Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Mon, Oct 20, 2025 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 4

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at Centre Bell. Nick Suzuki led the way with 2 points. Jakub Dobes made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	2	32
MTL	1	0	3	4	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:29	MTL	EV	Oliver Kapanen (4) · backhand	Ivan Demidov (4), Alex Newhook (2)	0–1
2nd	06:51	BUF	EV	Jiri Kulich (2) · backhand	Zach Benson (6)	1–1
3rd	02:57	MTL	EV	Juraj Slafkovský (3) · snap	Noah Dobson (3), Nick Suzuki (8)	1–2
3rd	11:38	MTL	EV	Lane Hutson (1) · wrist	Alex Newhook (3)	1–3
3rd	12:30	BUF	EV	Tyson Kozak (1) · snap	Jack Quinn (1), Rasmus Dahlin (5)	2–3
3rd	19:29	MTL	SH EN	Jake Evans (1) · snap	Nick Suzuki (9)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:09	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	roughing	2
1st	16:09	BUF	Zach Metsa	roughing	2
2nd	10:49	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	slashing	2
3rd	08:12	BUF	Zach Benson	tripping	2
3rd	15:16	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	roughing	2
3rd	15:16	BUF	Tage Thompson	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 4.99 · MTL 4.63 · xG% BUF 51.9

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0		26:52	30
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	-1	2	7	1	0		21:11	25
20	Jiri Kulich	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	30.0	18:00	26
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		13:17	19
48	Tyson Kozak	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	75.0	10:59	15
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		23:07	25
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		21:17	28
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	2	3	2	1	16.7	20:18	25
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		20:08	26
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	47.6	19:58	26
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		19:13	26
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		18:47	24
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		15:53	21
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	44.4	13:29	18
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		12:35	16
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1		9:02	12
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		6:35	8
55	Mason Geertsen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5:27	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Alex Lyon	L	30	27	3	.900	57:52

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	1	60.0	21:37	23
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	2	57.1	15:44	19
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1		20:46	23
48	Lane Hutson	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		19:59	23
71	Jake Evans	C	1	0	1	+1	0	8	2	2	58.8	18:16	22
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	1	0	1	+1	4	3	3	1		17:17	22
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	66.7	12:34	15
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		12:27	18
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	4		26:30	25
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		19:09	24
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	5		18:36	24
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		17:48	21
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	+2	0	4	2	1		15:55	21
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0		15:46	21
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		13:08	16
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		11:03	16
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50.0	9:27	16
62	Owen Beck	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	40.0	8:01	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
75	Jakub Dobes	W	32	30	2	.938	59:57