Buffalo Sabres 2 — 4 Montréal Canadiens
2025-10-20 · Centre Bell
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | MTL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | 11 | 4 |
| 3 | 15 | 14 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | W | 30 | 32 | 2 | 26/28 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 59:57 |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | L | 28 | 31 | 3 | 26/29 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 57:52 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:11 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:52 |
| Jiri Kulich | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:59 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20:18 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:58 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:08 |
| Josh Doan | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| Josh Dunne | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:35 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19:13 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13:29 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:07 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:47 |
| Mason Geertsen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:27 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:02 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Suzuki | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:37 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15:44 |
| Jake Evans | C | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:16 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:46 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:17 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:59 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:55 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:46 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:03 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:48 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18:36 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26:30 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 09:27 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| Owen Beck | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 08:01 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | BUF | 2 | OT |
| 2026-05-16 | 2025-26 | BUF | 8 | MTL | 3 | |
| 2026-05-14 | 2025-26 | MTL | 6 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2026-05-12 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-05-10 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | MTL | 6 | |
| 2026-05-08 | 2025-26 | MTL | 5 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2026-05-06 | 2025-26 | MTL | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2026-01-31 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2026-01-22 | 2025-26 | BUF | 4 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-01-15 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | BUF | 5 |