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Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Monday, October 20, 2025 · Centre Bell

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2–4

Final

SOG 32–32

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Monday, October 20, 2025 at Centre Bell.

Goals came from Oliver Kapanen, Jiri Kulich, Juraj Slafkovský, Lane Hutson, Tyson Kozak and Jake Evans.

Jakub Dobes made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 28 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF011232
Montréal CanadiensMTL103432

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJake EvansMTL · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJakub DobesMTL · .938 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:33

1–1 · 2nd 6:51 · Kulich. Hutson was 1:33 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceMTL on ice

0–1 MTL

1st 8:29 · Kapanen

Quinn 0:43

1–1 BUF

2nd 6:51 · Kulich

Stuck out there: Hutson 1:33

1–2 MTL

3rd 2:57 · Slafkovský

Dahlin 0:54

1–3 MTL

3rd 11:38 · Hutson

Long shift: Thompson 1:13

2–3 BUF

3rd 12:30 · Kozak

Carrier 0:28

2–4 MTL

3rd 19:29 · EN · Evans

Thompson 2:13

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

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

Penalties

  • 1st 16:09Juraj Slafkovský · roughing2 min
  • 1st 16:09Zach Metsa · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 10:49Brendan Gallagher · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 08:12Zach Benson · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 15:16Juraj Slafkovský · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 15:16Tage Thompson · roughing2 min

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