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Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens

NHLOctober 20, 2025Bell Centre

SabresBuffaloBUF2-4-0

Sabres 2, Canadiens 4

Final
CanadiensMontrealMTLWon5-2-0
Score by period
Team123T
BUF0112
MTL1034

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  3. 0:05Icing
  4. 0:05Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  5. 0:31Juraj Slafkovský hit Owen Power
  6. 0:46Josh Anderson Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  7. 0:48Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:48Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Josh Anderson
  9. 1:09Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Jake Evans
  10. 1:11Puck in Netting
  11. 1:11Alex Newhook faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  12. 1:17Zach Metsa shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  13. 2:23Owen Beck shot blocked by Joseph Veleno
  14. 2:27Joseph Veleno hit Mason Geertsen
  15. 3:05Cole Caufield hit Rasmus Dahlin
  16. 3:13Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  17. 3:19Juraj Slafkovský hit Bowen Byram
  18. 3:26Tage Thompson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  19. 3:28Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  20. 3:29Tage Thompson Snap Shot Wide Right
  21. 3:33Cole Caufield hit Zach Metsa
  22. 3:52Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  23. 4:15Alexandre Carrier shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  24. 4:24Mattias Samuelsson hit Brendan Gallagher
  25. 4:37Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  26. 4:46Ivan Demidov Snap Shot Wide Right
  27. 4:48Josh Anderson Snap Shot Wide Right
  28. 5:13Conor Timmins Snap Shot Wide Right
  29. 5:15Goalie Stopped
  30. 5:15Alex Newhook faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  31. 5:56Puck in Benches
  32. 5:56Owen Beck faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  33. 6:55Giveaway by Zach Benson
  34. 7:11Jayden Struble hit Mattias Samuelsson
  35. 7:12Puck in Netting
  36. 7:12Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Evans
  37. 7:17Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  38. 7:19Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  39. 7:24Bowen Byram shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  40. 7:26Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot Hit Left Post
  41. 7:28Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  42. 7:39Brendan Gallagher Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  43. 8:17Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  44. 8:20Peyton Krebs hit Alexandre Carrier
  45. 8:29Oliver Kapanen Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Ivan Demidov (4), Alex Newhook (2)
  46. 8:29Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Owen Beck
  47. 8:46Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  48. 8:49Takeaway by Jayden Struble
  49. 8:54Joseph Veleno hit Mattias Samuelsson
  50. 8:55Tyson Kozak shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  51. 8:58Josh Dunne Snap Shot Wide Left
  52. 9:05Josh Dunne hit Jayden Struble
  53. 9:30Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  54. 9:38Noah Dobson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  55. 9:40Goalie Stopped
  56. 9:40Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  57. 9:47Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  58. 9:57Owen Power Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  59. 10:22Jiri Kulich Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  60. 10:33Tage Thompson Backhand Wide Right
  61. 11:06Alex Newhook hit Jack Quinn
  62. 11:26Oliver Kapanen Backhand Wide Right
  63. 11:41Alex Newhook Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  64. 11:56Josh Dunne Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  65. 13:02Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  66. 13:08Jayden Struble shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  67. 13:09Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  68. 13:11Nick Suzuki Backhand Wide Right
  69. 13:17Alexandre Carrier Tip-In High and Wide Left
  70. 14:00Josh Anderson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  71. 14:03Goalie Stopped
  72. 14:03Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  73. 14:23Giveaway by Oliver Kapanen
  74. 14:57Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  75. 14:59Goalie Stopped
  76. 14:59Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  77. 15:06Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  78. 15:12Icing
  79. 15:12Owen Beck faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  80. 16:06Jiri Kulich Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  81. 16:07Zach Benson Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  82. 16:09Goalie Stopped
  83. 16:09Juraj Slafkovský Roughing against Zach Metsa
  84. 16:09Zach Metsa Roughing against Juraj Slafkovský
  85. 16:09TV Timeout
  86. 16:09Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  87. 17:05Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Wide Right
  88. 17:09Puck in Netting
  89. 17:09Alex Newhook faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  90. 18:25Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  91. 18:25Brendan Gallagher hit Rasmus Dahlin
  92. 18:30Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  93. 18:31Josh Anderson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  94. 18:33Jake Evans Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  95. 18:33Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  96. 18:44Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  97. 18:45Goalie Stopped
  98. 18:45Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Owen Beck
  99. 18:58Owen Beck Snap Shot Wide Right
  100. 19:05Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  101. 19:10Zachary Bolduc hit Ryan McLeod
  102. 19:14Conor Timmins shot blocked by Owen Beck
  103. 19:16Puck in Netting
  104. 19:16Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  105. 19:36Jiri Kulich shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  106. 19:38Puck in Crowd
  107. 19:38Jake Evans faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  108. 19:45Icing
  109. 19:45Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  110. 19:55Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  111. 19:57Josh Doan Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
  112. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:06Icing
  4. 0:06Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  5. 0:34Juraj Slafkovský hit Mattias Samuelsson
  6. 0:46Zach Benson Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  7. 1:34Giveaway by Jake Evans
  8. 1:52Brendan Gallagher Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  9. 2:38Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  10. 2:53Giveaway by Joe Veleno
  11. 2:55Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  12. 3:04Tyson Kozak hit Noah Dobson
  13. 3:11Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  14. 4:01Tage Thompson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  15. 4:29Zach Benson Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  16. 4:38Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  17. 5:08Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  18. 5:26Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  19. 5:36Josh Anderson hit Conor Timmins
  20. 5:40Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  21. 5:42Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
  22. 6:13Arber Xhekaj Snap Shot Wide Right
  23. 6:51Jiri Kulich Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Zach Benson (6)
  24. 6:51Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  25. 7:06Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  26. 7:17Mike Matheson shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  27. 7:56Tage Thompson hit Noah Dobson
  28. 8:03Giveaway by Zach Benson
  29. 8:09Josh Anderson hit Owen Power
  30. 8:26Takeaway by Brendan Gallagher
  31. 8:28Jayden Struble Wrist Shot Short
  32. 9:05Peyton Krebs Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  33. 9:20Icing
  34. 9:20Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Owen Beck
  35. 9:22Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Joseph Veleno
  36. 9:26Tyson Kozak hit Owen Beck
  37. 9:43Arber Xhekaj hit Josh Dunne
  38. 9:57Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  39. 10:31Off-side
  40. 10:31Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  41. 10:45Ryan McLeod hit Alexandre Carrier
  42. 10:49Puck Frozen - Goalie
  43. 10:49Brendan Gallagher Slashing against Alex Lyon
  44. 10:49Jake Evans faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  45. 11:07Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  46. 11:31Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  47. 11:33Puck in Netting
