BUF 2 @ MTL 4 · Oct 20, 2025

Mon, Oct 20, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal

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Buffalo Sabres

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Montréal Canadiens

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 59% of the time.

34%

51%

MTL winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Thompson–Kulich–Benson	Tuch–McLeod–Doan	Zucker–Krebs–Quinn	Geertsen–Dunne–Kozak	Timmins–Power	Dahlin–Byram	Samuelsson–Dahlin	Samuelsson–Metsa	Byram–Metsa	Samuelsson–Power	Samuelsson–Byram	Timmins–Samuelsson	Timmins–Dahlin	Dahlin–Power	Byram–Power	Dahlin–Metsa
Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský	8:450.57–0.26	2:420.34–0.11			2:040.09–0.15	2:200.40–0.00	3:100.35–0.13			1:120.00–0.19	1:030.00–0.00	0:520.00–0.00		0:510.00–0.00
Gallagher–Anderson–Evans	2:000.11–0.11	5:120.31–1.08		0:480.03–0.00	2:440.21–0.34	3:110.72–0.66		0:320.00–0.00	0:490.03–0.00		1:080.04–0.00		0:390.00–0.00
Newhook–Kapanen–Demidov		0:560.00–0.08	5:310.27–0.00		2:300.15–0.08	1:450.00–0.24	0:520.00–0.00	0:550.12–0.00	0:470.00–0.00				0:330.01–0.00
Veleno–Bolduc–Beck		1:230.00–0.00	1:090.03–0.11	2:340.07–0.17	1:140.00–0.00	1:220.07–0.00		0:470.00–0.17	0:490.03–0.20	0:410.00–0.00		0:310.03–0.00
Gallagher–Evans–Newhook	0:320.00–0.15
Matheson–Dobson	7:320.43–0.16	2:530.01–0.11		1:490.07–0.03	3:410.01–0.17	2:410.59–0.00	2:430.35–0.00			1:380.00–0.19	1:100.00–0.00	0:310.03–0.00			0:340.00–0.00
Struble–Hutson	0:570.10–0.21	3:580.31–0.83	2:040.16–0.02	1:060.00–0.17	3:330.32–0.38	1:570.21–0.45		1:350.12–0.38	0:300.04–0.00			0:380.00–0.00		0:400.00–0.00
Carrier–Xhekaj	0:330.00–0.11		3:520.18–0.07	1:030.03–0.00	1:050.14–0.06	2:240.00–0.30	0:510.00–0.00	0:340.00–0.00	1:590.06–0.07						0:340.00–0.16
Carrier–Struble	1:190.00–0.13	2:510.49–0.25			0:510.00–0.00	1:180.34–0.14	0:490.00–0.24	0:500.15–0.00
Xhekaj–Hutson	0:510.01–0.13		1:510.01–0.02	0:420.00–0.00	0:550.00–0.03							0:340.01–0.00	1:100.01–0.00			0:560.00–0.00
Matheson–Carrier	1:140.00–0.15										0:420.04–0.00			0:440.00–0.05
Matheson–Struble	1:080.14–0.00	0:350.00–0.00				0:450.05–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

MTLBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Rasmus DahlinBUF	30	26:52	0:54	2:07	7	2
Mike MathesonMTL	25	26:30	1:04	2:07	2	4
Bowen ByramBUF	25	23:07	0:55	2:07	4	3
Nick SuzukiMTL	23	21:37	0:56	2:56	3	4
Owen PowerBUF	28	21:17	0:46	1:20	3	5
Zach BensonBUF	25	21:11	0:51	2:07	4	2
Noah DobsonMTL	23	20:46	0:54	1:40	1	4
Tage ThompsonBUF	25	20:18	0:49	2:13	5	2
Alex TuchBUF	26	20:08	0:46	1:58	4	5
Lane HutsonMTL	23	19:59	0:52	1:43	4	1
Ryan McLeodBUF	26	19:58	0:46	1:11	2	5
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	26	19:13	0:44	1:32	2	5
Jayden StrubleMTL	24	19:09	0:48	1:43	3	2
Conor TimminsBUF	24	18:47	0:47	1:38	0	5
Alexandre CarrierMTL	24	18:36	0:47	1:11	1	8
Jake EvansMTL	22	18:16	0:50	2:30	1	4
Jiri KulichBUF	26	18:00	0:42	2:00	4	3
Cole CaufieldMTL	21	17:48	0:51	2:07	3	4
Juraj SlafkovskýMTL	22	17:17	0:47	2:09	3	3
Josh AndersonMTL	21	15:55	0:45	1:11	0	4
Josh DoanBUF	21	15:53	0:45	2:24	3	2
Brendan GallagherMTL	21	15:46	0:45	1:31	1	4
Alex NewhookMTL	19	15:44	0:50	1:09	3	3
Peyton KrebsBUF	18	13:29	0:45	1:09	3	2
Jack QuinnBUF	19	13:17	0:42	1:09	4	4
Arber XhekajMTL	16	13:08	0:49	1:32	0	3
Jason ZuckerBUF	16	12:35	0:47	1:53	3	2
Oliver KapanenMTL	15	12:34	0:50	1:33	1	3
Ivan DemidovMTL	18	12:27	0:42	1:15	2	2
Zachary BolducMTL	16	11:03	0:41	1:23	5	0
Tyson KozakBUF	15	10:59	0:44	1:04	2	2
Joseph VelenoMTL	16	9:27	0:35	1:00	3	0
Zach MetsaBUF	12	9:02	0:45	1:32	1	0
Owen BeckMTL	12	8:01	0:40	1:21	3	0
Josh DunneBUF	8	6:35	0:49	1:20	0	0
Mason GeertsenBUF	7	5:27	0:47	1:11	1	0

Buffalo Sabres 2, Montréal Canadiens 4

Who was on the ice

Shift totals