3 Montreal 3rd Atlantic48-24-5-5

5 Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-1

FINAL 3 FINAL 5 7:00PM ET · Jan 15, 2026

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Canadiens vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
MON Montreal	2	1	0	3	-
BUF Buffalo	2	1	2	5	Colten Ellis

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
MON Montreal	-126	6.5o (1.5)	+1.5
BUF Buffalo	+105	6.5u	-1.5 (0.5)

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
3:11		C. Caufield Assisted by: N. Dobson ,
4:05		T. Thompson (PP) Assisted by: J. Zucker , N. Ostlund
10:30		J. Doan (PP) Assisted by: T. Thompson , N. Ostlund
14:20		I. Demidov (PP) Assisted by: N. Suzuki , L. Hutson
Scoring - Period 2
3:05		N. Suzuki (PP) Assisted by: C. Caufield , L. Hutson
8:55		A. Tuch Assisted by: R. Dahlin , T. Thompson
Scoring - Period 3
5:12		T. Thompson Assisted by: J. Doan ,
18:20		T. Thompson (EN) Assisted by: Z. Benson ,

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
3:46		L. Hutson (2:00) High Sticking
9:21		K. Guhle (2:00) Interference
12:50		Z. Benson (2:00) Slashing
13:46		B. Byram (2:00) High Sticking
Penalties - Period 2
2:32		J. Bryson (2:00) Holding
10:20		M. Matheson (2:00) Roughing
10:20		B. Byram (2:00) Roughing
Penalties - Period 3
0:37		P. Danault (2:00) Tripping
7:08		B. Gallagher (2:00) Roughing
7:08		J. Greenway (2:00) Roughing
8:39		O. Kapanen (2:00) Tripping

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Montreal	7	8	8	23
Buffalo	12	10	5	27

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Montreal	3	23	13.04	66.67	50.00	33	6	12
Buffalo	5	27	18.52	50.00	33.33	23	5	10

Goaltending

Montreal

Montreal Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Fowler	26	22	4	.846	0	58:08

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
C. Ellis	23	20	3	.870	0	59:47

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
8	D	M. Matheson	0	0	0	E	2	0	26	22:32	16:55	0:19	5:18	0	-	-	-
11	RW	B. Gallagher	0	0	0	E	2	3	16	10:58	9:51	1:01	0:06	0	-	-	-
13	RW	C. Caufield	1	1	2	-1	0	5	21	19:17	16:49	2:28	0:00	0	1	-	100
14	C	N. Suzuki	1	1	2	-1	0	2	24	22:17	18:09	2:28	1:40	1	14	8	64
17	RW	J. Anderson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	18	13:27	10:33	0:00	2:54	0	-	-	-
20	LW	J. Slafkovsky	0	0	0	-1	0	1	20	18:14	15:46	2:28	0:00	0	-	1	0
21	D	K. Guhle	0	0	0	E	2	0	18	14:56	14:16	0:00	0:40	0	-	-	-
24	C	P. Danault	0	0	0	-2	2	0	20	14:58	12:45	0:00	2:13	0	5	6	45
27	LW	S. Blais	0	0	0	E	0	2	12	7:29	7:29	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
45	D	A. Carrier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	23	21:00	16:56	0:00	4:04	0	-	-	-
48	D	L. Hutson	0	2	2	-1	2	1	28	25:55	23:24	2:21	0:10	0	-	-	-
53	D	N. Dobson	0	1	1	-1	0	0	26	21:39	19:48	1:08	0:43	0	-	-	-
72	D	A. Xhekaj	0	0	0	E	0	0	13	10:29	10:29	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
76	RW	Z. Bolduc	0	0	0	-1	0	0	17	12:04	11:03	1:01	0:00	0	1	-	100
85	LW	A. Texier	0	0	0	E	0	3	17	13:45	12:44	1:01	0:00	0	-	-	-
90	C	J. Veleno	0	0	0	E	0	0	17	11:12	9:13	0:00	1:59	0	4	1	80
91	C	O. Kapanen	0	0	0	E	2	3	20	16:02	13:37	0:49	1:36	0	8	7	53
93	RW	I. Demidov	1	0	1	-1	0	3	19	16:10	13:49	2:21	0:00	1	-	-	-
32	G	J. Fowler	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	58:08	49:11	3:29	5:28	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	0	0	1	4	1	33	25:05	23:21	0:15	1:29	0	-	-	-
6	LW	Z. Benson	0	1	1	1	2	2	24	16:06	15:53	0:13	0:00	0	-	-	-
12	LW	J. Greenway	0	0	0	E	2	0	19	11:10	9:48	0:04	1:18	0	-	1	0
17	LW	J. Zucker	0	1	1	E	0	0	15	14:27	9:12	5:15	0:00	0	1	3	25
19	C	P. Krebs	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	10:55	10:55	0:00	0:00	0	1	2	33
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	0	0	E	0	1	19	14:21	14:05	0:16	0:00	0	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	2	0	4	32	25:24	22:13	0:00	3:11	0	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	0	0	E	0	3	30	23:04	21:39	0:00	1:25	0	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	1	1	E	0	2	33	27:39	21:34	5:12	0:53	0	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	0	2	15	8:45	7:44	0:00	1:01	0	-	-	-
48	C	T. Kozak	0	0	0	E	0	2	16	9:22	9:18	0:00	0:04	0	3	4	43
71	C	R. McLeod	0	0	0	E	0	1	26	18:29	16:21	0:16	1:52	0	10	8	56
72	C	T. Thompson	3	2	5	2	0	3	25	20:43	15:30	5:13	0:00	1	7	10	41
73	D	Z. Metsa	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	7:38	7:38	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
78	D	J. Bryson	0	0	0	E	2	0	8	6:02	6:02	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
86	C	N. Ostlund	0	2	2	E	0	3	19	17:21	12:08	5:13	0:00	0	1	4	20
89	RW	A. Tuch	1	0	1	1	0	1	25	18:44	16:20	0:15	2:09	0	-	-	-
91	RW	J. Doan	1	1	2	1	0	1	19	16:55	12:16	4:39	0:00	1	-	1	0
92	G	C. Ellis	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	59:47	50:50	5:28	3:29	0	-	-	-

