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Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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4–2

Final

SOG 31–38

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 38-31.

Cole Caufield scored twice. Juraj Slafkovský, Owen Power, Noah Ostlund and Oliver Kapanen also scored.

Jakub Dobes made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 27 of 30.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL103431
Buffalo SabresBUF020238

Three stars

  1. ★1st starCole CaufieldMTL · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJakub DobesMTL · .947 SV%
  3. ★3rd starOwen PowerBUF · 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+
1:37

1–1 · 2nd 7:36 · Power. Carrier was 1:37 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceBUF on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 11:20 · PP · Slafkovský

Samuelsson 0:56

1–1 BUF

2nd 7:36 · Power

Stuck out there: Carrier 1:37

1–2 BUF

2nd 18:58 · PP · Ostlund

Danault 0:23

2–2 MTL

3rd 4:14 · Caufield

Long shift: Byram 1:27

3–2 MTL

3rd 10:13 · Caufield

Ostlund 0:29

4–2 MTL

3rd 19:12 · EN · Kapanen

Benson 1:18

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
31Shots on goal38
70%Faceoff %30%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
29Hits24
20Blocked shots7
13Giveaways16
5Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 10:00Tage Thompson · interference2 min
  • 1st 19:06Bowen Byram · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 00:58Lane Hutson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 02:46Ryan McLeod · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 14:21Noah Dobson · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 16:58Lane Hutson · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 16:24Kirby Dach · holding2 min

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