Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres — January 15, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on January 15, 2026. Despite the result, the Montreal Canadiens held the edge in expected goals (6.51 to 4.29) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Montreal Canadiens created 7 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Tage Thompson recorded a hat trick with 3 goals. Alexandre Texier was the most dangerous skater with 1.24 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Buffalo Sabres outshot the Montreal Canadiens 27-23 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Jan 15, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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MTL3 - 5BUF

Jan 15, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BUF	P1	28	11	71.8	17	10	63.0	12	7	63.2	15	6	71.4	5	2	71.4	2.52	1.56	61.7	2	2	50.0
	P2	15	14	51.7	13	13	50.0	10	8	55.6	9	11	45.0	1	1	50.0	2.11	3.22	39.7	1	1	50.0
	P3	14	18	43.8	9	13	40.9	5	8	38.5	10	13	43.5	1	5	16.7	1.20	3.07	28.1	2	0	100.0
	Total	57	43	57.0	39	36	52.0	27	23	54.0	34	30	53.1	7	8	46.7	5.84	7.84	42.7	5	3	62.5
MTL	P1	11	28	28.2	10	17	37.0	7	12	36.8	6	15	28.6	2	5	28.6	1.56	2.52	38.3	2	2	50.0
	P2	14	15	48.3	13	13	50.0	8	10	44.4	11	9	55.0	1	1	50.0	3.22	2.11	60.3	1	1	50.0
	P3	18	14	56.3	13	9	59.1	8	5	61.5	13	10	56.5	5	1	83.3	3.07	1.20	71.9	0	2	0.0
	Total	43	57	43.0	36	39	48.0	23	27	46.0	30	34	46.9	8	7	53.3	7.84	5.84	57.3	3	5	37.5

Win Probability

BUF Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MTL ShootBUF Shoot

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Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (MTL) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BUF players, Columns = MTL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BUF ↓ / MTL →	Suzuki	Kapanen	Danault	Veleno	Slafkovský	Texier	Blais	Caufield	Demidov	Anderson	Bolduc	Gallagher	Matheson	Dobson	Hutson	Carrier	Guhle	Xhekaj
Thompson	61	55	100	44	73	47	29	61	75	100	100	29	64	52	64	78	57	—
McLeod	32	43	100	56	46	11	57	38	46	75	40	56	64	47	38	83	38	33
Ostlund	78	71	87	100	70	83	—	71	60	87	67	—	80	55	80	100	71	100
Kozak	50	50	100	60	33	75	60	60	33	100	100	60	80	83	67	67	33	40
Krebs	80	50	82	—	71	83	—	80	50	80	71	—	50	50	88	100	80	100
Benson	47	60	100	50	71	40	40	50	50	100	100	50	50	53	58	50	60	50
Zucker	38	56	100	67	100	17	50	50	100	90	50	50	81	33	38	100	75	50
Greenway	45	50	83	43	38	67	43	50	38	75	75	43	80	86	55	67	27	29
Malenstyn	50	100	100	60	40	75	60	60	40	100	100	60	80	83	67	67	40	50
Tuch	46	60	100	33	42	40	29	44	33	100	67	25	33	50	53	55	25	—
Doan	62	50	94	100	89	55	100	90	75	93	67	100	85	60	67	100	100	83
Quinn	25	50	100	60	50	25	50	25	50	75	67	56	70	50	50	100	38	33
Samuelsson	48	50	90	40	47	50	33	48	47	71	63	30	39	45	57	75	47	55
Byram	42	33	90	63	45	38	50	50	40	83	80	57	64	57	47	67	38	50
Dahlin	48	58	92	53	57	45	55	54	45	82	50	55	68	53	45	76	44	75
Power	47	50	100	38	47	50	33	53	36	100	83	38	58	59	53	50	54	71
Metsa	50	0	100	75	100	50	50	100	100	100	75	60	60	33	88	100	100	50
Bryson	0	50	83	100	80	0	100	—	—	83	50	100	100	50	71	100	60	0