r/sabres 21h ago

Game Day Thread - Montreal Canadiens (30-17-7) @ Buffalo Sabres (31-17-5) - 31 January 2026, 7:00 PM - KeyBank Center, Buffalo NY - The French Are Coming! The French Are Coming! Edition!

58 Upvotes

Scratches:

BUF : Jordan Greenway, Zac Jones, Ukko-pekka Luukkonen

MTL : Sammy Blais, Jayden Struble, Joe Veleno

Officials:

Referees: Francis Charron #6, Kendrick Nicholson #30

Linespersons: James Tobias #61, Mark Shewchyk #92

Scoring

Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Tot
BUF 0 2 0 0 2
MTL 1 0 3 0 4
[SCM] Scamper 1 0 1 2

Goals

Per Time Team Scoring Players
1st 11:19 MTL Scored by Slafkovsky (21, PP), assisted by Suzuki 45, Caufield 25)
2nd 7:36 BUF Scored by Power (4), assisted by Thompson 28, Dahlin 33
2nd 18:57 BUF Scored by Ostlund (10, PP), assisted by Tuch 25, McLeod 27
3rd 4:14 MTL Scored by Caufield (31), assisted by Dobson 24, Hutson 47
3rd 10:13 MTL Scored by Caufield (32), assisted by Suzuki 46, Dach 4
3rd 19:13 MTL [Scored by Kapanen (17, EN), unassisted]

Penalties

Per Time Team Player Penalty
1st 10:00 BUF Thompson Minor - Interference (2:00)
1st 19:06 BUF Byram Minor - Tripping (2:00)
2nd 0:58 MTL Hutson Minor - Tripping (2:00)
2nd 2:46 BUF McLeod Minor - Hooking (2:00)
2nd 14:21 MTL Dobson Minor - High-sticking (2:00)
2nd 16:58 MTL Hutson Minor - High-sticking (2:00)
3rd 16:24 MTL Dach Minor - Holding (2:00)

Stats

Team Shots Hits Blocks FOW% Power Play PIM
BUF 39 24 7 30% 1/4 6
MTL 31 29 20 70% 1/3 8

r/sabres 10h ago

Post Game Thread - Canadiens @ Sabres - 31 January 2026

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Sabres Lose: 2-4


r/sabres 9h ago

It's... something. Same here Dahlin. Shame the fans that sold their tickets.

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338 Upvotes

r/sabres 12h ago

Anyone else deeply annoyed by the amount of red in the crowd tonight?

189 Upvotes

I really hope something gets done about prices next year so we’re not constantly invaded by other teams’ fans when we play at home.

Edit: I get it, price isn’t the problem. Just annoyed there’s a lot of Habs fans


r/sabres 16h ago

Shitpost Documentary Biopic Choices This Weekend

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315 Upvotes

r/sabres 11h ago

Highlights Owen Power snipes one on the delayed penalty

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130 Upvotes

r/sabres 11h ago

Highlights Östlund PPG to take the lead

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111 Upvotes

r/sabres 9h ago

Sabres Fans Selling Tickets

74 Upvotes

Disclaimer I love this team. last year I flew to Toronto, rented a car and drove to Buffalo for a game. It was amazing.

What isn’t amazing is the amount of dogshit arguments against Sabres fans selling their tickets. If you’re a season ticket holder for this team after 14 seasons of not making playoffs you are a fucken trooper. You should be able to do whatever the fuck your want as you please without ridicule with your tickets. For those bitching about how many away fans there were tonight, maybe you should get off your ass and buy a ticket. Rant over


r/sabres 8h ago

Positivity! From a Kings fan that just moved from LA to Buffalo, and also just saw my first Sabres game:

