Game

Sabres at Canadiens

Sabres 4, Canadiens 2 · first star Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (0 GA, .941 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Buffalo Sabres 4 at Montreal Canadiens 2

Sabres BUF

4 FINAL 2

Canadiens MTL

Thursday, January 22, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Centre Bell, Montreal

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	2	1	1	4	17
Canadiens	0	2	0	2	34

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Canadiens attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 6 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 17, MTL 34.

BUF in red MTL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 17 shots on goal (4 goals, 10 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Canadiens 34 shots on goal (2 goals, 12 missed, 20 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT
1st	8	2	21	10	0	17
2nd	3	1	12	15	2	28
3rd	6	1	11	9	0	21
Total	17	4	44	34	2	66

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	MTL SOG	MTL G
Even strength	14	3	33	2
Power play	0	0	1	0
Short-handed	3	1	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Canadiens took 60.0% of the shot attempts, and 61.1% of the 90 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Canadiens and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Canadiens
Period	MTL CF%	MTL FF%
1st	44.7	50.0
2nd	70.0	75.0
3rd	65.6	61.9
Game	60.0	63.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

00:44 Jason Zucker (11) Jack Quinn (18), Ryan McLeod (21) · snap 1–0
14:58 Beck Malenstyn (4) SH Mattias Samuelsson (18) · backhand 2–0

2nd period

02:25 Zach Benson (6) Konsta Helenius (3), Noah Ostlund (9) · snap 3–0
03:56 Cole Caufield (26) Nick Suzuki (41), Mike Matheson (19) · snap 3–1
11:20 Nick Suzuki (16) Zachary Bolduc (9) · snap 3–2

3rd period

19:16 Peyton Krebs (6) EN Tage Thompson (26) · snap 4–2

Three stars

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF · G #1 · 0 GA, .941 SV%
Nick Suzuki MTL · C #14 · 1 G, 1 A
Bowen Byram BUF · D #4 · 0 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	13:01	BUF	Michael Kesselring	high sticking	2	Jake Evans
2nd	07:44	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	slashing	2	Juraj Slafkovský
2nd	14:47	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	roughing	2	Zachary Bolduc
2nd	14:47	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	roughing	2	Mattias Samuelsson
2nd	16:55	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	slashing	2	Rasmus Dahlin
2nd	16:55	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	roughing	2	Rasmus Dahlin
2nd	16:55	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	roughing	2	Zachary Bolduc
3rd	05:51	BUF	Noah Ostlund	slashing	2	Kaiden Guhle
3rd	07:16	MTL	Lane Hutson	slashing	2	Alex Tuch

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Peyton Krebs #19	C	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	57.1	10:38
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	1	0	1	+1	1	6	2	0	50.0	11:41
Jason Zucker #17	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	17:00
Zach Benson #6	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	10:47
Konsta Helenius #94	C	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	33.3	09:36
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	13:02
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	42.9	20:53
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	1	1	-1	1	0	2	0	27.8	17:14
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:57
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	2	2	0.0	23:03
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	10:57
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	0	0.0	19:46
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	15:26
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	+3	1	1	0	0	0.0	27:21
Jacob Bryson #78	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	06:17
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2	0.0	12:04
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	0	0.0	26:25
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	4	0.0	22:53

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	W	34	32	2	.941	31/33	1/1	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nick Suzuki #14	C	1	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	52.4	20:14
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:56
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	1	1	-1	2	4	2	6	0.0	14:18
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	1	1	+1	5	1	1	0	0.0	23:53
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	83.3	11:25
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	75.0	10:02
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	15:25
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	63.6	15:54
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	71.4	13:20
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	18:50
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0.0	13:09
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	0.0	17:44
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	13:21
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	18:53
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0.0	09:06
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	14:17
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	2	0.0	24:14
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	0.0	23:26

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Samuel Montembeault #35	L	16	13	3	.812	11/13	0/0	58:33

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.