MTL @ BUF · Jan 31, 2026 · Final
Saturday, January 31, 2026
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Team statistics
All situations · also sets the player stats' strength
 MTL | Stat |  BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | Corsi for | 75 |
| 75 | Corsi against | 53 |
| 41.4% | CF% | 58.6% |
| 42 | Fenwick for | 54 |
| 54 | Fenwick against | 42 |
| 43.8% | FF% | 56.3% |
| 4.45 | xG for | 3.96 |
| 3.96 | xG against | 4.45 |
| 53.0% | xGF% | 47.0% |
| 4 | Goals for | 2 |
| 2 | Goals against | 4 |
Cumulative expected goals (xG)
Final xG: BUF 3.96 - MTL 4.45
Each dot is a goal, on the scoring team's line. All situations; the shootout has no game time and is not shown.
Shot map
← MTL shoot at this netBUF shoot at this net →GoalSize is xG:0.050.200.50Faint dots missed the net.Empty-net shots are hidden.
MTL shoot at this netBUF shoot at this net →GoalSize is xG:0.050.200.50Faint dots missed the net.Empty-net shots are hidden.Scoring summary
All situations.
Period 1
MTL - Juraj Slafkovský (Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield)PPG · xG: 0.16
11:20
Period 2
BUF - Owen Power (Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin) · xG: 0.07
07:36
BUF - Noah Ostlund (Alex Tuch, Bowen Byram)PPG · xG: 0.20
18:58
Period 3
MTL - Cole Caufield (Noah Dobson, Lane Hutson) · xG: 0.08
04:14
MTL - Cole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach) · xG: 0.33
10:13
MTL - Oliver Kapanen (Noah Dobson)EN · xG: 0.37
19:12
Penalty summary
All situations.
Period 1
BUF - Tage ThompsonInterference (2 min) · drawn by Phillip Danault
10:00
BUF - Bowen ByramTripping (2 min) · drawn by Nick Suzuki
19:06
Period 2
MTL - Lane HutsonTripping (2 min) · drawn by Ryan McLeod
00:58
BUF - Ryan McLeodHooking (2 min) · drawn by Kaiden Guhle
02:46
MTL - Noah DobsonHigh sticking (2 min) · drawn by Jason Zucker
14:21
MTL - Lane HutsonHigh sticking (2 min) · drawn by Alex Tuch
16:58
Period 3
MTL - Kirby DachHolding (2 min) · drawn by Bowen Byram
16:24
Matchups (5v5)
5v5 only. Pick a unit to see the share of its 5v5 time each opposing forward line was on against it; a line counts as on with two of its three forwards. Time against no named line is mixed. Units are named LW–C–RW and LD–RD, with their 5v5 time together; a dotted name's position is inferred from faceoffs and handedness.
vs MTL Slafkovský – Kapanen – Demidov
5.8%
vs MTL Dach – Suzuki – Caufield
28.1%
vs MTL Anderson – Danault – Gallagher
26.6%
vs MTL Veleno – Evans – Bolduc
35.6%
mixed 3.9%
Player stats
The strength filters the individual and on-ice groups and the team statistics above; every other column is all situations.
