Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens — January 22, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on January 22, 2026. Despite the result, the Montreal Canadiens held the edge in expected goals (7.86 to 4.78) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Montreal Canadiens created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 5 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Zach Benson was the most dangerous skater with 1.93 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Montreal Canadiens outshot the Buffalo Sabres 34-17 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on Jan 22, 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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BUF4 - 2MTL

Jan 22, 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	%
MTL	P1	17	21	44.7	12	12	50.0	10	8	55.6	11	15	42.3	1	3	25.0	2.47	2.61	48.5	0	2	0.0
	P2	28	12	70.0	21	7	75.0	15	3	83.3	21	8	72.4	6	3	66.7	5.51	2.70	67.1	2	1	66.7
	P3	21	11	65.6	13	8	61.9	9	6	60.0	12	7	63.2	2	2	50.0	1.38	1.06	56.5	0	1	0.0
	Total	66	44	60.0	46	27	63.0	34	17	66.7	44	30	59.5	9	8	52.9	9.36	6.38	59.5	2	4	33.3
BUF	P1	21	17	55.3	12	12	50.0	8	10	44.4	15	11	57.7	3	1	75.0	2.61	2.47	51.5	2	0	100.0
	P2	12	28	30.0	7	21	25.0	3	15	16.7	8	21	27.6	3	6	33.3	2.70	5.51	32.9	1	2	33.3
	P3	11	21	34.4	8	13	38.1	6	9	40.0	7	12	36.8	2	2	50.0	1.06	1.38	43.5	1	0	100.0
	Total	44	66	40.0	27	46	37.0	17	34	33.3	30	44	40.5	8	9	47.1	6.38	9.36	40.5	4	2	66.7

Win Probability

MTL Favored

BUF Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

MTL

BUF

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

MTL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

BUF ShootMTL Shoot

Shot on Net

Hit

Shot Blocked

Takeaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = MTL players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the MTL 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:

MTL ↓ / BUF →	McLeod	Thompson	Ostlund	Krebs	Helenius	Zucker	Malenstyn	Greenway	Benson	Tuch	Quinn	Doan	Samuelsson	Byram	Dahlin	Power	Kesselring	Bryson
Suzuki	64	62	40	80	50	63	50	50	40	60	63	64	47	74	36	63	67	0
Kapanen	50	50	44	71	22	44	78	78	33	63	50	60	53	60	53	59	50	100
Danault	63	42	25	78	25	71	86	86	20	38	57	45	60	100	50	43	55	63
Evans	17	70	100	50	100	50	33	33	75	70	17	40	50	75	60	67	38	60
Dach	50	50	33	—	0	40	67	67	33	60	50	55	30	70	22	69	67	—
Veleno	50	63	100	50	100	57	33	33	100	78	50	40	63	75	60	67	56	75
Slafkovský	57	70	45	67	30	50	62	64	38	79	56	63	57	65	53	63	0	100
Demidov	57	57	45	67	30	50	62	64	38	73	56	57	55	63	50	59	0	100
Caufield	64	89	0	75	0	63	43	40	0	82	71	100	60	70	57	64	0	—
Bolduc	62	67	100	67	100	67	50	50	100	77	64	63	73	75	73	79	55	60
Anderson	60	44	43	80	50	60	78	78	38	44	50	50	73	78	64	45	57	50
Gallagher	73	57	20	80	25	71	90	90	17	60	64	67	85	100	67	62	58	56
Matheson	80	64	63	83	57	73	60	60	71	69	75	58	68	89	62	76	46	60
Dobson	55	58	50	63	50	67	64	64	43	55	50	54	59	74	59	64	50	75
Hutson	63	25	33	69	11	63	65	67	22	67	70	50	65	68	53	56	0	20
Carrier	40	75	55	82	44	33	89	89	44	100	41	67	60	67	46	54	63	80
Guhle	40	60	60	67	60	43	60	60	38	40	38	60	36	50	33	42	100	86
Struble	57	—	17	60	17	57	60	60	17	100	60	—	33	67	33	67	33	38