Sat, Oct 17, 2026

Buffalo Sabres 3, Montréal Canadiens 4 (OT)

Scoring

Every goal, all situations, with the score after it (away–home).

Period 1
1. 8:21BUFJosh Norris (1)Konsta Helenius1–0
2. 11:45MTLZack Bolduc (1)PPNick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský1–1
3. 14:01MTLCole Caufield (1)Juraj Slafkovský, Alexandre Carrier1–2
Period 2
1. 7:39MTLAlexandre Texier (1)Kaiden Guhle, Alexandre Carrier1–3
2. 9:52BUFJack Quinn (1)SHZach Benson, Mattias Samuelsson2–3
Period 3
1. 10:12BUFTage Thompson (1)Josh Doan, Jiri Kulich3–3
Overtime
1. 0:54MTLCole Caufield (2)Unassisted3–4

Goalies

Saves on shots on goal (the NHL's boxscore), all situations; GSAx is expected goals against minus goals against on unblocked attempts while he was in.

BUFUkko-Pekka Luukkonen
Saves
30/34
Sv%
.882
GSAx
+0.31
TOI
60:01
MTLJacob FowlerW
Saves
23/26
Sv%
.885
GSAx
+0.09
TOI
60:54

Teams

Strength

Display

Buffalo Sabres skaters

Player	Pos	TOI	CF%	GF%	xGF%	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
Owen Power D	D	28	42.1	50.0	44.3	1.77	2.23	16.7	88.9	105.6
Mattias Samuelsson D	D	27	51.8	50.0	45.7	1.65	1.95	11.8	86.7	98.4
Jack Quinn F	F	22	59.5	100.0	68.0	1.50	0.71	9.1	100.0	109.1
Zach Benson F	F	21	62.2	100.0	66.7	1.44	0.72	9.1	100.0	109.1
Olen Zellweger D	D	21	63.0	50.0	56.6	1.32	1.01	7.7	90.9	98.6
Noah Ostlund F	F	20	61.1	–	64.0	1.15	0.65	0.0	100.0	100.0
Tage Thompson F	F	19	52.5	33.3	44.6	1.25	1.55	10.0	80.0	90.0
Josh Doan F	F	15	50.0	50.0	35.3	0.71	1.30	14.3	87.5	101.8
Zach Metsa D	D	15	29.6	33.3	33.9	0.51	0.99	20.0	71.4	91.4
Ryan McLeod F	F	15	35.3	0.0	8.2	0.15	1.72	0.0	88.9	88.9
Josh Norris F	F	15	36.4	25.0	39.5	0.91	1.40	16.7	76.9	93.6
Louis Crevier D	D	14	17.4	–	1.7	0.02	1.16	–	100.0	–
Jiri Kulich F	F	13	48.1	66.7	59.3	1.08	0.74	28.6	85.7	114.3
Beck Malenstyn F	F	12	21.1	0.0	12.8	0.16	1.06	0.0	90.0	90.0
Dennis Gilbert D	D	12	25.0	–	6.4	0.05	0.80	0.0	100.0	100.0
Konsta Helenius F	F	9	40.0	50.0	42.4	0.67	0.90	20.0	87.5	107.5
Peyton Krebs F	F	9	45.5	–	38.1	0.17	0.28	0.0	100.0	100.0
Justin Danforth F	F	9	40.0	–	32.9	0.14	0.28	0.0	100.0	100.0

Montréal Canadiens skaters

Player	Pos	TOI	CF%	GF%	xGF%	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
Lane Hutson D	D	27	62.9	60.0	65.5	2.61	1.37	16.7	80.0	96.7
Kaiden Guhle D	D	23	37.5	100.0	43.6	0.96	1.25	11.1	100.0	111.1
Alexandre Carrier D	D	22	33.3	100.0	47.5	0.95	1.05	28.6	100.0	128.6
Noah Dobson D	D	21	51.0	0.0	45.7	1.29	1.53	0.0	81.8	81.8
Nick Suzuki F	F	21	69.0	75.0	79.2	2.73	0.72	18.8	83.3	102.1
Cole Caufield F	F	18	75.8	100.0	86.3	2.50	0.40	21.4	100.0	121.4
Juraj Slafkovský F	F	18	72.7	100.0	93.1	2.23	0.17	15.4	100.0	115.4
Alex Newhook F	F	16	62.1	0.0	42.6	0.67	0.91	0.0	66.7	66.7
Phillip Danault F	F	15	50.0	100.0	52.5	0.87	0.79	14.3	100.0	114.3
Zack Bolduc F	F	15	76.0	66.7	73.6	1.40	0.50	22.2	66.7	88.9
Josh Anderson F	F	14	50.0	0.0	39.2	0.68	1.05	0.0	77.8	77.8
Chris Kreider F	F	14	59.3	0.0	40.2	0.53	0.79	0.0	66.7	66.7
Jake Evans F	F	13	32.4	–	27.4	0.44	1.16	0.0	100.0	100.0
Arber Xhekaj D	D	12	63.6	0.0	62.5	0.78	0.47	0.0	75.0	75.0
Oliver Kapanen F	F	12	44.0	–	40.1	0.37	0.55	0.0	100.0	100.0
Kirby Dach F	F	12	37.9	–	37.1	0.43	0.73	0.0	100.0	100.0
Alexandre Texier F	F	11	50.0	50.0	44.5	0.49	0.61	33.3	83.3	116.7
David Reinbacher D	D	9	77.8	0.0	68.9	0.66	0.30	0.0	66.7	66.7