Sabres vs. Canadiens (Oct 17, 2026)

Forward Matchup

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

N. Suzuki

MTL C #14

2

Goals

3

4

Points

7

23

Shots on Goal

9

Defenseman Matchup

O. Power

BUF D #25

L. Hutson

MTL D #48

5

Points

4

1

Blocks

3

1

Hits

0

Goalie Matchup

C. Ellis

BUF G #92

J. Dobes

MTL G #75

1

Wins

1

.900

Save Pct

.856

1.86

Goals Against Avg

4.43

BUF

Team Stats

MTL

2.5

Goals per Game

3.5

3.75

Goals Against per Game

4.75

27.00

Shots per Game

25.50

19.00

Shots Against per Game

27.75

0.0

Power Play Pct

7.7

63.6

Penalty Kill Pct

70.6

.803

Save Pct

.829

BUF

Injuries

MTL

Topias Leinonen

G

Out (Lower-body)

C

Oliver Kapanen

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Conor Timmins

D

Out (Lower-body)

G

Samuel Montembeault

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Jack Rathbone

D

Out (Undisclosed)

D

Bryce Pickford

Out (Undisclosed)

Jason Zucker

LW

Out (Abdomen)

RW

Ivan Demidov

Out (Lower-body)

Alex Lyon

G

Out (Upper-body)

LW

Lucas Condotta

Out (Undisclosed)

D

Kaiden Guhle

Out (Groin)

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Senators	3	1	0	6	3
Lightning	3	1	0	6	2
Panthers	2	0	2	6	0
Bruins	3	2	0	6	3
Maple Leafs	2	2	1	5	-1
Sabres	2	2	0	4	-5
Canadiens	1	2	1	3	-5
Red Wings	1	2	0	2	-1

BUF

Last 5

MTL

Thu, Oct 8

Thu, Oct 8

Tue, Oct 6

Tue, Oct 6

Sat, Oct 3

Sat, Oct 3

Thu, Oct 1

Tue, Sep 29

Game Info

October 17, 2026

NHL Network

Bell Centre

Montreal, Canada

Team Leaders

G

2

T. Thompson

A

4

O. Power

GWG

1

O. Power

SV%

.900

C. Ellis

Season

Career vs MTL

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	3	3	1	2	0	55	43	.782	12	4.02	0	179
	Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	1	0	0	20	18	.900	2	1.86	0	64

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	8	7	4	4	218	193	.885	25	3.14	478
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	5	5	2	2	132	115	.871	17	3.95	258
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	1	0	23	20	.870	3	3.01	60

Team Leaders

G

3

N. Suzuki

A

4

N. Suzuki

GWG

1

A. Carrier

SV%

.856

J. Dobes

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Owen Power O. Power	4	1	4	5	+2	0	1	1	5	20.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	26:16
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	4	2	2	4	+3	2	0	0	23	8.7	26	55	47.3	3	2	2	7	19:45
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	4	1	2	3	+2	0	0	0	9	11.1	14	40	35.0	0	1	0	4	17:57
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	4	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	4	25.0	16	32	50.0	5	1	0	1	11:59
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	0.0	3	7	42.9	6	0	0	2	15:04
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	11	9.1	0	0	0	8	8	2	4	26:45
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	4	1	1	2	-3	4	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	3	3	1	5	20:43
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	4	2	0	2	-1	2	0	0	12	16.7	0	0	0	6	2	0	5	19:55
Josh Norris J. Norris	4	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	5	0.0	15	29	51.7	5	1	0	1	15:59
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	4	0	1	1	-5	2	0	0	3	0.0	21	40	52.5	0	1	0	5	14:59
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	5	6	1	10	15:16
Zach Benson Z. Benson	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	8	0.0	2	5	40.0	7	1	0	5	19:17
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	4	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	11:25
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	4	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	4	1	0	7	14:07
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	7	14	50.0	3	0	0	1	7:32
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:27
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	4	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	17	1	1	2	8:46
Josh Doan J. Doan	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0.0	1	2	50.0	8	3	1	3	16:26
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	16:02
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	9	16	56.3	2	1	1	0	10:01

