Montreal Canadiens 3, Buffalo Sabres 5: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Canadiens 3 to Buffalo Sabres 5, on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLThursday, January 15, 2026
DateJan 15, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
26-15-7Record26-16-4
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
6-2Road record / home record4-6
LWWLWLast 5LLWLW
L1StreakL2
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Montreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:27 | 0:00 | 2:54 | 10:33 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Blais | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:29 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 12:04 | 1:01 | 0:00 | 11:03 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19:17 | 2:28 | 0:00 | 16:49 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 14:58 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 12:45 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:10 | 2:21 | 0:00 | 13:49 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 | 1:01 | 0:06 | 9:51 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:02 | 0:49 | 1:36 | 13:37 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:14 | 2:28 | 0:00 | 15:46 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:17 | 2:28 | 1:40 | 18:09 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 | 1:01 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 9:13 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:00 | 0:00 | 4:04 | 16:56 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:39 | 1:08 | 0:43 | 19:48 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:56 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 14:16 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:55 | 2:21 | 0:10 | 23:24 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Matheson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:32 | 0:19 | 5:18 | 16:55 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:29 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .846 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 58:08 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:06 | 0:13 | 0:00 | 15:53 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:55 | 4:39 | 0:00 | 12:16 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 | 0:04 | 1:18 | 9:48 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9:22 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 9:18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:55 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8:45 | 0:00 | 1:01 | 7:44 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 | 0:16 | 1:52 | 16:21 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 | 5:13 | 0:00 | 12:08 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 | 0:16 | 0:00 | 14:05 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:43 | 5:13 | 0:00 | 15:30 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18:44 | 0:15 | 2:09 | 16:20 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 | 5:15 | 0:00 | 9:12 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:02 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:05 | 0:15 | 1:29 | 23:21 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:39 | 5:12 | 0:53 | 21:34 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23:04 | 0:00 | 1:25 | 21:39 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:24 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 22:13 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .870 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 59:47 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 5-3, on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres?
Montreal Canadiens 3, Buffalo Sabres 5.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (3 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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