Sabres vs. Canadiens (Oct 17, 2026)

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Canadiens MTL

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Sabres

Canadiens

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Odds

BUF

MTL

+130

Money

-133

Money

o6.5

-104

u6.5

-104

+1.5

-194

-1.5

+182

o6.5

Open

-139

Open

T. Thompson Over 0.5 Points -245 J. Norris Over 0.5 Goals +400

Forward Matchup

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

N. Suzuki

MTL C #14

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

O. Power

BUF D #25

L. Hutson

MTL D #48

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

U. Luukkonen

BUF G #1

J. Fowler

MTL G #32

Wins

.854

Save Pct

.906

3.52

Goals Against Avg

1.91

BUF

Team Stats

MTL

Goals per Game

3.63

Goals Against per Game

3.86

26.88

Shots per Game

28.43

24.63

Shots Against per Game

25.86

10.3

Power Play Pct

13.6

61.5

Penalty Kill Pct

80.0

.853

Save Pct

.851

BUF

Injuries

MTL

Jiri Kulich

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Florian Xhekaj

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Josh Norris

Day to day (Concussion)

Oliver Kapanen

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Topias Leinonen

Out (Lower-body)

Mike Matheson

Day to day (Lower-body)

Rasmus Dahlin

Out (Upper-Body)

Bryce Pickford

Out (Undisclosed)

Conor Timmins

Out (Lower-body)

Ivan Demidov

Out (Lower-body)

Jack Rathbone

Out (Undisclosed)

Lucas Condotta

Out (Undisclosed)

Jason Zucker

Out (Abdomen)

Samuel Montembeault

Out (Lower-Body)

Alex Lyon

Out (Upper-body)

Matt Grzelcyk

Out (Undisclosed)

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Senators	6	2	0	12	3
Bruins	5	2	0	10	10
Lightning	5	2	0	10	2
Panthers	4	2	2	10	0
Sabres	4	3	1	9	-6
Maple Leafs	3	3	2	8	0
Canadiens	3	3	1	7	-4
Red Wings	2	3	2	6	-5

BUF

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Thu, Oct 15

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Tue, Oct 13

Tue, Oct 13

Mon, Oct 12

Sat, Oct 10

Sat, Oct 10

Thu, Oct 8

Thu, Oct 8

Tue, Oct 6

Game Info

October 17, 2026

NHL Network

Bell Centre

Montreal, Canada

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Carrier 0.5 +809

A. Engstrom 0.5 +900

A. Newhook 0.5 +355

A. Texier 0.5 +456

A. Xhekaj 0.5 +900

Points

Line Over Under

N. Suzuki 1.5 +150

J. Doan 0.5 -104

J. Quinn 0.5 -138

J. Slafkovský 0.5 -203

O. Power 0.5 -138

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

C. Caufield 3.5 +104 -163

T. Thompson 3.5 +113 -178

J. Quinn 2.5 -108 -144

J. Slafkovský 2.5 -117 -144

N. Suzuki 2.5 +108 -170

Team Leaders

T. Thompson

O. Power

GWG

O. Power

SV%

.864

C. Ellis

Season

Career vs MTL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Owen Power O. Power	8	2	6	8	+4	2	0	0	2	2	8	25.0	0	0	0	1	3	2	9	26:38
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	8	4	4	8	+5	4	1	1	0	0	37	10.8	45	102	44.1	8	5	3	10	20:04
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	8	4	4	8	+3	9	0	2	0	0	22	18.2	1	1	100.0	8	2	0	10	19:20
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	8	2	4	6	+5	0	1	0	1	0	19	10.5	28	80	35.0	1	1	0	8	18:46
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	8	2	4	6	-1	4	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	0	0	0	8	5	3	10	22:53
Zach Benson Z. Benson	8	0	5	5	+3	6	0	1	0	0	15	0.0	3	9	33.3	13	4	1	7	19:42
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	8	0	4	4	-2	9	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	10	18	55.6	13	2	0	5	14:44
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	6	2	2	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	19	10.5	0	0	0	8	14	2	10	23:38
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	7	2	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	19:34
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	6	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	1	0	8	12.5	16	37	43.2	7	2	0	2	13:06
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	8	0	2	2	-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	32	6	1	3	9:39
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	8	0	2	2	-1	5	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	11	1	4	12:41
Dennis Gilbert D. Gilbert	2	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	9:39
Josh Norris J. Norris	8	1	1	2	-3	4	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	41	70	58.6	9	5	0	4	14:49
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	8	1	1	2	-5	2	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	52	98	53.1	3	2	1	8	15:33
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	8	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	11	10	1	14	15:03
Josh Doan J. Doan	8	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	1	2	50.0	14	7	2	11	16:22
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	7	1	0	1	-4	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	2	0.0	8	1	1	9	14:24
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	4	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	17	47.1	9	0	1	1	7:23
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:27
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	2	0	0	0	9:09
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	5	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	19	38	50.0	2	2	1	2	9:16

