{"id":2025020740,"season":20252026,"gameType":2,"limitedScoring":false,"gameDate":"2026-01-15","venue":{"default":"KeyBank Center"},"venueLocation":{"default":"Buffalo"},"startTimeUTC":"2026-01-16T00:00:00Z","easternUTCOffset":"-05:00","venueUTCOffset":"-05:00","tvBroadcasts":[{"id":131,"market":"A","countryCode":"CA","network":"TSN2","sequenceNumber":112},{"id":33,"market":"A","countryCode":"CA","network":"RDS","sequenceNumber":145},{"id":28,"market":"H","countryCode":"US","network":"MSG-B","sequenceNumber":392}],"gameState":"OFF","gameScheduleState":"OK","periodDescriptor":{"number":3,"periodType":"REG","maxRegulationPeriods":3},"regPeriods":3,"awayTeam":{"id":8,"commonName":{"default":"Canadiens"},"abbrev":"MTL","score":3,"sog":23,"logo":"https://assets.nhle.com/logos/nhl/svg/MTL_light.svg","darkLogo":"https://assets.nhle.com/logos/nhl/svg/MTL_dark.svg","placeName":{"default":"Montréal"},"placeNameWithPreposition":{"default":"Montréal","fr":"de Montréal"}},"homeTeam":{"id":7,"commonName":{"default":"Sabres"},"abbrev":"BUF","score":5,"sog":27,"logo":"https://assets.nhle.com/logos/nhl/svg/BUF_light.svg","darkLogo":"https://assets.nhle.com/logos/nhl/svg/BUF_dark.svg","placeName":{"default":"Buffalo"},"placeNameWithPreposition":{"default":"Buffalo","fr":"de Buffalo"}},"clock":{"timeRemaining":"00:00","secondsRemaining":0,"running":false,"inIntermission":false},"playerByGameStats":{"awayTeam":{"forwards":[{"playerId":8475848,"sweaterNumber":11,"name":{"default":"B. Gallagher"},"position":"R","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":2,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":3,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"10:58","blockedShots":0,"shifts":16,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8481540,"sweaterNumber":13,"name":{"default":"C. Caufield"},"position":"R","goals":1,"assists":1,"points":2,"plusMinus":-1,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":5,"faceoffWinningPctg":1.000000,"toi":"19:17","blockedShots":0,"shifts":21,"giveaways":2,"takeaways":1},{"playerId":8480018,"sweaterNumber":14,"name":{"default":"N. Suzuki"},"position":"C","goals":1,"assists":1,"points":2,"plusMinus":-1,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":1,"sog":2,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.636364,"toi":"22:17","blockedShots":0,"shifts":24,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8476981,"sweaterNumber":17,"name":{"default":"J. Anderson"},"position":"R","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":-1,"pim":0,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"13:27","blockedShots":0,"shifts":18,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8483515,"sweaterNumber":20,"name":{"default":"J. Slafkovský"},"position":"L","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":-1,"pim":0,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":1,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"18:14","blockedShots":2,"shifts":20,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8476479,"sweaterNumber":24,"name":{"default":"P. Danault"},"position":"C","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":-2,"pim":2,"hits":3,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.454545,"toi":"14:58","blockedShots":2,"shifts":20,"giveaways":3,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8478104,"sweaterNumber":27,"name":{"default":"S. Blais"},"position":"L","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":4,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":2,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"07:29","blockedShots":1,"shifts":12,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":1},{"playerId":8482737,"sweaterNumber":76,"name":{"default":"Z. Bolduc"},"position":"R","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":-1,"pim":0,"hits":5,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":1.000000,"toi":"12:04","blockedShots":0,"shifts":17,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8480074,"sweaterNumber":85,"name":{"default":"A. Texier"},"position":"L","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":3,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"13:45","blockedShots":0,"shifts":17,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8480813,"sweaterNumber":90,"name":{"default":"J. Veleno"},"position":"C","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":3,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.800000,"toi":"11:12","blockedShots":1,"shifts":17,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8482775,"sweaterNumber":91,"name":{"default":"O. Kapanen"},"position":"C","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":2,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":3,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