Game Info

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Alex Lepkowski , Jon Mclsaac

Linesmen Matt MacPherson, Jesse Marquis

Attendance 19,070 attendance

MON vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
MON	26-14-7	27-20-0	28-18-1	13-4-6	13-10-1
BUF	25-16-4	24-21-0	21-21-3	10-10-2	15-6-2

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

8-2

Over / Under

4-5-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Oct 20, '25	MON	4 - 2	MON -146	u6.5	32	32	0-1	0-1
Mar 03, '25	MON	4 - 3 (OT)	MON -124	o6.5	20	36	2-5	0-4
Mar 01, '25	BUF	4 - 2	MON +127	u6.5	25	29	0-2	1-4
Dec 17, '24	MON	6 - 1	MON +117	o6.0	27	21	3-6	0-5
Nov 11, '24	BUF	7 - 5	MON +191	o6.5	18	23	1-4	2-6
Feb 21, '24	MON	3 - 2	BUF -141	u6.5	31	23	0-4	1-3
Jan 04, '24	MON	6 - 1	BUF -157	o6.5	33	38	0-3	2-4
Dec 09, '23	BUF	3 - 2 (SO)	MON +154	u6.5	48	31	0-5	1-4
Oct 23, '23	BUF	3 - 1	MON +161	u7.0	37	27	1-5	1-3
Mar 27, '23	BUF	4 - 3 (SO)	MON +187	P7.0	33	41	1-4	0-3

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

6-2-1-1

Over / Under

5-5-0

$215

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 13, '26	@ WAS	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +114	u6.5	25	42	0-4	0-5
Jan 12, '26	VAN	W 6 - 3	W -200	o6.5	41	23	1-1	0-2
Jan 10, '26	DET	L 0 - 4	L -134	u6.0	27	23	0-1	1-5
Jan 08, '26	FLA	W 6 - 2	W -105	o6.0	19	27	0-4	0-3
Jan 07, '26	CAL	W 4 - 1	W -138	u6.0	36	29	0-2	0-4
Jan 04, '26	@ DAL	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W +162	o6.0	28	27	1-5	0-3
Jan 03, '26	@ STL	L 0 - 2	L -164	u6.0	26	19	0-4	0-2
Jan 01, '26	@ CAR	W 7 - 5	W +130	o6.0	23	25	0-1	2-3
Dec 30, '25	@ FLA	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W +106	u6.0	29	30	1-4	1-4
Dec 28, '25	@ TB	L 4 - 5 (SO)	L +112	o6.5	35	21	0-4	0-1

