Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Tue, Oct 13, 2026 · Centre Bell · 2026–27 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final/SO

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in a shootout on Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at Centre Bell. Olen Zellweger scored twice. Jacob Fowler made 13 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 16–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	2	0	1	3	16
MTL	1	2	0	0	3	4	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:16	BUF	EV	Olen Zellweger (1) · snap	Mattias Samuelsson (2), Beck Malenstyn (1)	1–0
1st	14:28	MTL	PP	Lane Hutson (1) · snap	Juraj Slafkovský (1), Cole Caufield (1)	1–1
2nd	01:19	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (3) · snap	Juraj Slafkovský (2), Nick Suzuki (5)	1–2
2nd	19:10	MTL	EV	Josh Anderson (2) · snap	Lane Hutson (5), Zachary Bolduc (1)	1–3
3rd	04:24	BUF	EV	Josh Norris (1) · snap	Dennis Gilbert (1), Beck Malenstyn (2)	2–3
3rd	05:25	BUF	EV	Olen Zellweger (2) · snap	Zach Benson (3), Mattias Samuelsson (3)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:25	MTL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	12:36	BUF	Olen Zellweger	tripping	2
1st	13:33	BUF	Louis Crevier	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	15:15	MTL	Kirby Dach	holding	2
2nd	01:47	MTL	Chris Kreider	holding the stick	2
2nd	06:56	MTL	Alex Newhook	hooking	2
2nd	14:42	BUF	Justin Danforth	interference	2
3rd	09:12	MTL	Josh Anderson	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	09:12	BUF	Peyton Krebs	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
OT	04:27	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 1.94 · MTL 3.10 · xG% BUF 38.5

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	3	1		26:38	36
8	Olen Zellweger	D	2	0	2	+1	2	4	1	1		25:49	34
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	2	2	+2	0	0	5	1	100.0	11:55	16
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1		19:36	22
9	Josh Norris	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	2	0	60.0	11:51	17
44	Dennis Gilbert	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		8:41	13
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		28:22	28
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	31.3	22:26	25
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	37.5	19:40	22
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	100.0	19:01	20
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		17:23	22
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		16:51	24
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:58	19
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7	14:22	24
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		14:15	20
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		13:12	18
46	Louis Crevier	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		12:43	20
15	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	1	50.0	9:58	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	OTL	38	35	3	.921	65:00

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
48	Lane Hutson	D	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	1		27:07	28
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	1	2	0	0	5	1	0		19:46	25
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	1		19:41	23
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	2	52.9	23:32	24
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		14:58	20
17	Josh Anderson	R	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0		14:21	21
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		25:25	30
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3		21:55	29
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1		18:56	28
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	60.0	17:25	27
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	44.4	15:19	22
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	0		14:36	21
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		14:26	16
22	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	100.0	13:50	21
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	35.3	13:42	18
42	Adam Engstrom	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:22	17
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1		9:40	14
62	Owen Beck	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		6:59	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Jacob Fowler	W	16	13	3	.813	65:00