Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-01-31

NHL · Jan 31, 2026

Montréal Canadiens31-17-7

4–2

Final

Buffalo Sabres31-18-5

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The Canadiens beat the Sabres 4–2 at KeyBank Center. C. Caufield took first star with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	0	3	4	31
Sabres	0	2	0	2	38

★ Three Stars

1C. CaufieldMTL · 2G 1A

2J. DobesMTL

3O. PowerBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

11:20

Juraj Slafkovský (Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield)PP

1-0

2nd Period

07:36

Owen Power (Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin)

1-1

18:58

Noah Ostlund (Alex Tuch, Bowen Byram)PP

1-2

3rd Period

04:14

Cole Caufield (Noah Dobson, Lane Hutson)

2-2

10:13

Cole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach)

3-2

19:12

Oliver Kapanen (Noah Dobson)EN

4-2

Boxscore

Canadiens4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Cole CaufieldR	2	1	3	+2	0	5	3	1	15:39
Nick SuzukiC	0	2	2	+3	0	2	0	1	18:52
Noah DobsonD	0	2	2	+3	2	4	2	2	20:32
Oliver KapanenC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2	17:28
Juraj SlafkovskýL	1	0	1	+1	0	7	2	0	17:26
Kirby DachC	0	1	1	+2	2	1	2	1	12:29
Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	1	20:10
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12:11
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	10:10
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	18:13
Ivan DemidovR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	16:49
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	16:33
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	20:28
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	4	19:29
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	4	27:33
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7:09
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	10:18
Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	10:33

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	38	36	2	.947	59:58
Samuel Montembeault	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Noah OstlundC	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	13:18
Owen PowerD	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	2	24:00
Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	+1	2	5	1	0	22:21
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	1	26:03
Alex TuchR	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	22:29
Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0	1	20:19
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	20:45
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	0	17:22
Konsta HeleniusC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	9:54
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6:49
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	9:38
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	8:46
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	17:38
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	17:28
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0	18:40
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:46
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	21:48
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	8:53

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	30	27	3	.900	57:43
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00