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 17, '26	@ OTT	W 6-5 (OT)	W +100	o6.5
Jan 20, '26	MIN	W 4-3	W -132	o6.5
Jan 22, '26	BUF	L 3-5	L -126	o6.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

8-2-0-0

Over / Under

5-3-2

$507

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 14, '26	PHI	W 5 - 2	W -138	o6.0	15	22	2-6	1-5
Jan 12, '26	FLA	L 3 - 4	L -120	o6.0	23	31	0-2	1-1
Jan 10, '26	ANA	W 5 - 3	W -156	o6.5	32	36	0-2	0-2
Jan 08, '26	@ NYR	W 5 - 2	W -126	o6.0	21	32	1-2	0-3
Jan 06, '26	VAN	W 5 - 3	W -170	o6.5	20	37	0-1	1-4
Jan 03, '26	@ CLB	L 1 - 5	L -110	p6.0	33	34	0-5	0-1
Dec 31, '25	@ DAL	W 4 - 1	W +126	u6.0	31	29	0-2	0-2
Dec 29, '25	@ STL	W 4 - 2	W -113	p6.0	34	18	0-3	0-1
Dec 27, '25	BOS	W 4 - 1	W -128	u6.5	34	23	0-3	0-1
Dec 23, '25	@ OTT	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W +140	u6.0	25	26	0-1	1-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 17, '26	MIN	L 4-5 (OT)	L -120	o6.0
Jan 19, '26	@ CAR	L 1-2	L +158	u6.5
Jan 20, '26	@ NAS	W 5-3	W +114	o6.5

MON vs BUF Preview

Montreal at

Buffalo

Last Meeting ( Oct 20, 2025 ) Buffalo 2, Montreal 4

The Montreal Canadiens have earned at least a point in five of their past six games heading into a Thursday road matchup against the Buffalo Sabres, but they will need to shake off a tough ending to their most recent performance.

The Canadiens took a 2-0 lead into the second intermission on Tuesday at Washington. The Capitals' Ethen Frank scored twice in the third period, the second time with 1:54 left to tie the game, and Connor McMichael scored with 39 seconds left in overtime to give the hosts a 3-2 win.

"Anytime you're up two goals going into the third, you should be able to win that hockey game," Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher said.

The loss dropped the Canadiens to 4-1-1 in their past six games, but they remain in third place in the Atlantic Division. With just two points separating first through third in the division, giving up a late two-goal lead stung even more.

"It's always disappointing, no matter what building you're in, when you're up 2-0 after two (and don't win)," Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis said. "You're playing an excellent game, even if you're not doing anything spectacular, and just playing calculated, and you lack a bit of detail in the third."

The Canadiens went 0-for-4 on the power play, including a 5-on-3 that covered 1:04 of the second period, keeping the Capitals within striking distance entering the third.

"We have good players out there," St. Louis said of his special teams. "They did what they could. It's unfortunate that we couldn't put the puck in the net there, and usually in 5-on-3s, if you score ... you're going to win the game, and we just didn't score."

Sam Montembeault made 39 saves for Montreal, but he took his first loss in four starts since completing a conditioning stint in the AHL.

Josh Anderson returned against Washington after missing six games with an upper-body injury, and the forward scored short-handed for the first goal of the game.

The Sabres won for the 14th time in their past 16 games on Wednesday, beating the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 5-2.

The result moved Buffalo into the first wild-card spot from the East, from sixth to fourth in the Atlantic Division and within five points of the Canadiens for third. Buffalo also has two games in hand on Montreal.

The Sabres scored their five goals against the Flyers on just 14 shots, their best shooting percentage in a game since 1988.

Two of the goals came from Rasmus Dahlin on the power play, making him the first Buffalo defenseman with multiple power-play goals in a game since Rasmus Ristolainen managed the feat on Dec. 10, 2015.

"Being a shoot-first guy tonight helped," Sabres forward Josh Doan said of Dahlin, the team captain.

Buffalo forward Josh Norris left in the second period with an upper-body injury and did not return.

"We'll bring him in the morning, evaluate him and make a decision," Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said of Norris.

Norris sustained an upper-body injury in the team's season opener and missed the next 24 games.

