Canadiens vs. Sabres (May 18, 2026)

Odds

MTL

BUF

+100

Open

-120

Open

-105

ML

-115

ML

o5.5

-102

u5.5

-118

-1.5

+230

+1.5

-295

Forward Matchup

N. Suzuki

MTL C #14

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

4

Goals

5

12

Points

15

26

Shots on Goal

41

Defenseman Matchup

L. Hutson

MTL D #48

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

13

Points

13

18

Blocks

13

8

Hits

14

Goalie Matchup

J. Dobes

MTL G #75

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

7

Wins

4

.906

Save Pct

.904

2.59

Goals Against Avg

2.59

MTL

Team Stats

BUF

3.4

Goals per Game

3.45

3.06

Goals Against per Game

2.93

26.29

Shots per Game

28.12

27.84

Shots Against per Game

29.07

23.1

Power Play Pct

19.5

78.2

Penalty Kill Pct

81.9

.890

Save Pct

.899

MTL

Injuries

BUF

Patrik Laine

RW

Out (Abdomen)

C

Noah Ostlund

Out (Lower Body)

C

Jiri Kulich

Out for season (Ear)

RW

Justin Danforth

Out for season (Kneecap)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46

MTL

Last 5

BUF

Sat, May 16

Sat, May 16

Thu, May 14

Thu, May 14

Tue, May 12

Tue, May 12

Sun, May 10

Sun, May 10

Fri, May 8

Fri, May 8

Game Info

May 18, 2026

ESPN

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

G

6

A. Newhook

A

11

L. Hutson

GWG

1

L. Hutson

SV%

.906

J. Dobes

Season

Career vs BUF

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	13	13	7	6	0	360	326	.906	34	2.59	0	787
	Jacob Fowler J. Fowler	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	1	7.16	0	8

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	1	1	0	1	26	22	.846	4	4.13	0	58

Team Leaders

G

5

T. Thompson

A

10

T. Thompson

GWG

2

A. Tuch

SV%

.904

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs MTL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	13	2	11	13	+3	10	1	7	0	0	1	1	24	8.3	0	0	0	8	18	5	19	25:36
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	13	4	8	12	-5	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	26	15.4	132	239	55.2	25	13	4	15	21:58
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	13	4	5	9	-8	9	4	4	0	0	1	1	37	10.8	1	7	14.3	20	10	6	10	20:14
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	13	4	5	9	-7	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	29	13.8	0	0	0	20	1	2	8	18:17
Jake Evans J. Evans	13	2	6	8	+8	20	0	0	1	0	1	0	17	11.8	96	162	59.3	28	12	4	4	15:44
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	13	6	2	8	+4	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	22.2	26	72	36.1	24	9	2	6	16:17
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	13	2	5	7	+1	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	29	6.9	0	0	0	14	7	3	10	16:28
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	13	2	4	6	+3	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	16.7	0	1	0.0	35	5	5	8	11:24
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	13	3	3	6	+6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	18.8	4	5	80.0	18	2	1	6	12:49
Phillip Danault P. Danault	13	0	5	5	+5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	99	169	58.6	25	8	4	10	15:54
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	13	0	5	5	+1	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	40	25	7	8	20:53
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	13	3	2	5	+6	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15.0	1	3	33.3	39	5	2	8	15:28
Kirby Dach K. Dach	13	4	1	5	+4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	23.5	25	46	54.3	25	3	3	8	10:50
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	13	1	3	4	+1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	15	30	1	11	21:42
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	13	1	2	3	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	6.3	0	0	0	18	36	6	21	24:59
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	12	1	1	2	+4	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	44	6	0	5	8:37
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	10	17	3	10	20:57
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	6	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	14	22	63.6	15	0	1	1	9:40
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	3	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6:25
Oliver Kapanen O. Kapanen	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	5	9	55.6	1	2	0	0	8:39
Jayden Struble J. Struble	7	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	21	1	3	3	10:46

