Buffalo Sabres @ Montréal Canadiens — Oct 20, 2025

NHL Bell Centre, Montreal·October 20, 2025
Buffalo Sabres BUF 2-4-0, 0-2-0 Away
2
Final
4
Montréal Canadiens MTL 5-2-0, 3-1-0 Home
1 2 3 T
BUF 0 1 1 2
MTL 1 0 3 4
Top Performers
Points
J.
J. Kulich C BUF
1 PTS
N.
N. Suzuki C MTL
2 PTS
Shots
Z.
Z. Benson L BUF
7 SOG
J.
J. Evans C MTL
8 SOG
Saves
A.
A. Lyon G BUF
28 SV
J.
J. Dobes G MTL
30 SV
Box Score
Three Stars
1st Star J. Slafkovský 1 G, 0 A
2nd Star J. Evans 1 G, 0 A
3rd Star J. Dobes 30 SV
Forwards
Sabres
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
J. Kulich 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3/10 18:00
T. Kozak 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 0 6/8 10:59
Z. Benson 0 1 1 -1 2 7 1 0 0/1 21:11
J. Quinn 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 13:17
T. Thompson 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 1 1/6 20:18
A. Tuch 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 - 20:08
R. McLeod 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 10/21 19:58
J. Doan 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 - 15:53
P. Krebs 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 1 4/9 13:29
J. Zucker 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 - 12:35
J. Dunne 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 6:35
M. Geertsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5:27
Canadiens
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
N. Suzuki 0 2 2 +2 0 1 0 1 12/20 21:37
A. Newhook 0 2 2 +1 0 1 1 2 4/7 15:44
J. Evans 1 0 1 +1 0 8 2 2 10/17 18:16
J. Slafkovský 1 0 1 +1 4 3 3 1 - 17:17
O. Kapanen 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2/3 12:34
I. Demidov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 12:27
C. Caufield 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 0 - 17:48
J. Anderson 0 0 0 +2 0 4 2 1 0/1 15:55
B. Gallagher 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 - 15:46
Z. Bolduc 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 - 11:03
J. Veleno 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1/2 9:27
O. Beck 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 2/5 8:01
Defense
Sabres
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
R. Dahlin 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 0 - 26:52
B. Byram 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 - 23:07
O. Power 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 - 21:17
M. Samuelsson 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 - 19:13
C. Timmins 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 1 - 18:47
Z. Metsa 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 1 - 9:02
Canadiens
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
L. Hutson 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 - 19:59
N. Dobson 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 1 - 20:46
M. Matheson 0 0 0 +2 0 0 2 4 - 26:30
J. Struble 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 1 - 19:09
A. Carrier 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 5 - 18:36
A. Xhekaj 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 - 13:08
Goalies
Sabres
PLAYER SA SV GA SV% TOI DEC
A. Lyon 31 28 3 .903 57:52 L
Canadiens
PLAYER SA SV GA SV% TOI DEC
J. Dobes 32 30 2 .938 59:57 W
G - Goals · A - Assists · P - Points · +/- - Plus/Minus · PIM - Penalty Minutes · SOG - Shots on Goal · HIT - Hits · BLK - Blocked Shots · FO - Faceoffs Won/Taken · TOI - Time on Ice · SA - Shots Against · SV - Saves · GA - Goals Against · SV% - Save Percentage · DEC - Decision
Team Statistics
Sabres
Canadiens
32 Shots on Goal 32
0/1 · 0% Power Play 0/1 · 0%
1/1 · 100% Penalty Kill 1/1 · 100%
43.6% Faceoffs Won 56.4%
15 Hits 22
9 Blocked Shots 21
6 Penalty Minutes 6
6 Takeaways 3
15 Giveaways 11
Play-by-Play
3rd Period 1 - 3 2 - 4
2 - 4 0:31
J. Evans A: N. Suzuki EN Goal
2 min T. Thompson Roughing
J. Slafkovský Roughing 2 min
Goal T. Kozak A: R. Dahlin, J. Quinn
2 - 3 7:30
1 - 3 8:22
L. Hutson A: A. Newhook Goal
2 min Z. Benson Tripping
1 - 2 17:03
J. Slafkovský A: N. Suzuki, N. Dobson Goal
2nd Period 1 - 0 1 - 1
B. Gallagher Slashing 2 min
Goal J. Kulich A: Z. Benson
1 - 1 13:09
1st Period 0 - 1 0 - 1
2 min Z. Metsa Roughing
J. Slafkovský Roughing 2 min
0 - 1 11:31
O. Kapanen A: A. Newhook, I. Demidov Goal
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: MTL +2 Times Tied: 1
Highlights
Sabres 2 - 4 Canadiens
October 20, 2025
Bell Centre
Montreal, CA · 21,105 capacity
League
NHL
Season
NHL 25/26
Date
October 20, 2025
Time
11:30 pm
Duration
1h 0m