Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Jan 22, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	4	17
Montréal Canadiens	2	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:44	BUF	Jason Zucker (11)	Jack Quinn (18), Ryan McLeod (21)	1 - 0
14:58	BUF	Beck Malenstyn (4) SH	Mattias Samuelsson (18)	2 - 0
2nd Period
02:25	BUF	Zach Benson (6)	Konsta Helenius (3), Noah Ostlund (9)	3 - 0
03:56	MTL	Cole Caufield (26)	Nick Suzuki (41), Mike Matheson (19)	3 - 1
11:20	MTL	Nick Suzuki (16)	Zachary Bolduc (9)	3 - 2
3rd Period
19:16	BUF	Peyton Krebs (6)	Tage Thompson (26)	4 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
13:01	BUF	Michael Kesselring	High sticking	2
2nd Period
07:44	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Slashing	2
14:47	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	Roughing	2
14:47	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	Roughing	2
16:55	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	Slashing	2
16:55	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	Roughing	2
16:55	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Roughing	2
3rd Period
05:51	BUF	Noah Ostlund	Slashing	2
07:16	MTL	Lane Hutson	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	45	27	17	4	3.6	40.0
Montréal Canadiens	65	46	34	2	3.3	60.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 4 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.3 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres

Montréal Canadiens

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	11:28	52.6	72.6	1-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Josh Doan	9:28	40.9	18.2	0-1
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs	7:50	13.3	0.0	0-0
Noah Ostlund · Zach Benson · Konsta Helenius	7:43	46.7	84.2	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	12:34	17.6	15.0	1-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	12:19	41.9	37.0	0-2
Jacob Bryson · Michael Kesselring	4:45	38.5	80.8	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	10:47	0.74	11-8	0.91-0.16
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	17:00	0.20	12-13	1.04-0.39
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	10:38		4-15	0.00-1.03
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	6	11:41	0.28	2-13	0.00-0.58
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	16:57	0.38	12-12	0.93-0.56
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	5	23:03	0.03	15-24	0.72-1.54
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	20:53	0.07	12-13	1.01-0.44
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	17:14	0.09	11-18	0.31-1.28
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	13:02		10-10	0.94-0.37
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	09:36	0.14	10-8	1.00-0.16
7	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	12:04	0.16	13-11	1.13-0.29
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:57		2-13	0.00-0.58
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	27:21	0.18	6-21	0.33-1.20
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	26:25		12-21	0.58-0.90
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	22:53	0.21	20-24	1.16-1.43
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	06:17		6-9	0.74-0.16
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	19:46	0.24	11-21	0.18-0.95
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	15:26		11-16	0.31-1.30

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	34	32	2	60:00	3.18	+1.18

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov	10:42	59.1	61.9	0-0
Nick Suzuki · Kirby Dach · Cole Caufield	10:18	60.0	35.3	1-1
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson	8:55	61.9	35.1	0-1
Jake Evans · Joseph Veleno · Zachary Bolduc	6:55	53.3	39.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson	14:24	63.9	85.6	2-0
Alexandre Carrier · Kaiden Guhle	9:10	55.6	42.0	0-0
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson	7:51	41.7	26.4	0-2

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	20:14	0.48	12-9	0.94-0.62
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	17:56	0.15	9-4	0.79-0.56
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	1	0	5	1	23:53	0.21	28-15	1.42-0.21
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	1	1	-1	6	2	4	14:18	0.40	16-9	1.08-0.45
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	13:09	0.23	18-10	0.71-0.92
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	13:21	0.36	18-10	0.80-0.92
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	18:50	0.15	16-9	0.74-0.33
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:17		13-9	0.55-0.72
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	13:20	0.01	15-13	0.53-0.85
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:53	0.05	21-12	0.91-1.05
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	09:06		8-8	0.43-0.99
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	-3	2	4	0	24:14	0.12	15-13	0.74-1.33
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	23:26	0.22	23-15	1.27-0.22
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:25	0.45	9-9	0.30-0.45
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	15:25		7-9	0.30-0.56
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10:02	0.05	12-7	0.41-0.45
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	15:54	0.18	15-10	0.66-0.33
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	17:44	0.25	15-9	0.74-0.33

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Samuel Montembeault	L	16	13	3	58:33	2.63	-0.37