesMTL 2 – 2 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← MTL 3 / 23 / 365 / 27 / 39 BUF →
Missed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 00:23 · backhandMissed shot — Noah Dobson (MTL), P1 02:48 · slapMissed shot — Jacob Bryson (BUF), P1 05:57 · snapMissed shot — Zachary Bolduc (MTL), P1 06:11 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 06:42 · snapMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P1 09:01 · snapMissed shot — Mike Matheson (MTL), P1 15:36 · snapMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 17:15 · snapMissed shot — Zachary Bolduc (MTL), P2 04:59 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 05:34 · snapMissed shot — Alexandre Carrier (MTL), P2 05:49 · snapMissed shot — Juraj Slafkovský (MTL), P2 08:10 · snapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 10:14 · snapMissed shot — Nick Suzuki (MTL), P2 10:29 · tip-inMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 16:48 · snapMissed shot — Kaiden Guhle (MTL), P2 17:39 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 09:03 · slapMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 09:47 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 10:18 · slapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 10:37 · snapMissed shot — Cole Caufield (MTL), P3 11:31 · snapMissed shot — Alexandre Texier (MTL), P3 11:33 · backhandMissed shot — Juraj Slafkovský (MTL), P3 11:52 · snapMissed shot — Kaiden Guhle (MTL), P3 12:11 · snapMissed shot — Josh Anderson (MTL), P3 17:31 · tip-inShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 00:26 · snapShot on goal — Cole Caufield (MTL), P1 03:09 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 03:20 · snapShot on goal — Ivan Demidov (MTL), P1 04:23 · snapShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P1 05:33 · slapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 06:46 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 07:07 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 08:00 · snapShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P1 08:49 · tip-inShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 08:55 · snapShot on goal — Alexandre Texier (MTL), P1 11:13 · snapShot on goal — Brendan Gallagher (MTL), P1 12:13 · snapShot on goal — Brendan Gallagher (MTL), P1 12:20 · tip-inShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 16:23 · tip-inShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P1 18:57 · snapShot on goal — Nick Suzuki (MTL), P2 00:30 · snapShot on goal — Lane Hutson (MTL), P2 03:03 · slapShot on goal — Tyson Kozak (BUF), P2 03:24 · tip-inShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 03:35 · snapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P2 06:20 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 08:02 · snapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P2 09:30 · snapShot on goal — Sammy Blais (MTL), P2 09:56 · tip-inShot on goal — Sammy Blais (MTL), P2 09:57 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 11:03 · snapShot on goal — Oliver Kapanen (MTL), P2 11:27 · snapShot on goal — Juraj Slafkovský (MTL), P2 11:47 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 11:55 · snapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 13:01 · backhandShot on goal — Cole Caufield (MTL), P2 15:12 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 16:57 · snapShot on goal — Alexandre Texier (MTL), P3 00:22 · snapShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 01:04 · slapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 01:40 · snapShot on goal — Tyson Kozak (BUF), P3 03:35 · snapShot on goal — Ivan Demidov (MTL), P3 03:58 · slapShot on goal — Cole Caufield (MTL), P3 05:57 · snapShot on goal — Brendan Gallagher (MTL), P3 06:50 · snapShot on goal — Oliver Kapanen (MTL), P3 10:47 · backhandShot on goal — Oliver Kapanen (MTL), P3 10:56 · wristShot on goal — Alexandre Texier (MTL), P3 13:50 · snapShot on goal — Cole Caufield (MTL), P3 19:55 · snapGoal — Cole Caufield (MTL), P1 03:11 · wristGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 04:05 · snapGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 10:30 · wristGoal — Ivan Demidov (MTL), P1 14:20 · slapGoal — Nick Suzuki (MTL), P2 03:05 · snapGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 08:55 · snapGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 05:12 · snapGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 18:20 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 03:46MTLLane Hutson — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Beck Malenstyn
  • 09:21MTLKaiden Guhle — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Josh Doan
  • 12:50BUFZach Benson — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Brendan Gallagher
  • 13:46BUFBowen Byram — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Lane Hutson

2nd period

  • 02:32BUFJacob Bryson — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Bolduc
  • 10:20BUFBowen Byram — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Mike Matheson
  • 10:20MTLMike Matheson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Bowen Byram

3rd period

  • 00:37MTLPhillip Danault — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jack Quinn
  • 07:08BUFJordan Greenway — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Brendan Gallagher
  • 07:08MTLBrendan Gallagher — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Jordan Greenway
  • 08:39MTLOliver Kapanen — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
B. GallagherR0003010:58
C. CaufieldR11-15019:17
N. SuzukiC11-12022:17
J. AndersonR00-10113:27
J. SlafkovskýL00-11118:14
P. DanaultC00-20314:58
S. BlaisL0002407:29
Z. BolducR00-10512:04
A. TexierL0003113:45
J. VelenoC0000311:12
O. KapanenC0003016:02
I. DemidovR10-13016:10
M. MathesonD0000122:32
K. GuhleD0000114:56
A. CarrierD00-10021:00
L. HutsonD02-11025:55
N. DobsonD01-10021:39
A. XhekajD0000610:29
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Fowler(L)22/2684.6 %58:08
S. Montembeault0/0—00:00

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0112116:06
J. GreenwayL0000311:10
J. ZuckerL0100114:27
P. KrebsC0010010:55
J. QuinnR0001114:21
B. MalenstynL0002508:45
T. KozakC0002309:22
R. McLeodC0001118:29
T. ThompsonC3223020:43
N. OstlundC0203017:21
A. TuchR1011418:44
J. DoanR1111116:55
B. ByramD0011025:05
M. SamuelssonD0024025:24
O. PowerD0003123:04
R. DahlinD0102027:39
Z. MetsaD0011007:38
J. BrysonD0000006:02
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen0/0—00:00
C. Ellis(W)20/2387.0 %59:47

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