Final · January 22, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : BUF 17 — MTL 34 · Centre Bell
Three stars
- 1★
U. LuukkonenBUF · G · 94.1 % - 2★
N. SuzukiMTL · C · 1B 1A - 3★
B. ByramBUF · D · 0B 0A
BUFGame statsMTL 
- 17Shots on goal34
- 36 %Faceoff win %64 %
- 0/2Power play0/3
- 10Penalty minutes8
- 26Hits28
- 18Blocked shots16
- 9Giveaways12
- 5Takeaways3
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| MTL | 10 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
Season seriesBUF 2 – 2 MTL
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← BUF 4 / 17 / 272 / 34 / 46 MTL →
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
Jason ZuckerBUF · 00:44Assists : Jack Quinn, Ryan McLeod1 – 0▶ Watch
Beck MalenstynBUF · 14:58 · SHAssists : Mattias Samuelsson2 – 0▶ Watch
2nd period
Zach BensonBUF · 02:25Assists : Konsta Helenius, Noah Ostlund3 – 0▶ Watch
Cole CaufieldMTL · 03:56Assists : Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson3 – 1▶ Watch- Nick SuzukiMTL · 11:20Assists : Zachary Bolduc3 – 2▶ Watch
3rd period
Peyton KrebsBUF · 19:16Assists : Tage Thompson4 – 2▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 13:01BUFMichael Kesselring — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Jake Evans
2nd period
- 07:44BUFRasmus Dahlin — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Juraj Slafkovský
- 14:47BUFMattias Samuelsson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Bolduc
- 14:47MTLZachary Bolduc — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Mattias Samuelsson
- 16:55MTLZachary Bolduc — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
- 16:55MTLZachary Bolduc — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
- 16:55BUFRasmus Dahlin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Bolduc
3rd period
- 05:51BUFNoah Ostlund — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Kaiden Guhle
- 07:16MTLLane Hutson — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Alex Tuch
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z. BensonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10:47 |
| J. GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| J. ZuckerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17:00 |
| P. KrebsC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10:38 |
| J. QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:57 |
| B. MalenstynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11:41 |
| R. McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 |
| T. ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 17:14 |
| N. OstlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| A. TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19:46 |
| J. DoanR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| K. HeleniusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 09:36 |
| B. ByramD | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27:21 |
| M. KesselringD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12:04 |
| M. SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 23:03 |
| O. PowerD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26:25 |
| R. DahlinD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 22:53 |
| J. BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 06:17 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen(W) | 32/34 | 94.1 % | 60:00 |
| C. Ellis | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 13:09 |
| C. CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:56 |
| N. SuzukiC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20:14 |
| J. AndersonR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 13:21 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 18:50 |
| P. DanaultC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| J. EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11:25 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 14:18 |
| K. DachC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 15:25 |
| J. VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10:02 |
| O. KapanenC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 15:54 |
| I. DemidovR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 17:44 |
| M. MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 23:53 |
| K. GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:17 |
| A. CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18:53 |
| J. StrubleD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 09:06 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 24:14 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23:26 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Montembeault(L) | 13/16 | 81.3 % | 58:33 |
| J. Dobes | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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