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Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, January 15, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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3–5

Final

SOG 23–27

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

TSN2 · RDS · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 27-23.

Tage Thompson scored a hat trick. Cole Caufield, Josh Doan, Ivan Demidov, Nick Suzuki and Alex Tuch also scored.

Colten Ellis made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jacob Fowler stopped 22 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL210323
Buffalo SabresBUF212527

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTage ThompsonBUF · 3G 2A
  2. ★2nd starJosh DoanBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starAlex TuchBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:30

2–2 · 1st 14:20 · Demidov. Samuelsson was 1:30 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceBUF on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 3:11 · Caufield

Dahlin 0:52

1–1 BUF

1st 4:05 · PP · Thompson

Carrier 0:56

1–2 BUF

1st 10:30 · PP · Doan

Long shift: Matheson 1:09

2–2 MTL

1st 14:20 · PP · Demidov

Stuck out there: Samuelsson 1:30

3–2 MTL

2nd 3:05 · PP · Suzuki

Tuch 0:33

3–3 BUF

2nd 8:55 · Tuch

Long shift: Dobson 1:15

3–4 BUF

3rd 5:12 · Thompson

Long shift: Bolduc 1:04

3–5 BUF

3rd 18:20 · EN · Thompson

Suzuki 0:40

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

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

Penalties

  • 1st 03:46Lane Hutson · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 09:21Kaiden Guhle · interference2 min
  • 1st 12:50Zach Benson · slashing2 min
  • 1st 13:46Bowen Byram · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 02:32Jacob Bryson · holding2 min
  • 2nd 10:20Bowen Byram · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 10:20Mike Matheson · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 00:37Phillip Danault · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 07:08Jordan Greenway · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 07:08Brendan Gallagher · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 08:39Oliver Kapanen · tripping2 min

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