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Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, January 22, 2026 · Centre Bell

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

4–2

Final

SOG 17–34

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

TSN2 · RDS · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 34-17.

Goals came from Jason Zucker, Beck Malenstyn, Zach Benson, Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Peyton Krebs.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 13 of 16.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF211417
Montréal CanadiensMTL020234

Three stars

  1. ★1st starUkko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF · .941 SV%
  2. ★2nd starNick SuzukiMTL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starBowen ByramBUF · 0G 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+
GoalBUF on iceMTL on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 0:44 · Zucker

Suzuki 0:44

2–0 BUF

1st 14:58 · SH · Malenstyn

Dobson 0:55

3–0 BUF

2nd 2:25 · Benson

Hutson 0:49

3–1 MTL

2nd 3:56 · Caufield

Samuelsson 0:46

3–2 MTL

2nd 11:20 · Suzuki

Thompson 0:22

4–2 BUF

3rd 19:16 · EN · Krebs

Suzuki 1:30

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

BUFMTL
17Shots on goal34
36%Faceoff %64%
0/2Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes8
26Hits28
18Blocked shots16
9Giveaways12
5Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 13:01Michael Kesselring · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 07:44Rasmus Dahlin · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 14:47Mattias Samuelsson · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:47Zachary Bolduc · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 16:55Zachary Bolduc · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 16:55Zachary Bolduc · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 16:55Rasmus Dahlin · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 05:51Noah Ostlund · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 07:16Lane Hutson · slashing2 min

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