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	20	12	11	23	+6	16	3	4	0	0	1	65	18.5	94	220	42.7	17	9	6	9	17:51
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	24	4	17	21	-5	24	1	10	0	0	0	60	6.7	0	0	0	40	29	11	36	23:44
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	25	10	7	17	+3	6	2	3	1	0	2	62	16.1	1	12	8.3	29	9	3	17	15:52
Josh Norris J. Norris	16	3	9	12	+3	9	1	5	0	1	0	26	11.5	115	210	54.8	20	13	2	8	16:59
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	24	0	9	9	+18	8	0	2	0	0	0	37	0.0	0	0	0	19	18	11	21	19:12
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	12	1	5	6	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	25	4.0	0	2	0.0	4	7	0	4	15:15
Owen Power O. Power	14	1	4	5	-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	0	0	0	5	21	8	9	22:33
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	3	1	3	4	-1	2	1	2	0	0	0	4	25.0	3	12	25.0	0	0	1	2	14:34
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	12	2	1	3	+4	23	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	46	92	50.0	18	7	4	4	11:00
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	14	1	2	3	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	86	185	46.5	6	5	9	13	15:51
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	16	2	1	3	-4	6	0	1	0	0	0	11	18.2	48	97	49.5	26	4	3	3	12:34
Josh Doan J. Doan	5	2	1	3	-4	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	0	6	0.0	9	2	1	3	16:11
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	4	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	13	38	34.2	1	2	0	1	15:42
Zach Benson Z. Benson	11	1	2	3	-2	10	0	0	0	0	1	23	4.3	1	3	33.3	8	2	4	8	15:34
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	5	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	16:29
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	13	0	2	2	+1	8	0	0	0	1	0	24	0.0	0	0	0	37	15	3	16	19:28
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	11	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	12.5	3	8	37.5	38	9	1	5	11:24
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	5	0	1	1	-4	17	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	5	9	2	2	15:35
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	3	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	10	17	58.8	6	0	2	2	9:03
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	2	6	33.3	2	1	0	2	9:45
Jack Rathbone J. Rathbone	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:30
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	4	0	0	0	+3	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	3	5	2	4	18:00
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	5	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	17	33	51.5	10	4	3	1	14:54
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	3	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9:09

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	4	3	4	7	+3	2	0	0	0	9	33.3	36	75	48.0	8	2	2	7	21:04
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	4	0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	26:49
Chris Kreider C. Kreider	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	9	2	1	0	14:42
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	4	1	2	3	+1	6	0	0	0	10	10.0	1	1	100.0	10	0	1	2	12:59
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	4	3	0	3	+2	0	1	0	0	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	4	2	0	3	13:08
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	4	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	1	5	20.0	0	0	0	3	4	1	1	17:39
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	6	2	1	1	11:45
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	4	1	1	2	-3	2	0	1	0	4	25.0	26	41	63.4	7	3	1	4	16:24
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	15:37
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	4	2	0	2	+1	4	0	0	0	13	15.4	1	2	50.0	5	1	1	4	19:38
Phillip Danault P. Danault	4	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	24	44	54.5	2	0	0	3	14:52
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	4	0	1	1	-3	6	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	2	8	2	4	24:26
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	4	0	1	1	-2	8	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	4	5	2	9	22:30
Kirby Dach K. Dach	4	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	6	4	0	4	10:02
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	4	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	10	10.0	1	4	25.0	3	1	2	5	18:18
Jake Evans J. Evans	4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	33	59	55.9	5	4	1	1	14:06
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	4	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	7	3	1	1	11:49
Adam Engstrom A. Engstrom	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:49
Florian Xhekaj F. Xhekaj	2	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	3	1	0	1	7:36
Jayden Struble J. Struble	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	12:05

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Chris Kreider C. Kreider	40	16	10	26	+6	22	8	4	1	0	6	2	87	18.4	15	33	45.5	77	19	6	25	16:42
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	21	8	18	26	+4	2	2	9	1	0	1	0	54	14.8	186	341	54.5	11	12	8	15	19:53
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	18	10	6	16	-3	2	4	3	0	0	2	0	61	16.4	4	4	100.0	17	7	5	12	17:51
Phillip Danault P. Danault	28	3	12	15	0	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	38	7.9	223	424	52.6	29	19	16	15	15:59
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	37	4	11	15	+2	14	1	3	0	1	1	1	76	5.3	0	0	0	30	59	21	28	21:32
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	26	4	10	14	+5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	8.0	0	0	0	18	39	12	18	19:34
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	26	7	5	12	+10	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	59	11.9	7	20	35.0	49	8	5	8	15:29
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	8	1	11	12	-1	10	0	7	0	0	1	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	1	10	5	11	21:43
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	13	4	5	9	-1	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	29	13.8	3	5	60.0	24	10	3	11	17:20
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	11	2	5	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	13	15.4	29	70	41.4	6	9	1	2	14:15
Jake Evans J. Evans	18	3	3	6	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	13.0	125	229	54.6	23	19	10	14	15:42
Kirby Dach K. Dach	8	2	3	5	+1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	13.3	6	15	40.0	9	5	5	1	15:48
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	8	1	3	4	+3	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	11	9.1	1	1	100.0	4	0	4	2	13:57
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	10	1	1	2	-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	13	31	2	6	18:53
Oliver Kapanen O. Kapanen	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	25	41	61.0	2	6	1	4	15:30
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	10	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	23	7	0	5	14:15
Jayden Struble J. Struble	8	2	0	2	-3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	0	0	0	22	8	2	6	15:21
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	4	1	1	2	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	3	1	1	4	15:48
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	5	0	1	1	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	1	1	100.0	12	2	0	4	11:47
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	9	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	3	23	0	5	19:51
Lucas Condotta L. Condotta	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25.0	1	1	0	1	8:10

Sabres BUF

Canadiens MTL

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

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Injuries

2026-27 Atlantic Division

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