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	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
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	47	18	6	24	+8	23	2	1	0	0	4	0	129	14.0	14	26	53.8	35	13	14	15	15:05
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
Patrik Laine P. Laine	15	6	8	14	-2	2	4	3	0	0	1	0	37	16.2	4	9	44.4	20	3	7	15	15:57
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
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	18	0	3	3	-5	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	63	114	55.3	27	9	3	4	11:43
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
Owen Beck O. Beck	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	10	60.0	2	3	0	1	8:31

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	12	5	10	15	+1	22	1	5	0	41	12.2	44	121	36.4	20	8	1	13	19:48
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	12	3	10	13	+4	20	2	4	0	41	7.3	0	0	0	14	13	2	14	23:12
Josh Doan J. Doan	12	3	7	10	+5	8	0	3	1	29	10.3	5	6	83.3	24	1	6	11	16:07
Zach Benson Z. Benson	12	5	4	9	+7	62	1	1	1	24	20.8	0	7	0.0	16	7	3	7	16:31
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	12	4	3	7	-1	8	0	0	2	41	9.8	14	25	56.0	35	16	7	16	20:28
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	12	2	5	7	-1	0	2	1	1	23	8.7	0	1	0.0	15	2	2	8	16:12
Bowen Byram B. Byram	12	4	3	7	+2	12	1	0	0	28	14.3	0	0	0	10	11	3	14	21:54
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	12	3	3	6	+3	2	0	0	1	17	17.6	0	0	0	44	23	5	9	21:51
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	12	2	4	6	+2	22	0	0	0	9	22.2	28	60	46.7	25	6	2	11	14:52
Owen Power O. Power	12	0	5	5	+4	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	9	11	2	11	20:52
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	12	1	3	4	-8	2	1	2	0	15	6.7	93	189	49.2	1	5	4	17	16:42
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	12	2	2	4	-3	4	1	1	0	18	11.1	1	8	12.5	17	4	1	13	14:22
Josh Norris J. Norris	9	1	2	3	+3	6	0	1	0	15	6.7	72	134	53.7	24	3	1	6	16:21
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	12	1	1	2	-2	6	0	0	1	5	20.0	11	22	50.0	27	5	4	7	11:13
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	12	0	2	2	0	8	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	9	30	2	6	16:39
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	12	1	1	2	-1	8	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	2	0.0	38	10	3	4	10:29
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	3	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	0	4	25.0	3	16	18.8	0	1	0	2	11:31
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	3	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	0	7	28.6	9	22	40.9	2	3	0	0	12:25
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	6	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	26	60	43.3	12	4	0	1	11:25
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	1	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12:19
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	2	8	25.0	0	0	0	0	6:17
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7:33
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	8	0	0	0	-2	19	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	10	10	2	2	13:04
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4:25
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	5	16	31.3	2	2	0	1	7:55

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
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	22	7	13	20	+3	4	1	4	1	0	2	60	11.7	8	23	34.8	22	18	14	13	18:37
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
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	44	2	7	9	0	47	0	1	0	0	0	54	3.7	0	0	0	149	83	7	50	18:21
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
Tanner Pearson T. Pearson	24	3	2	5	-4	22	0	0	0	0	0	33	9.1	4	13	30.8	44	9	8	18	14:27
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
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	13	0	3	3	+3	8	0	1	0	0	0	12	0.0	7	15	46.7	24	7	10	12	15:30
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
Bowen Byram B. Byram	9	1	2	3	+8	23	0	1	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	7	7	1	10	23:18
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
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	5	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	5	14:09
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
Logan Stanley L. Stanley	8	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	13	10	1	11	14:00
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
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6:35
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

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	5	5	2	2	0	132	115	.871	17	3.95	258
Devon Levi D. Levi	3	2	1	1	1	68	63	.926	5	2.09	144
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	1	0	0	23	20	.870	3	3.01	60

Canadiens MTL

Sabres BUF

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

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