.533333,"toi":"16:02","blockedShots":1,"shifts":20,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":1},{"playerId":8484984,"sweaterNumber":93,"name":{"default":"I. Demidov"},"position":"R","goals":1,"assists":0,"points":1,"plusMinus":-1,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":1,"sog":3,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"16:10","blockedShots":0,"shifts":19,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":0}],"defense":[{"playerId":8476875,"sweaterNumber":8,"name":{"default":"M. Matheson"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":2,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"22:32","blockedShots":0,"shifts":26,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8482087,"sweaterNumber":21,"name":{"default":"K. Guhle"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":2,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"14:56","blockedShots":1,"shifts":18,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":1},{"playerId":8478851,"sweaterNumber":45,"name":{"default":"A. Carrier"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":-1,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"21:00","blockedShots":4,"shifts":23,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8483457,"sweaterNumber":48,"name":{"default":"L. Hutson"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":2,"points":2,"plusMinus":-1,"pim":2,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":1,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"25:55","blockedShots":2,"shifts":28,"giveaways":3,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8480865,"sweaterNumber":53,"name":{"default":"N. Dobson"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":1,"points":1,"plusMinus":-1,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"21:39","blockedShots":4,"shifts":26,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8482964,"sweaterNumber":72,"name":{"default":"A. Xhekaj"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":6,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"10:29","blockedShots":0,"shifts":13,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0}],"goalies":[{"playerId":8484170,"sweaterNumber":32,"name":{"default":"J. Fowler"},"position":"G","evenStrengthShotsAgainst":"20/22","powerPlayShotsAgainst":"2/4","shorthandedShotsAgainst":"0/0","saveShotsAgainst":"22/26","savePctg":0.846154,"evenStrengthGoalsAgainst":2,"powerPlayGoalsAgainst":2,"shorthandedGoalsAgainst":0,"pim":0,"goalsAgainst":4,"toi":"58:08","starter":true,"decision":"L","shotsAgainst":26,"saves":22},{"playerId":8478470,"sweaterNumber":35,"name":{"default":"S. Montembeault"},"position":"G","evenStrengthShotsAgainst":"0/0","powerPlayShotsAgainst":"0/0","shorthandedShotsAgainst":"0/0","saveShotsAgainst":"0/0","evenStrengthGoalsAgainst":0,"powerPlayGoalsAgainst":0,"shorthandedGoalsAgainst":0,"pim":0,"goalsAgainst":0,"toi":"00:00","starter":false,"shotsAgainst":0,"saves":0}]},"homeTeam":{"forwards":[{"playerId":8484145,"sweaterNumber":6,"name":{"default":"Z. Benson"},"position":"L","goals":0,"assists":1,"points":1,"plusMinus":1,"pim":2,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":2,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"16:06","blockedShots":0,"shifts":24,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":1},{"playerId":8478413,"sweaterNumber":12,"name":{"default":"J. Greenway"},"position":"L","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":2,"hits":3,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"11:10","blockedShots":1,"shifts":19,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8475722,"sweaterNumber":17,"name":{"default":"J. Zucker"},"position":"L","goals":0,"assists":1,"points":1,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.250000,"toi":"14:27","blockedShots":1,"shifts":15,"giveaways":3,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8481522,"sweaterNumber":19,"name":{"default":"P. Krebs"},"position":"C","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":1,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.333333,"toi":"10:55","blockedShots":0,"shifts":15,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8482097,"sweaterNumber":22,"name":{"default":"J. Quinn"},"position":"R","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":1,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"14:21","blockedShots":0,"shifts":19,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8479359,"sweaterNumber":29,"name":{"default":"B. Malenstyn"},"position":"L","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":5,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":2,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"08:45","blockedShots":0,"shifts":15,