Montréal Canadiens 4–2 Buffalo Sabres · Saturday, January 31, 2026

Final

Saturday, January 31, 2026

KeyBank Center, Buffalo

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Scoring

1st period

11:20

Juraj Slafkovský (21)ppNick Suzuki (45), Cole Caufield (25) · wrist1–0

2nd period

07:36

Owen Power (4)Tage Thompson (28), Rasmus Dahlin (33) · wrist1–1

18:58

Noah Ostlund (10)ppAlex Tuch (25), Bowen Byram (17) · slap1–2

3rd period

04:14

Cole Caufield (31)Noah Dobson (24), Lane Hutson (47) · tip-in2–2

10:13

Cole Caufield (32)Nick Suzuki (46), Kirby Dach (4) · snap3–2

19:12

Oliver Kapanen (17)empty netNoah Dobson (25) · wrist4–2

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	B. Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	10:18	14
13	C. Caufield	R	2	1	3	+2	0	5	3	1	0	0	–	15:39	20
14	N. Suzuki	C	0	2	2	+3	0	2	0	1	0	1	57	18:52	23
17	J. Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	–	12:11	16
20	J. Slafkovský	L	1	0	1	+1	0	7	2	0	1	1	100	17:26	19
24	P. Danault	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	79	18:13	22
71	J. Evans	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	0	82	16:33	22
76	Z. Bolduc	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:10	12
77	K. Dach	C	0	1	1	+2	2	1	2	1	1	0	–	12:29	17
90	J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	0	0	50	10:33	12
91	O. Kapanen	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2	1	0	67	17:28	21
93	I. Demidov	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	16:49	19
8	M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	4	1	0	–	27:33	26
21	K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	4	2	0	–	19:29	23
45	A. Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	1	0	–	20:28	21
48	L. Hutson	D	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	1	0	2	–	20:10	21
53	N. Dobson	D	0	2	2	+3	2	4	2	2	1	0	–	20:32	24
72	A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	07:09	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	S. Montembeault		0	0	0	–	00:00
75	J. DobesSTART	W	38	36	2	.947	59:58

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	–	20:45	26
17	J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0	0	0	–	18:40	20
19	P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	09:38	13
22	J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	17:28	20
29	B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	–	08:46	13
48	T. Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	06:49	12
71	R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	32	17:38	25
72	T. Thompson	C	0	1	1	+1	2	5	1	0	0	0	29	22:21	24
86	N. Ostlund	C	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	1	0	50	13:18	18
89	A. Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	–	22:29	26
91	J. Doan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	0	2	0	–	17:22	19
94	K. Helenius	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	1	0	33	09:54	13
4	B. Byram	D	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0	1	1	1	–	20:19	25
8	M. Kesselring	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:53	12
23	M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	–	21:48	24
25	O. Power	D	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	–	24:00	27
26	R. Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	1	3	0	–	26:03	26
73	Z. Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:46	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	A. LyonSTART	L	30	27	3	.900	57:43
92	C. Ellis		0	0	0	–	00:00

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