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	6	5	3	2	1	137	117	.854	20	3.52	0	341
	Colten Ellis C. Ellis	3	3	1	1	0	59	51	.864	8	3.19	0	150

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	21	12	11	23	+7	16	3	4	0	0	1	66	18.2	99	236	41.9	17	10	7	10	18:04
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	17	4	9	13	+5	9	1	5	0	1	0	27	14.8	121	220	55.0	22	13	2	8	16:41
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	13	1	5	6	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	28	3.6	1	3	33.3	6	7	0	6	15:33
Owen Power O. Power	15	1	4	5	-8	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	0	0	0	5	21	9	11	22:56
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	14	0	4	4	+2	8	0	0	0	1	0	24	0.0	0	0	0	40	16	5	19	19:59
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	4	1	3	4	-2	2	1	2	0	0	0	5	20.0	6	20	30.0	1	0	1	2	15:50
Zach Benson Z. Benson	12	1	3	4	-2	10	0	0	0	0	1	23	4.3	1	4	25.0	11	3	4	8	15:55
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
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	12	1	2	3	+2	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	12.5	4	9	44.4	43	10	1	6	11:27
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	15	1	2	3	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	100	206	48.5	6	5	9	13	15:45
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	17	2	1	3	-4	8	0	1	0	0	0	11	18.2	48	97	49.5	27	4	3	5	12:36
Josh Doan J. Doan	6	2	1	3	-4	0	2	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	0	6	0.0	10	3	1	7	16:23
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	5	2	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	13	39	33.3	2	2	0	1	15:55
Dennis Gilbert D. Gilbert	4	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	9:54
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
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	5	2	0	2	+4	6	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	0	0	0	4	6	2	4	19:34
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	6	0	1	1	-4	19	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	6	9	2	2	15:07
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	3	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	2	6	33.3	4	1	0	3	11:15
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
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	20	39	51.3	10	5	3	1	14:05
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	4	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:36

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	8	7	4	4	0	218	193	.885	25	3.14	478
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	6	6	2	2	1	170	150	.882	20	3.71	323
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	1	0	0	23	20	.870	3	3.01	60

Team Leaders

J. Anderson

L. Hutson

GWG

A. Carrier

SV%

.906

J. Fowler

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	7	4	5	9	+2	2	1	0	0	20	20.0	68	131	51.9	11	5	3	13	22:01
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	7	2	6	8	+1	4	1	1	0	16	12.5	0	0	0	0	6	4	9	26:27
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	7	4	2	6	+4	10	0	0	0	15	26.7	1	1	100.0	15	0	1	4	13:34
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	7	3	2	5	+2	2	1	0	0	11	27.3	0	2	0.0	7	2	0	9	13:42
Chris Kreider C. Kreider	7	1	3	4	+1	2	0	0	0	5	20.0	2	4	50.0	13	4	1	1	15:04
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	7	1	3	4	-2	4	0	1	0	8	12.5	44	74	59.5	7	6	1	7	16:14
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	7	3	1	4	-1	6	0	1	0	24	12.5	1	2	50.0	6	1	1	4	19:55
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	7	1	2	3	-2	4	0	1	0	22	4.5	1	7	14.3	6	3	3	8	19:15
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	7	1	1	2	+1	6	0	0	1	9	11.1	0	0	0	6	12	1	3	18:48
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	7	0	2	2	-2	4	0	1	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	10	2	2	1	13:09
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	7	0	2	2	-2	8	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	11	10	3	11	21:36
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
Phillip Danault P. Danault	7	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	46	94	48.9	4	0	0	3	15:59
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	5	0	1	1	-3	6	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	2	10	2	6	24:09
Kirby Dach K. Dach	7	0	1	1	-4	6	0	0	0	2	0.0	3	6	50.0	12	5	0	5	9:30
Jake Evans J. Evans	7	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	6	0.0	47	90	52.2	7	6	3	4	13:30
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	3	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	9	2	3	2	21:07
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	7	0	0	0	-1	12	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	9	5	1	4	11:55
Owen Beck O. Beck	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	7:23
Adam Engstrom A. Engstrom	4	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	11:01
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