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8482896,"sweaterNumber":48,"name":{"default":"T. Kozak"},"position":"C","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":3,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":2,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.428571,"toi":"09:22","blockedShots":0,"shifts":16,"giveaways":2,"takeaways":2},{"playerId":8480802,"sweaterNumber":71,"name":{"default":"R. McLeod"},"position":"C","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":1,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.555556,"toi":"18:29","blockedShots":0,"shifts":26,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8479420,"sweaterNumber":72,"name":{"default":"T. Thompson"},"position":"C","goals":3,"assists":2,"points":5,"plusMinus":2,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":1,"sog":3,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.411765,"toi":"20:43","blockedShots":1,"shifts":25,"giveaways":2,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8483500,"sweaterNumber":86,"name":{"default":"N. Ostlund"},"position":"C","goals":0,"assists":2,"points":2,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":3,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.200000,"toi":"17:21","blockedShots":0,"shifts":19,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8477949,"sweaterNumber":89,"name":{"default":"A. Tuch"},"position":"R","goals":1,"assists":0,"points":1,"plusMinus":1,"pim":0,"hits":4,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":1,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"18:44","blockedShots":0,"shifts":25,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8482659,"sweaterNumber":91,"name":{"default":"J. Doan"},"position":"R","goals":1,"assists":1,"points":2,"plusMinus":1,"pim":0,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":1,"sog":1,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"16:55","blockedShots":0,"shifts":19,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":1}],"defense":[{"playerId":8481524,"sweaterNumber":4,"name":{"default":"B. Byram"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":1,"pim":4,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":1,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"25:05","blockedShots":0,"shifts":33,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8480807,"sweaterNumber":23,"name":{"default":"M. Samuelsson"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":2,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":4,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"25:24","blockedShots":1,"shifts":32,"giveaways":2,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8482671,"sweaterNumber":25,"name":{"default":"O. Power"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":1,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":3,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"23:04","blockedShots":0,"shifts":30,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":2},{"playerId":8480839,"sweaterNumber":26,"name":{"default":"R. Dahlin"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":1,"points":1,"plusMinus":0,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":2,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"27:39","blockedShots":2,"shifts":33,"giveaways":1,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8484305,"sweaterNumber":73,"name":{"default":"Z. Metsa"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":1,"pim":0,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":1,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"07:38","blockedShots":0,"shifts":8,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0},{"playerId":8480196,"sweaterNumber":78,"name":{"default":"J. Bryson"},"position":"D","goals":0,"assists":0,"points":0,"plusMinus":0,"pim":2,"hits":0,"powerPlayGoals":0,"sog":0,"faceoffWinningPctg":0.000000,"toi":"06:02","blockedShots":0,"shifts":8,"giveaways":0,"takeaways":0}],"goalies":[{"playerId":8480045,"sweaterNumber":1,"name":{"default":"U. Luukkonen"},"position":"G","evenStrengthShotsAgainst":"0/0","powerPlayShotsAgainst":"0/0","shorthandedShotsAgainst":"0/0","saveShotsAgainst":"0/0","evenStrengthGoalsAgainst":0,"powerPlayGoalsAgainst":0,"shorthandedGoalsAgainst":0,"pim":0,"goalsAgainst":0,"toi":"00:00","starter":false,"shotsAgainst":0,"saves":0},{"playerId":8481551,"sweaterNumber":92,"name":{"default":"C. Ellis"},"position":"G","evenStrengthShotsAgainst":"19/20","powerPlayShotsAgainst":"1/3","shorthandedShotsAgainst":"0/0","saveShotsAgainst":"20/23","savePctg":0.869565,"evenStrengthGoalsAgainst":1,"powerPlayGoalsAgainst":2,"shorthandedGoalsAgainst":0,"pim":0,"goalsAgainst":3,"toi":"59:47","starter":true,"decision":"W","shotsAgainst":23,"saves":20}]}},"gameOutcome":{"lastPeriodType":"REG"}}