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Final · October 20, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres2
Montreal Canadiens4

Shots on goal : BUF 32 — MTL 32 · Centre Bell

Three stars

BUFGame statsMTL

32Shots on goal32
44 %Faceoff win %56 %
0/1Power play0/1
6Penalty minutes6
15Hits22
9Blocked shots21
15Giveaways11
6Takeaways3

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF6111532
MTL1441432

Season seriesBUF 2 – 2 MTL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 2 / 32 / 514 / 32 / 47 MTL →
Missed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 03:29 · snapMissed shot — Ivan Demidov (MTL), P1 04:46 · snapMissed shot — Josh Anderson (MTL), P1 04:48 · snapMissed shot — Conor Timmins (BUF), P1 05:13 · snapMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 07:26 · slapMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 07:28 · snapMissed shot — Josh Dunne (BUF), P1 08:58 · snapMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P1 09:57 · snapMissed shot — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P1 10:22 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 10:33 · backhandMissed shot — Oliver Kapanen (MTL), P1 11:26 · backhandMissed shot — Nick Suzuki (MTL), P1 13:11 · backhandMissed shot — Alexandre Carrier (MTL), P1 13:17 · tip-inMissed shot — Nick Suzuki (MTL), P1 17:05 · snapMissed shot — Owen Beck (MTL), P1 18:58 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 19:57 · backhandMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 04:01 · snapMissed shot — Arber Xhekaj (MTL), P2 06:13 · snapMissed shot — Jayden Struble (MTL), P2 08:28 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 11:31 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 12:38 · slapMissed shot — Cole Caufield (MTL), P2 16:34 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 17:40 · snapMissed shot — Mike Matheson (MTL), P2 19:24 · wristMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P3 03:23 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 03:37 · backhandMissed shot — Owen Beck (MTL), P3 04:17 · snapMissed shot — Alexandre Carrier (MTL), P3 04:28 · slapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 05:44 · snapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 13:29 · snapMissed shot — Alexandre Carrier (MTL), P3 17:20 · snapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 18:49 · wristMissed shot — Mike Matheson (MTL), P3 18:57 · wristMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 19:53 · snapShot on goal — Josh Anderson (MTL), P1 00:46 · backhandShot on goal — Noah Dobson (MTL), P1 03:13 · wristShot on goal — Jake Evans (MTL), P1 04:37 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 07:17 · slapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 07:19 · slapShot on goal — Brendan Gallagher (MTL), P1 07:39 · backhandShot on goal — Noah Dobson (MTL), P1 09:38 · snapShot on goal — Alex Newhook (MTL), P1 11:41 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Dunne (BUF), P1 11:56 · snapShot on goal — Juraj Slafkovský (MTL), P1 13:09 · snapShot on goal — Josh Anderson (MTL), P1 14:00 · snapShot on goal — Nick Suzuki (MTL), P1 14:57 · snapShot on goal — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P1 16:06 · backhandShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 16:07 · backhandShot on goal — Brendan Gallagher (MTL), P1 18:30 · snapShot on goal — Josh Anderson (MTL), P1 18:31 · snapShot on goal — Jake Evans (MTL), P1 18:33 · backhandShot on goal — Jake Evans (MTL), P1 18:44 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 19:55 · slapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 00:46 · backhandShot on goal — Brendan Gallagher (MTL), P2 01:52 · tip-inShot on goal — Noah Dobson (MTL), P2 03:11 · slapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 04:29 · backhandShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 09:05 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 11:07 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 12:14 · backhandShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 12:15 · backhandShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 12:44 · snapShot on goal — Tyson Kozak (BUF), P2 12:54 · snapShot on goal — Lane Hutson (MTL), P2 13:35 · snapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 16:53 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 17:34 · snapShot on goal — Jake Evans (MTL), P2 19:09 · snapShot on goal — Josh Anderson (MTL), P3 00:49 · snapShot on goal — Jake Evans (MTL), P3 00:50 · snapShot on goal — Jake Evans (MTL), P3 01:11 · snapShot on goal — Jake Evans (MTL), P3 01:20 · snapShot on goal — Juraj Slafkovský (MTL), P3 02:47 · tip-inShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 03:34 · slapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 03:36 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 04:34 · tip-inShot on goal — Alexandre Carrier (MTL), P3 07:07 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 07:25 · snapShot on goal — Jayden Struble (MTL), P3 08:09 · snapShot on goal — Zachary Bolduc (MTL), P3 08:44 · snapShot on goal — Zachary Bolduc (MTL), P3 09:26 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 10:53 · wrap-aroundShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 10:56 · slapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 11:53 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 11:55 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 12:23 · slapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 13:07 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 13:24 · tip-inShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 13:46 · tip-inShot on goal — Cole Caufield (MTL), P3 15:13 · backhandShot on goal — Jayden Struble (MTL), P3 15:20 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 15:39 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 18:45 · slapGoal — Oliver Kapanen (MTL), P1 08:29 · backhandGoal — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P2 06:51 · backhandGoal — Juraj Slafkovský (MTL), P3 02:57 · snapGoal — Lane Hutson (MTL), P3 11:38 · wristGoal — Tyson Kozak (BUF), P3 12:30 · snapGoal — Jake Evans (MTL), P3 19:29 · snap

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 16:09MTLJuraj Slafkovský — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Zach Metsa
  • 16:09BUFZach Metsa — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Juraj Slafkovský

2nd period

  • 10:49MTLBrendan Gallagher — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Alex Lyon

3rd period

  • 08:12BUFZach Benson — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Cole Caufield
  • 15:16MTLJuraj Slafkovský — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 15:16BUFTage Thompson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Juraj Slafkovský

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL01-17121:11
J. ZuckerL00-21012:35
P. KrebsC00-11413:29
J.KulichC1002018:00
J. QuinnR0101013:17
J. DunneC0001106:35
T. KozakC1012210:59
M. GeertsenL0000005:27
R. McLeodC00-12119:58
T. ThompsonC00-23220:18
A. TuchR00-12020:08
J. DoanR0002115:53
B. ByramD0011023:07
C. TimminsD00-20018:47
M. SamuelssonD00-11219:13
O. PowerD00-22121:17
R. DahlinD01-14026:52
Z. MetsaD0010009:02
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Lyon(L)28/3190.3 %57:52
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

Montreal Canadiens

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
B. GallagherR0003115:46
C. CaufieldR0011317:48
N. SuzukiC0221021:37
A. NewhookC0211115:44
J. AndersonR0024215:55
J. SlafkovskýL1013317:17
O. BeckC00-10008:01
J. EvansC1018218:16
Z. BolducR00-12211:03
J. VelenoC0000209:27
O. KapanenC1001112:34
I. DemidovR0100012:27
M. MathesonD0020226:30
A. CarrierD0011018:36
J. StrubleD0012219:09
L. HutsonD1002019:59
N. DobsonD0113020:46
A. XhekajD00-10113:08
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
S. Montembeault0/0—00:00
J. Dobes(W)30/3293.8 %59:57

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