Buffalo Sabres · Skaters
| Boxscore | Ice time | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26Rasmus Dahlin | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 26:03 | 17:41 | 5:55 | 1:04 | 26:03 | 26 | 140 |
| 25Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 24:00 | 19:47 | 0:17 | 2:30 | 24:00 | 27 | 143 |
| 89Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 22:29 | 15:38 | 2:00 | 2:45 | 22:29 | 26 | 122 |
| 72Tage Thompson | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 29.4% | 22:21 | 15:17 | 5:49 | 0:00 | 22:21 | 24 | 126 |
| 23Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 21:48 | 17:14 | 0:00 | 4:19 | 21:48 | 24 | 133 |
| 6Zach Benson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20:45 | 15:43 | 2:09 | 1:37 | 20:45 | 26 | 110 |
| 4Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 20:19 | 16:43 | 1:50 | 1:11 | 20:19 | 25 | 120 |
| 17Jason Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 18:40 | 12:22 | 5:31 | 0:00 | 18:40 | 20 | 103 |
| 71Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 31.6% | 17:38 | 11:43 | 2:12 | 2:14 | 17:38 | 25 | 108 |
| 22Jack Quinn | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17:28 | 11:41 | 5:23 | 0:00 | 17:28 | 20 | 101 |
| 91Josh Doan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17:22 | 10:48 | 5:47 | 0:00 | 17:22 | 19 | 108 |
| 86Noah Ostlund | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 13:18 | 10:39 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 13:18 | 18 | 83 |
| 73Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10:46 | 10:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:46 | 11 | 73 |
| 94Konsta Helenius | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 9:54 | 9:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:54 | 13 | 69 |
| 19Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0% | 9:38 | 8:33 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 9:38 | 13 | 59 |
| 8Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8:53 | 7:57 | 0:00 | 0:56 | 8:53 | 12 | 56 |
| 29Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 8:46 | 6:56 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 8:46 | 13 | 55 |
| 48Tyson Kozak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 6:49 | 6:08 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 6:49 | 12 | 41 |
Buffalo Sabres · Goalies
| Record | Shots & saves | By strength | Expected | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Alex Lyon | L | 1 | 57:43 | 0 | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 25 | 2 | .920 | 4 | 1 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.39 | +0.39 |
Montréal Canadiens · Skaters
| Boxscore | Ice time | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 27:33 | 19:52 | 0:23 | 5:54 | 27:33 | 26 | 152 |
| 53Noah Dobson | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20:32 | 17:44 | 1:04 | 1:05 | 20:32 | 24 | 108 |
| 45Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20:28 | 14:15 | 0:00 | 4:52 | 20:28 | 21 | 111 |
| 48Lane Hutson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 20:10 | 15:46 | 3:56 | 0:28 | 20:10 | 21 | 129 |
| 21Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 19:29 | 15:43 | 0:00 | 3:04 | 19:29 | 23 | 132 |
| 14Nick Suzuki | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 57.1% | 18:52 | 12:14 | 4:13 | 1:31 | 18:52 | 23 | 110 |
| 24Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6% | 18:13 | 12:13 | 0:17 | 4:44 | 18:13 | 22 | 106 |
| 91Oliver Kapanen | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7% | 17:28 | 13:11 | 0:47 | 2:52 | 17:28 | 21 | 106 |
| 20Juraj Slafkovský | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 17:26 | 12:19 | 3:56 | 0:00 | 17:26 | 19 | 102 |
| 93Ivan Demidov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16:49 | 12:41 | 3:56 | 0:00 | 16:49 | 19 | 110 |
| 71Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 81.8% | 16:33 | 11:07 | 0:00 | 4:05 | 16:33 | 22 | 83 |
| 13Cole Caufield | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15:39 | 11:20 | 4:07 | 0:00 | 15:39 | 20 | 85 |
| 77Kirby Dach | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12:29 | 11:14 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 12:29 | 17 | 76 |
| 17Josh Anderson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 12:11 | 10:04 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 12:11 | 16 | 72 |
| 90Joseph Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 10:33 | 10:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:33 | 12 | 60 |
| 11Brendan Gallagher | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10:18 | 9:29 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 10:18 | 14 | 56 |
| 76Zack Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10:10 | 8:57 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 10:10 | 12 | 58 |
| 72Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7:09 | 7:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:09 | 11 | 65 |
Montréal Canadiens · Goalies
| Record | Shots & saves | By strength | Expected | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75Jakub Dobes | W | 1 | 59:58 | 0 | 38 | 36 | 2 | .947 | 33 | 1 | .970 | 5 | 1 | .800 | 0 | 0 | – | 3.96 | +1.96 |