  48. 11:33Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Zach Benson
  49. 11:37Tage Thompson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  50. 12:05Takeaway by Tage Thompson
  51. 12:11Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  52. 12:14Tage Thompson Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 12:15Zach Benson Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  54. 12:38Tage Thompson Slap Shot Wide Left
  55. 12:42On-Ice Official
  56. 12:42Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Jake Evans
  57. 12:44Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  58. 12:46Goalie Stopped
  59. 12:46Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Jake Evans
  60. 12:53Jack Quinn shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  61. 12:54Tyson Kozak Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  62. 13:35Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  63. 14:46Oliver Kapanen hit Owen Power
  64. 14:48Jiri Kulich shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  65. 14:52Jayden Struble hit Zach Benson
  66. 15:02Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  67. 15:06Off-side
  68. 15:06Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  69. 16:03Zachary Bolduc shot blocked by Josh Doan
  70. 16:30Joseph Veleno shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  71. 16:32Puck in Netting
  72. 16:32Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  73. 16:34Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Right
  74. 16:53Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  75. 17:08Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Conor Timmins
  76. 17:30Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  77. 17:34Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  78. 17:36Goalie Stopped
  79. 17:36Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Evans
  80. 17:40Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  81. 17:59Puck in Crowd
  82. 17:59Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  83. 18:04Giveaway by Conor Timmins
  84. 18:05Peyton Krebs hit Jayden Struble
  85. 18:08Takeaway by Owen Power
  86. 18:21Giveaway by Oliver Kapanen
  87. 18:52Puck Frozen - Goalie
  88. 18:52Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  89. 19:09Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  90. 19:24Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  91. 19:27Mattias Samuelsson hit Jake Evans
  92. 19:34Bowen Byram shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  93. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  3. 0:13Cole Caufield hit Zach Benson
  4. 0:25Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  5. 0:49Josh Anderson Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  6. 0:50Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  7. 1:11Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  8. 1:15Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  9. 1:20Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  10. 2:12Peyton Krebs hit Oliver Kapanen
  11. 2:21Icing
  12. 2:21Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  13. 2:28Puck in Crowd
  14. 2:28Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  15. 2:47Juraj Slafkovský Tip-In saved by Alex Lyon
  16. 2:57Juraj Slafkovský Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (3), Nick Suzuki (8)
  17. 2:57Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  18. 3:08Giveaway by Josh Doan
  19. 3:23Owen Power Snap Shot Wide Left
  20. 3:34Owen Power Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  21. 3:36Josh Doan Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  22. 3:37Ryan McLeod Backhand Above Crossbar
  23. 4:09Jason Zucker shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  24. 4:17Owen Beck Snap Shot Wide Right
  25. 4:20Peyton Krebs hit Zachary Bolduc
  26. 4:28Alexandre Carrier Slap Shot Short
  27. 4:34Jack Quinn Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  28. 4:37Goalie Stopped
  29. 4:37Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  30. 5:00Mike Matheson hit Zach Benson
  31. 5:21Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Jayden Struble
  32. 5:44Josh Doan Snap Shot Wide Right
  33. 6:37Jake Evans hit Zach Metsa
  34. 6:47Jake Evans hit Bowen Byram
  35. 7:07Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  36. 7:10Goalie Stopped
  37. 7:10Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  38. 7:19Zachary Bolduc hit Rasmus Dahlin
  39. 7:25Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  40. 7:28Goalie Stopped
  41. 7:28Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  42. 7:44Zach Benson hit Noah Dobson
  43. 8:09Jayden Struble Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  44. 8:12Zach Benson Tripping against Cole Caufield
  45. 8:12Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  46. 8:44Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  47. 8:46Goalie Stopped
  48. 8:46Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  49. 8:48Puck in Benches
  50. 8:48Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  51. 9:26Zachary Bolduc Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  52. 10:13Owen Power hit Noah Dobson
  53. 10:19Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  54. 10:53Tage Thompson Wrap-around saved by Jakub Dobes
  55. 10:56Zach Benson Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  56. 11:38Lane Hutson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Newhook (3)
  57. 11:38Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  58. 11:43Off-side
  59. 11:43Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Evans
  60. 11:53Bowen Byram Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  61. 11:55Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  62. 12:02On-Ice Official
  63. 12:02Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  64. 12:23Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  65. 12:28Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  66. 12:30Tyson Kozak Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (1), Rasmus Dahlin (5)
  67. 12:30Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  68. 12:40Tage Thompson hit Mike Matheson
  69. 13:07Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  70. 13:09Goalie Stopped
  71. 13:09Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  72. 13:24Ryan McLeod Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  73. 13:27Josh Doan hit Josh Anderson
  74. 13:29Alex Tuch Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  75. 13:46Josh Doan Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  76. 14:13Takeaway by Ivan Demidov
  77. 14:38Icing
  78. 14:38Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  79. 15:13Cole Caufield Backhand saved by Alex Lyon
  80. 15:16Goalie Stopped
  81. 15:16Juraj Slafkovský Roughing against Tage Thompson
  82. 15:16Tage Thompson Roughing against Juraj Slafkovský
  83. 15:16TV Timeout
  84. 15:16Alex Newhook faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  85. 15:20Jayden Struble Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  86. 15:39Ryan McLeod Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  87. 16:43Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  88. 16:51Mike Matheson hit Zach Benson
  89. 16:59Off-side
  90. 16:59Jake Evans faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  91. 17:20Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot Wide Left
  92. 17:22Goalie Stopped
  93. 17:22Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Jake Evans
  94. 17:38Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  95. 17:45Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  96. 18:06Jiri Kulich shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  97. 18:45Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  98. 18:49Timeout - Home
  99. 18:49Goalie Stopped
  100. 18:49Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Right
  101. 18:49Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Evans
  102. 18:52Tage Thompson shot blocked by Jake Evans
  103. 18:56Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  104. 18:57Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  105. 19:00Icing
  106. 19:00Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  107. 19:08Icing
  108. 19:08Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  109. 19:23Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  110. 19:29Jake Evans Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (9)
  111. 19:29Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  112. 19:50Owen Power shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  113. 19:53Josh Doan Snap Shot Wide Left
  114. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  115. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 8:29BUF 0, MTL 1Oliver Kapanen Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Ivan Demidov (4), Alex Newhook (2)

