Final/Sun Feb 1, 2026/KeyBank Center, Buffalo/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
1034
0202

02/Scoring summary

6 goals

1st

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLBUF
11:20MTLJuraj Slafkovský (21)Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield10

2nd

2 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLBUF
07:36BUFOwen Power (4)Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin11
18:58BUFNoah Ostlund (10)Alex Tuch, Bowen Byram12

3rd

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLBUF
04:14MTLCole Caufield (31)Noah Dobson, Lane Hutson22
10:13MTLCole Caufield (32)Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach32
19:12MTLOliver Kapanen (17)Noah Dobson42

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
MTL
Away / Home
BUF
4
Goals
2
31
Shots on goal
38
11
Missed shots
18
20
Blocked shots
7
53
Shot attempts
77
29
Hits
24
40
Faceoffs won of 57
17
70.2%
Faceoff win %
29.8%
13
Giveaways
16
5
Takeaways
4
4
Penalties
3
8
Penalty minutes
6
3
Power plays
4

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Montréal Canadiens

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Cole CaufieldR213+2053115:39
Noah DobsonD022+3242220:32
Nick SuzukiC022+302018-618:52
Lane HutsonD011+1420120:10
Oliver KapanenC101+102128-417:28
Juraj SlafkovskýL101+107202-017:26
Kirby DachC011+2212112:29
Mike MathesonD000-1020427:33
Alexandre CarrierD000-1011120:28
Kaiden GuhleD000+2003419:29
Phillip DanaultC0000011111-318:13
Ivan DemidovR0000030016:49
Jake EvansC000-101019-216:33
Josh AndersonR0000003012:11
Joe VelenoC000-100212-210:33
Brendan GallagherR0000005010:18
Zack BolducR000-1001010:10
Arber XhekajD000000307:09
Skaters47118312920

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jakub Dobes38362.94759:58
Sam Montembeault

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Buffalo Sabres

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Rasmus DahlinD0110043126:03
Owen PowerD1010060224:00
Alex TuchR011001100-222:29
Tage ThompsonC011+125105-1222:21
Bowen ByramD011-2210120:19
Noah OstlundC101-201002-213:18
Mattias SamuelssonD0000026021:48
Zach BensonL0000021020:45
Jason ZuckerL000-104200-118:40
Ryan McLeodC000022006-1317:38
Jack QuinnR000-1030017:28
Josh DoanR000-1034017:22
Zach MetsaD0000000010:46
NHL 8484797000-103101-29:54
Peyton KrebsC000-100102-69:38
Michael KesselringD000-200018:53
Beck MalenstynL000001320-18:46
Tyson KozakC000000101-16:49
Skaters246638247

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Alex Lyon30273.90057:43
Colten Ellis

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

7 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st10:00BUFTage ThompsonInterference2Phillip Danault
1st19:06BUFBowen ByramTripping2Nick Suzuki
2nd00:58MTLLane HutsonTripping2Ryan McLeod
2nd02:46BUFRyan McLeodHooking2Kaiden Guhle
2nd14:21MTLNoah DobsonHigh-sticking2Jason Zucker
2nd16:58MTLLane HutsonHigh-sticking2Alex Tuch
3rd16:24MTLKirby DachHolding2Bowen Byram

07/Game

Date
Sun Feb 1, 2026
Venue
KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025020865

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 1 player is not in the player index and appears by NHL id rather than under an invented name.