Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens (Oct 20, 2025)

Team Context

Home context · Montréal Canadiens

Best Scorer

Cole Caufield with 5

Most Assists

Nick Suzuki with 7

Last Five W L OT/SO

Away context · Buffalo Sabres

Best Scorer

Jason Zucker with 3

Most Assists

Zach Benson with 5

Last Five W L OT/SO

Recent Matchups Full head-to-head →

Mar 3, 2025

Sabres @ Canadiens

3–4 (OT)

Mar 1, 2025

Canadiens @ Sabres

4–2

Dec 17, 2024

Sabres @ Canadiens

1–6

Nov 11, 2024

Canadiens @ Sabres

7–5

Feb 21, 2024

Sabres @ Canadiens

3–2

BUF ⚔️

Stats

🇨🇦 MTL

Goals

Shots

PPG

Hits

PIM

Sabres Goals

Jiri Kulich (2nd • 06:51)

Assisted by Zach Benson

Tyson Kozak (3rd • 12:30)

Assisted by Jack Quinn , Rasmus Dahlin

Canadiens Goals

Oliver Kapanen (1st • 08:29)

Assisted by Ivan Demidov , Alex Newhook

Juraj Slafkovsky (3rd • 02:57)

Assisted by Noah Dobson , Nick Suzuki

Lane Hutson (3rd • 11:38)

Assisted by Alex Newhook

Jake Evans EN (3rd • 19:29)

Assisted by Nick Suzuki

After 1st — 0–1

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

Lines & Pairings · est. by ice time

BUF

L1: Benson · Thompson · Tuch · 20:18

L2: McLeod · Kulich · Doan · 18:00

L3: Zucker · Krebs · Quinn · 13:17

L4: Geertsen · Kozak · Dunne · 6:35

D1: Dahlin · Byram · 25:00

D2: Power · Samuelsson · 20:15

D3: Timmins · Metsa · 13:54

MTL

L1: Suzuki · Evans · Caufield · 18:16

L2: Slafkovsky · Anderson · Gallagher · 15:55

L3: Newhook · Kapanen · Demidov · 12:34

L4: Bolduc · Veleno · Beck · 9:27

D1: Matheson · Dobson · 23:38

D2: Hutson · Struble · 19:34

D3: Carrier · Xhekaj · 15:52