Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · Centre Bell · 2026–27 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final/OT

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at Centre Bell. Cole Caufield scored twice. Jacob Fowler made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	0	3	26
MTL	2	1	0	1	4	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:21	BUF	EV	Josh Norris (2) · snap	Konsta Helenius (1)	1–0
1st	11:45	MTL	PP	Zachary Bolduc (4) · tip-in	Nick Suzuki (6), Juraj Slafkovský (3)	1–1
1st	14:01	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (4) · snap	Juraj Slafkovský (4), Alexandre Carrier (2)	1–2
2nd	07:39	MTL	EV	Alexandre Texier (1) · snap	Kaiden Guhle (1), Alexandre Carrier (3)	1–3
2nd	09:52	BUF	SH	Jack Quinn (5) · snap	Zach Benson (6), Mattias Samuelsson (5)	2–3
3rd	10:12	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (5) · snap	Josh Doan (1), Jiri Kulich (2)	3–3
OT	00:54	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (5) · snap	Unassisted	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:25	BUF	Noah Ostlund	slashing	2
2nd	07:44	MTL	Alexandre Texier	interference	2
2nd	08:20	BUF	Noah Ostlund	interference	2
2nd	10:10	MTL	Lane Hutson	holding	2
2nd	14:19	BUF	Dennis Gilbert	hooking	2
2nd	15:35	BUF	Zach Benson	elbowing	2
2nd	17:10	MTL	Oliver Kapanen	interference	2
3rd	05:25	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	holding	2
3rd	17:43	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.54 · MTL 3.90 · xG% BUF 47.6

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	2		26:59	28
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	100.0	21:30	22
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	1	33.3	21:17	24
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	-1	0	5	1	1	25.0	19:19	23
91	Josh Doan	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		15:14	22
9	Josh Norris	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	2	25.0	14:30	23
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	42.9	13:00	23
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		9:11	16
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3		27:39	25
8	Olen Zellweger	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		20:47	25
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	37.5	19:44	22
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		14:57	17
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	40.0	14:35	22
46	Louis Crevier	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		14:12	18
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	100.0	12:12	16
44	Dennis Gilbert	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1		11:31	14
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25.0	9:04	13
15	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	8:34	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	OTL	34	30	4	.882	60:01

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	2		22:08	26
13	Cole Caufield	R	2	0	2	+2	0	5	0	0	100.0	18:03	22
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	2		17:51	19
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		23:21	27
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	3	1	60.0	20:49	24
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0		14:48	17
85	Alexandre Texier	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0		11:29	18
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1		26:38	27
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	1		21:16	26
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	62.5	16:21	19
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	62.5	15:06	21
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0		14:22	18
22	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1		14:06	17
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	72.7	13:29	18
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		12:29	16
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1		11:40	17
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		11:37	15
64	David Reinbacher	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		9:09	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Jacob Fowler	W	26	23	3	.885	60:54