Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens on October 20th 2025

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Montreal Canadiens (4)

Game No: 95

Started: 2025-10-20 19:45:00

Ended: 2025-10-20 22:17:00

Attendance: 21,105

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Full Recap

Period	Time	Team	Scorer	Shot Type	Distance (ft)	Assist	Assist	Highlight
1	8:29	MTL	Oliver Kapanen			Ivan Demidov	Alex Newhook
2	6:51	BUF	Jiri Kulich			Zach Benson
3	2:57	MTL	Juraj SlafkovskÝ			Noah Dobson	Nick Suzuki
3	11:38	MTL	Lane Hutson			Alex Newhook
3	12:30	BUF	Tyson Kozak			Jack Quinn	Rasmus Dahlin
3	19:29	MTL	Jake Evans			Nick Suzuki

Referees

#2 Jon McIsaac

#24 Graham Skilliter

Officials

#65 Tommy Hughes

#56 Julien Fournier

Period	Time	Team	Player	Penalty	PIM	Drawn By
1	16:09	BUF	Zach Metsa	Roughing	2
1	16:09	MTL	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	Roughing	2	Zach Metsa
2	10:49	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	Slashing	2	Alex Lyon
3	8:12	BUF	Zach Benson	Tripping	2
3	15:16	MTL	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	Roughing	2
3	15:16	BUF	Tage Thompson	Roughing	2	Arber Xhekaj

Buffalo Sabres Roster

Coach: Lindy Ruff

#	Player	Position
4	Bowen Byram	D
6	Zach Benson	L
17	Jason Zucker	L
19	Peyton Krebs	C
20	Jiri Kulich	C
21	Conor Timmins	D
22	Jack Quinn	R
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D
25	Owen Power	D
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D
34	Alex Lyon	G
44	Josh Dunne	C
44	Joshua Dunne	C
48	Tyson Kozak	C
55	Mason Geertsen	L
71	Ryan McLeod	C
72	Tage Thompson	C
73	Zach Metsa	D
89	Alex Tuch	R
91	Josh Doan	R
92	Colten Ellis	G

Montreal Canadiens Roster

Coach: Martin St. Louis

#	Player	Position
8	Mike Matheson	D
11	Brendan Gallagher	R
13	Cole Caufield	R
14	Nick Suzuki	C
15	Alex Newhook	C
17	Josh Anderson	R
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
35	Sam Montembeault	G
45	Alexandre Carrier	D
47	Jayden Struble	D
48	Lane Hutson	D
53	Noah Dobson	D
62	Owen Beck	C
71	Jake Evans	C
72	Arber Xhekaj	D
75	Jakub Dobes	G
75	Jakub DobeŠ	G
76	Zachary Bolduc	R
90	Joe Veleno	C
91	Oliver Kapanen	C
93	Ivan Demidov	R

Buffalo Sabres Scratches

#	Player	Position
21	Kaiden Guhle	D
28	Zachary Jones	D
77	Kirby Dach	C
78	Jacob Bryson	D
86	Noah Ostlund	C
92	Patrik Laine	L

Montreal Canadiens Scratches

#	Player	Position

2	Goals	4
3	Assists	6
-11	Plus / Minus	10
3	Penalties	3
6	PIM	6
49	Corsi For	47
51.04	Corsi %	48.96
31	Fenwick For	47
39.74	Fenwick %	60.26
31	Shots	31
22	Shots Blocked	11
18	Missed Shots	16
15	Hits	22
15	Giveaways	11
6	Takeaways	3
8	Blocked Shots	21
24	Faceoffs Won	31
31	Faceoffs Lost	24
44%	Faceoff Percentage	56%

Time Spent With Lead

Buffalo Sabres		Montreal Canadiens
Lead	Time With Lead	Lead	Time With Lead
1		1	34:02
2		2	1:23

Time Each Lead Lasted

Buffalo Sabres - Montreal Canadiens	Time With Lead
0 - 1	18:22
1 - 2	8:41
1 - 3	0:52
2 - 3	6:59
2 - 4	0:31