The Canadiens won the first meeting of the season against the Sabres on Oct. 20, getting 30 saves from Jakub Dobes in a 4-2 home victory.

After Thursday, Buffalo and Montreal will meet two more times this month.

--Field Level Media

MON vs BUFInjury report

Montreal's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Montreal Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	11	Brendan Gallagher
RW	13	Cole Caufield
C	14	Nick Suzuki
C	15	Alex Newhook
RW	17	Josh Anderson
LW	20	Juraj Slafkovsky
C	24	Phillip Danault
C	62	Owen Beck
LW	63	Florian Xhekaj
C	71	Jake Evans
RW	76	Zachary Bolduc
C	77	Kirby Dach
LW	85	Alexandre Texier
C	90	Joseph Veleno
C	91	Oliver Kapanen
RW	93	Ivan Demidov

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	8	Mike Matheson
D	21	Kaiden Guhle
G	32	Jacob Fowler
G	35	Samuel Montembeault
D	42	Adam Engstrom
D	45	Alexandre Carrier
D	47	Jayden Struble
D	48	Lane Hutson
D	53	Noah Dobson
D	64	David Reinbacher
D	72	Arber Xhekaj
G	75	Jakub Dobes

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( May 18, '26)	May 18, '26
The Sabres said on Tuesday (May 19) that Kulich had his blood clot removed and will be able to play hockey again, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.
N. Ostlund	C	Out - Lower Body( May 02, '26)	May 02, '26
The Sabres said on Sunday (May. 3) that Ostlund isn't expected to be available to play in the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News.
J. Danforth	RW	Out For Season - Kneecap( Jan 25, '26)	Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	45	Riley Fiddler-Schultz
C	48	Tyson Kozak
LW	70	Tanner Pearson
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan
C	92	Anton Wahlberg
C	94	Konsta Helenius

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	5	Luke Schenn
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	27	Devon Levi
D	33	Ryan Johnson
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	57	Radim Mrtka
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
D	76	Vsevolod Komarov
G	92	Colten Ellis

GoaltendersLast 5

Montreal
Buffalo

W/L

3-1-1-0

GAA

2.40

Save %

.912

Montreal Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
S.Montembeault	Jan 13, 2026	WAS 3 - MON 2 (OT)	-	3	42	.929	-	L +114	u6.5
J.Dobes	Jan 12, 2026	MON 6 - VAN 3	W	3	23	.870	-	W -200	o6.5
J.Fowler	Jan 10, 2026	MON 0 - DET 4	L	3	23	.870	-	L -134	u6.0
S.Montembeault	Jan 8, 2026	MON 6 - FLA 2	W	2	27	.926	-	W -105	o6.0
J.Fowler	Jan 7, 2026	MON 4 - CAL 1	W	1	29	.966	-	W -138	u6.0

W/L

4-1-0-0

GAA

2.60

Save %

.917

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Jan 14, 2026	BUF 5 - PHI 2	W	2	22	.909	-	W -138	o6.0
C.Ellis	Jan 12, 2026	BUF 3 - FLA 4	L	3	31	.903	-	L -120	o6.0
U.Luukkonen	Jan 10, 2026	BUF 5 - ANA 3	W	3	36	.917	-	W -156	o6.5
C.Ellis	Jan 8, 2026	NYR 2 - BUF 5	W	2	32	.938	-	W -126	o6.0
U.Luukkonen	Jan 6, 2026	BUF 5 - VAN 3	W	3	37	.919	-	W -170	o6.5

MON vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

MONMontreal Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.38	Total	3.11
0.94	1st Period	1.02
1.04	2nd Period	0.82
1.21	3rd Period	1.18
0.15	OT	0.09

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
26.17	Total	29.60
8.13	1st Period	9.31
8.85	2nd Period	10.00
7.91	3rd Period	9.87
0.81	OT	0.42

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.13	Total	0.89
0.12	1st Period	0.89
0.12	2nd Period	0.92
0.15	3rd Period	0.88
0.18	OT	0.79

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
30 - 134	G/Att vs. GA/Att	19 - 123
22.39	PP % vs. PK %	84.55

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Montreal Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Jakub Dobes	565	502	0.888	14-5-3
Samuel Montembeault	469	410	0.874	8-6-2

Canadiens vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

MON vs BUFRecords

MON vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

MON vs BUF Preview

MON vs BUFInjury report

Montreal's Injuries

Montreal Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

MON vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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