Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Sabres

2-4-0, 4 PTS

2-4

Final

Canadiens

5-2-0, 10 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

BUF shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	6	11	15	32
MTL	14	4	14	32

In net

Alex Lyon28/31 SV, .903

Jakub Dobes30/32 SV, .938

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	1	2
MTL	1	0	3	4

Who won: Canadiens 4-2

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Monday, October 20, 2025 at Bell Centre. The Canadiens lead the series 1-0. The Canadiens outscored the Sabres 3-1 in the 3rd period. Jake Evans led the Canadiens in goals (1). Tyson Kozak led the Sabres in goals (1).

BUF

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	1	2	0	2	15:55	0:00	0:44	15:11	21	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Owen BeckC	1	0	0	-1	8:01	0:00	0:00	8:01	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	40.0	0	0	0
Zack BolducRW	0	2	0	-1	11:03	1:23	0:00	9:40	16	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	3	0	1	17:48	1:23	0:00	16:25	21	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	0	0	1	0	12:27	0:37	0:00	11:50	18	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Jake EvansC	2	2	0	1	18:16	0:00	0:51	17:25	22	1	1	0	8	0	10	7	58.8	1	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	0	1	1	0	15:46	0:37	0:00	15:09	21	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Oliver KapanenC	0	1	0	0	12:34	0:24	1:09	11:01	15	1	4	0	1	1	2	1	66.7	2	0	0
Alex NewhookC	2	1	0	1	15:44	0:00	1:09	14:35	19	0	4	2	1	0	4	3	57.1	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	1	3	0	1	17:17	1:25	0:00	15:52	22	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	2	4
Nick SuzukiC	1	0	0	2	21:37	2:00	0:07	19:30	23	0	2	2	1	2	12	8	60.0	1	0	0
Joe VelenoC	1	2	0	0	9:27	0:00	0:00	9:27	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Alexandre CarrierD	5	0	0	1	18:36	0:00	0:51	17:45	24	0	1	0	1	3	0
Noah DobsonD	1	0	0	1	20:46	0:29	1:09	19:08	23	0	1	1	3	0	0
Lane HutsonD	1	0	0	0	19:59	1:31	0:00	18:28	23	1	1	0	2	0	2
Mike MathesonD	4	2	0	2	26:30	0:11	1:53	24:26	25	0	3	0	0	2	1
Jayden StrubleD	1	2	1	1	19:09	0:00	0:00	19:09	24	0	0	0	2	1	0
Arber XhekajD	0	1	0	-1	13:08	0:00	0:07	13:01	16	0	0	0	0	1	0