Buffalo Sabres

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
4	Bowen Byram	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	Zach Benson	0	1	1	-1	1	2	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
17	Jason Zucker	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Peyton Krebs	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	4	5	44
20	Jiri Kulich	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	30
21	Conor Timmins	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	Jack Quinn	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Mattias Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
25	Owen Power	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
26	Rasmus Dahlin	0	1	1	-1	0	0	4	7	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
34	Alex Lyon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Josh Dunne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Joshua Dunne	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	Tyson Kozak	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	2	75
55	Mason Geertsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	Ryan McLeod	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	2	0	10	11	48
72	Tage Thompson	0	0	0	-2	1	2	3	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	5	17
73	Zach Metsa	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
89	Alex Tuch	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
91	Josh Doan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
92	Colten Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Montreal Canadiens

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
8	Mike Matheson	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	4	0	0	0
11	Brendan Gallagher	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	Cole Caufield	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Nick Suzuki	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	12	8	60
15	Alex Newhook	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	3	57
17	Josh Anderson	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	1	0	1	1	2	4	3	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
35	Sam Montembeault	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Alexandre Carrier	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
47	Jayden Struble	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
48	Lane Hutson	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
53	Noah Dobson	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
62	Owen Beck	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	40
71	Jake Evans	1	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	0	2	10	7	59
72	Arber Xhekaj	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	Jakub Dobes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	Jakub DobeŠ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	Zachary Bolduc	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Joe Veleno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	50
91	Oliver Kapanen	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	67
93	Ivan Demidov	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0

Buffalo Sabres

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
4	Bowen Byram	25	00:55	23:07	00:07	00:37	22:23
6	Zach Benson	25	00:50	21:11	01:53	00:00	19:18
17	Jason Zucker	16	00:47	12:35	01:53	00:00	10:42
19	Peyton Krebs	18	00:44	13:29	00:00	00:00	13:29
20	Jiri Kulich	26	00:41	18:00	00:07	00:00	17:53
21	Conor Timmins	24	00:46	18:47	00:00	01:21	17:26
22	Jack Quinn	19	00:41	13:17	00:07	00:47	12:23
23	Mattias Samuelsson	26	00:44	19:13	00:00	01:23	17:50
25	Owen Power	28	00:45	21:17	00:07	00:39	20:31
26	Rasmus Dahlin	30	00:53	26:52	01:53	00:00	24:59
44	Josh Dunne	0
44	Joshua Dunne	8	00:49	06:35	00:00	00:00	06:35
48	Tyson Kozak	15	00:43	10:59	00:07	00:49	10:03
55	Mason Geertsen	7	00:46	05:27	00:00	00:00	05:27
71	Ryan McLeod	26	00:46	19:58	00:00	01:13	18:45
72	Tage Thompson	25	00:48	20:18	01:53	00:00	18:25
73	Zach Metsa	12	00:45	09:02	00:00	00:00	09:02
89	Alex Tuch	26	00:46	20:08	00:00	01:11	18:57
91	Josh Doan	21	00:45	15:53	01:53	00:00	14:00

Montreal Canadiens

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
8	Mike Matheson	25	01:03	26:30	00:11	01:53	24:26
11	Brendan Gallagher	21	00:45	15:46	00:37	00:00	15:09
13	Cole Caufield	21	00:50	17:48	01:23	00:00	16:25
14	Nick Suzuki	23	00:56	21:37	02:00	00:07	19:30
15	Alex Newhook	19	00:49	15:44	00:00	01:09	14:35
17	Josh Anderson	21	00:45	15:55	00:00	00:44	15:11
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	22	00:47	17:17	01:25	00:00	15:52
45	Alexandre Carrier	24	00:46	18:36	00:00	00:51	17:45
47	Jayden Struble	24	00:47	19:09	00:00	00:00	19:09
48	Lane Hutson	23	00:52	19:59	01:31	00:00	18:28
53	Noah Dobson	23	00:54	20:46	00:29	01:09	19:08
62	Owen Beck	12	00:40	08:01	00:00	00:00	08:01
71	Jake Evans	22	00:49	18:16	00:00	00:51	17:25
72	Arber Xhekaj	16	00:49	13:08	00:00	00:07	13:01
76	Zachary Bolduc	16	00:41	11:03	01:23	00:00	09:40
90	Joe Veleno	16	00:35	09:27	00:00	00:00	09:27
91	Oliver Kapanen	15	00:50	12:34	00:24	01:09	11:01
93	Ivan Demidov	18	00:41	12:27	00:37	00:00	11:50

Buffalo Sabres

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
34	Alex Lyon	1	1	14	0.929
		2	0	4	1
		3	2	12	0.833

Montreal Canadiens

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
75	Jakub DobeŠ	1	0	6	1
		2	1	11	0.909
		3	1	14	0.929

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