NHL · Jan 15, 2026

Montréal Canadiens

3–5

Final

Buffalo Sabres

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The Sabres beat the Canadiens 5–3 at KeyBank Center. T. Thompson took first star with 3 goals and 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	2	1	0	3	23
Sabres	2	1	2	5	27

★ Three Stars

1T. ThompsonBUF · 3G 2A

2J. DoanBUF · 1G 1A

3A. TuchBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

03:11

Cole Caufield (Noah Dobson)

1-0

04:05

Tage Thompson (Noah Ostlund, Jason Zucker)PP

1-1

10:30

Josh Doan (Tage Thompson, Noah Ostlund)PP

1-2

14:20

Ivan Demidov (Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki)PP

2-2

2nd Period

03:05

Nick Suzuki (Lane Hutson, Cole Caufield)PP

3-2

08:55

Alex Tuch (Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin)

3-3

3rd Period

05:12

Tage Thompson (Josh Doan)

3-4

18:20

Tage Thompson (Zach Benson)EN

3-5

Boxscore

Canadiens3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Cole CaufieldR	1	1	2	-1	0	5	0	0	19:17
Nick SuzukiC	1	1	2	-1	0	2	0	0	22:17
Lane HutsonD	0	2	2	-1	2	1	0	2	25:55
Ivan DemidovR	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	16:10
Noah DobsonD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	4	21:39
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	13:27
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0	12:04
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	3	2	14:58
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	16:02
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	18:14
Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	13:45
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	21:00
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	14:56
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	22:32
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	10:29
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	10:58
Samuel BlaisL	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	7:29
Joe VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	11:12

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jacob FowlerStart	26	22	4	.846	58:08
Samuel Montembeault	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Tage ThompsonC	3	2	5	+2	0	3	0	1	20:43
Josh DoanR	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	0	16:55
Noah OstlundC	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	17:21
Alex TuchR	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	0	18:44
Zach BensonL	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	16:06
Jason ZuckerL	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	14:27
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	27:39
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	9:22
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	10:55
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	8:45
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18:29
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14:21
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	7:38
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	23:04
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	1	25:24
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	11:10
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	25:05
Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6:02

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Colten EllisStart	23	20	3	.870	59:47
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0:00