2nd

  1. 6:51BUF 1, MTL 1Jiri Kulich Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Zach Benson (6)

3rd

  1. 2:57BUF 1, MTL 2Juraj Slafkovský Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (3), Nick Suzuki (8)
  2. 11:38BUF 1, MTL 3Lane Hutson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Newhook (3)
  3. 12:30BUF 2, MTL 3Tyson Kozak Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (1), Rasmus Dahlin (5)
  4. 19:29BUF 2, MTL 4Jake Evans Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (9)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

CanadiensMontreal

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Jiri Kulich C100000018:0030.0273001026317:530:070:00
Tyson Kozak C101020010:5975.0226000015210:030:070:49
Alex Tuch RW00-1000020:080.0200101026318:570:001:11
Jack Quinn RW010000013:170.0100100019312:230:070:47
Jason Zucker LW00-2000012:350.0100000016410:421:530:00
Josh Doan RW000011015:530.0200103021314:001:530:00
Josh Dunne C00001006:350.01000010816:350:000:00
Mason Geertsen LW00000005:270.00000000705:270:000:00
Peyton Krebs C00-1041013:2944.4154000018013:290:000:00
Ryan McLeod C00-1011019:5847.621110301226318:450:001:13
Tage Thompson C00-2021220:1816.7351214125418:251:530:00
Zach Benson LW01-1010221:110.0710210025019:181:530:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D001001023:0710000100.025122:230:070:37
Conor Timmins D00-2001018:4700010100.024017:260:001:21
Mattias Samuelsson D00-1022019:1310000000.026217:500:001:23
Owen Power D00-2010021:1720000210.028120:310:070:39
Rasmus Dahlin D01-1000026:5240040420.030024:591:530:00
Zach Metsa D00100129:0200001000.01209:020:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Alex Lyon G31328.90357:5200262000

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