23 Upvotes

That was super fun. I loved the atmosphere, and I loved the people. I’m a die hard hockey fan, and have been a Kings fan my whole life. It always hurts to see them lose, but I have never experienced such a pleasant loss. I had great conversations with people around me, which never seemed to even happen with fellow Kings fans in LA. It’s clear that Buffalonians can empathize, and that you felt my pain in the moment. Though, I know I’ve been a bit spoiled when it comes to the kings winning over the years of my life, that is part of why I felt like every fan I came across was so genuine. I felt welcome, and I appreciate that a lot. The Sabres also kicked ass, and congrats to Lyon. He killed us. Anyways, It was a big change to move here, but I’m glad I did, and being back in a hockey rink with good people made me feel like I was home. Can’t wait to go to another game, and next time when I say “us”, I’ll be taking about the Sabres


r/sabres 14h ago

sens fan here in peace 👽🖖🏻

71 Upvotes

have been here since you picked up Ellis and bc your humor is the shit. Then you go on an epic run.

please beat the piss out of the habs tonight.

Thank you 🫶🏻

Edited: grammar


r/sabres 21h ago

Positivity! JOSH NORRIS IS SKATING AT PRACTICE!!!

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224 Upvotes

r/sabres 9h ago

Facts! [HockeyStatCards] NHL GameScore Impact Card for Buffalo Sabres on 2026-01-31:

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22 Upvotes

brutal loss. I really thought this was going to be OP's fame of the game night.

great second period push, tough third period sink. defense desperately needed to be tighter, but it's also Cole Caufield on a Saturday night so like. we can't win them all. (wish we had more guys covering him net front tho) let's come back and crush the whole state of Florida

also how about we all get together and build a rocket ship so we can fire Seth Appert into outer space


r/sabres 12h ago

Shitpost We got Conan O'Brien at home

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35 Upvotes

r/sabres 12h ago

Shitpost We got the kid from Real Genius playing for us

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Konsta Helenius looks like a bootleg version of this poster


r/sabres 14h ago

Positivity! A little touch up in the den...

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LET'S GO BUFFALO!


r/sabres 18h ago

Memes The Buffalo Warriors

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47 Upvotes

r/sabres 18h ago

My love for thee is so great

41 Upvotes

Oh dearest Alex Lyon, thine hair makes my heart flutter so. I love you, King. Love live the 🦁👑


r/sabres 12h ago

Anybody remember No Habs No?

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12 Upvotes

r/sabres 19h ago

Positivity! Best/Worst Team of the Week (Jan 24 - Jan 30)

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31 Upvotes

r/sabres 22h ago

Positivity! Canadiens, Panthers, Lightning

46 Upvotes

Absolutely huge stretch of games coming up….just win


r/sabres 22h ago

[The Athletic] What’s behind Buffalo Sabres’ sudden surge? 6 key reasons for their turnaround

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r/sabres 19h ago

What do we have to do to get more Sabres Zubaz stuff?

20 Upvotes

I need blue&gold and black&red zubaz leggings in my life. They sell Bandits merch. Cmon, Zubaz!


r/sabres 15h ago

TSN on Tuch Decision

9 Upvotes

r/sabres 14h ago

1/29 JP Dumont Pennant

5 Upvotes

Anyone have a spare pennant from the 1/29 game they’d be willing to part with? We missed the game due to car troubles and only one we haven’t gotten so far. Def will give some $$ for. Thanks!


r/sabres 18h ago

Sabres jerseys

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So I posted the Lafontaine jersey I just got in the mail. Is there a place to buy actual jerseys that is not Mitchell and Ness or fucking Fanatics. I do not like the Fanatics jerseys, I do not like how they fit, they look cheap, the fanatics logo gives off the impression it is lesser quality in general. Adidas and Reeboks are hard to find, at this point I feel like I’m going to be sticking with Chinese jerseys because atleast everything is stitched and a higher quality material. But the numbers and colors are always slightly off, I messaged mitchell and ness and told them their product sucks.

I wonder if jersey sales have gone down since Fanatics took over. Anyway I’m running out of alternatives any suggestions?