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	4	4	1	2	1	114	96	.842	18	4.63	0	233
	Jacob Fowler J. Fowler	3	3	2	1	0	64	58	.906	6	1.91	1	189

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	22	8	19	27	+4	2	2	9	1	0	1	0	59	13.6	195	358	54.5	12	14	8	17	20:03
Chris Kreider C. Kreider	41	16	10	26	+6	24	8	4	1	0	6	2	87	18.4	16	34	47.1	79	20	6	25	16:38
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	19	11	7	18	-3	2	4	4	0	0	2	0	66	16.7	4	4	100.0	18	7	5	12	17:57
Phillip Danault P. Danault	29	3	12	15	0	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	41	7.3	235	444	52.9	30	19	16	15	16:02
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	27	4	10	14	+5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	7.7	0	0	0	23	40	12	19	19:32
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	9	2	12	14	0	10	1	7	0	0	1	0	15	13.3	0	0	0	1	11	5	13	22:19
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	27	8	5	13	+11	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	61	13.1	7	20	35.0	49	8	5	9	15:26
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	14	4	7	11	-1	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	32	12.5	3	6	50.0	24	11	3	13	17:30
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	12	2	5	7	0	8	0	1	0	0	2	0	14	14.3	33	79	41.8	6	10	1	3	14:20
Jake Evans J. Evans	19	3	3	6	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	12.0	131	246	53.3	24	20	12	15	15:36
Kirby Dach K. Dach	9	2	3	5	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	13.3	6	15	40.0	11	6	5	1	15:07
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	9	1	3	4	+2	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	16	6.3	1	1	100.0	6	0	4	2	14:01
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	11	1	1	2	-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	14	31	3	7	19:29
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	6	0	2	2	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	1	1	100.0	14	2	0	8	12:19
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	11	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	23	9	0	7	14:16
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
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	10	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	0	4	26	0	5	20:03
Owen Beck O. Beck	4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	6	10	60.0	4	4	0	1	8:08
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
Adam Engstrom A. Engstrom	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13:22

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Samuel Montembeault S. Montembeault	11	10	5	6	310	279	.900	31	3.04	1	611
Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	3	3	3	0	95	89	.937	6	2.00	0	180
Jacob Fowler J. Fowler	2	2	1	1	42	35	.833	7	3.41	0	123

Sabres in action against the Canadiens following overtime win

The Associated Press

Oct 16, 2026

Buffalo Sabres (4-3-1, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (3-3-1, in the Atlantic Division)

Montreal, Quebec; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres visit the Montreal Canadiens after the Sabres defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 in overtime.

Montreal has a 3-3-1 record overall and a 3-0-0 record in Atlantic Division games. The Canadiens have allowed 27 goals while scoring 21 for a -6 scoring differential.

Buffalo is 4-3-1 overall with a 2-0-1 record against the Atlantic Division. The Sabres have a 3-- record in games decided by one goal.

The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season. The Canadiens won 4-3 in a shootout in the last meeting.

INJURIES: Canadiens: Florian Xhekaj: day to day (undisclosed), Oliver Kapanen: out (lower-body), Ivan Demidov: out (lower-body), Mike Matheson: day to day (lower-body), Lucas Condotta: out (undisclosed), Bryce Pickford: out (undisclosed), Samuel Montembeault: out (lower-body).

Sabres: Josh Norris: day to day (concussion), Matt Grzelcyk: out (undisclosed), Rasmus Dahlin: day to day (upper-body), Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Jason Zucker: day to day (abdomen), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body), Topias Leinonen: out (lower-body), Jack Rathbone: out (undisclosed).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Sabres BUF

Canadiens MTL

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Sabres in action against the Canadiens following overtime win

Players Mentioned

Matt Grzelcyk

Alex Lyon

Mike Matheson

Samuel Montembeault

Jason Zucker

Josh Norris

Jack Rathbone

Conor Timmins

Rasmus Dahlin

Lucas Condotta