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MTL
Montreal Canadiens
@
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
54% Win Probability
46% Win Probability
MTL is expected to score 3.23 goals BUF is expected to score 3.25 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on November 1, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Montreal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres
Record 9-3-2 7-4-3
L10 Record 8-1-1 5-2-3
Pts% 71.43% 60.71%
Division Rank 2 (Atlantic) 7 (Atlantic)
Conference Rank 3 (Eastern) 9 (Eastern)
Projected Points 97.43 89.29
xGF/G 2.98 ● +0.233.21
xGA/G 2.98+0.24 ● 3.23
xGF% 49.95%+0.06 ● 49.89%
L10 xGF 31.77+0.20 ● 31.57
L10 xGA 29.11+6.08 ● 35.19
L10 xGF% 52.18%+4.90 ● 47.29%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.45 10 7 17 14 19:25 6.3 3.7 63 15.9 0.100 5.8 163 72 44.2 0.91 -0.23 0.68
MTL Nick Suzuki (C)+ 0.42 5 7 12 9 21:46 3.8 1.2 26 19.2 0.145 4.8 171 92 53.8 0.47 -0.06 0.41
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.40 8 6 14 14 19:16 5.7 2.3 40 20.0 0.142 5.8 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.40 2 11 13 14 19:57 5.7 -4.7 33 6.1 0.172 -11.1 13 4 30.8 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.38 1 0 1 5 11:36 1.9 -0.9 10 10.0 0.189 -8.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.35 8 4 12 14 18:46 4.9 3.1 44 18.2 0.110 7.1 4 3 75.0 0.13 0.00 0.13
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.33 4 5 9 14 18:53 4.7 -0.7 33 12.1 0.141 -2.0 128 46 35.9 0.03 -0.17 -0.14
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.28 6 3 9 14 14:22 3.9 2.1 30 20.0 0.128 7.2 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.27 2 7 9 14 18:15 3.7 -1.7 34 5.9 0.109 -5.1 12 3 25.0 0.05 -0.01 0.05
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.24 5 2 7 14 13:54 3.3 1.7 24 20.8 0.138 7.0 4 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.20 2 1 3 14 15:24 2.8 -0.8 23 8.7 0.123 -3.6 5 2 40.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.20 3 3 6 14 16:34 2.8 0.2 14 21.4 0.198 1.6 160 84 52.5 0.01 -0.14 -0.13
MTL Ivan Demidov (R)+ 0.19 1 1 2 2 15:37 0.4 0.6 4 25.0 0.094 15.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.19 1 5 6 14 17:03 2.6 -2.6 21 4.8 0.124 -7.7 206 111 53.9 0.25 -0.06 0.19
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.19 2 1 3 14 14:29 2.6 -0.6 15 13.3 0.173 -4.0 134 69 51.5 0.13 -0.47 -0.34
MTL Chris Kreider (L) 0.18 2 5 7 14 13:56 2.5 -0.5 16 12.5 0.159 -3.4 6 2 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jiri Kulich (C)+ 0.18 1 2 3 8 13:09 1.4 -0.4 9 11.1 0.159 -4.8 55 28 50.9 0.00 -0.14 -0.14
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.17 1 0 1 7 12:54 1.2 -0.2 10 10.0 0.117 -1.7 56 21 37.5 0.06 0.00 0.06
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.16 2 3 5 14 13:07 2.3 -0.3 19 10.5 0.121 -1.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.14 2 3 5 14 14:48 2.0 0.0 12 16.7 0.164 0.3 184 99 53.8 0.25 -0.39 -0.13
BUF Konsta Helenius (C)+ 0.12 1 2 3 11 12:59 1.3 -0.3 12 8.3 0.112 -2.9 8 1 12.5 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.11 1 2 3 14 15:03 1.5 -0.5 13 7.7 0.116 -4.0 154 80 51.9 0.23 -0.23 0.00
MTL Florian Xhekaj (L) 0.10 1 1 2 6 7:42 0.6 0.4 6 16.7 0.097 7.0 5 1 20.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Owen Beck (C) 0.10 0 2 2 4 8:30 0.4 -0.4 5 0.0 0.076 -7.6 3 3 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.09 0 7 7 14 13:41 1.3 -1.3 7 0.0 0.179 -17.9 50 24 48.0 0.17 0.00 0.17
MTL Kirby Dach (C)+ 0.08 0 3 3 13 10:45 1.1 -1.1 8 0.0 0.133 -13.3 15 7 46.7 0.00 -0.03 -0.03
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.07 0 2 2 14 11:00 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.145 -14.5 7 4 57.1 0.00 -0.11 -0.11
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.05 0 1 1 6 7:39 0.3 -0.3 5 0.0 0.058 -5.8 20 11 55.0 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Justin Danforth (R)+ 0.04 0 0 0 6 9:09 0.3 -0.3 1 0.0 0.251 -25.1 40 20 50.0 0.00 -0.05 -0.05
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.03 1 0 1 6 11:05 0.2 0.8 2 50.0 0.090 41.0 36 14 38.9 0.00 -0.10 -0.10
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.21 2 7 9 11 24:39 2.3 -0.3 33 6.1 0.070 -0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.14 3 3 6 13 19:46 1.8 1.2 27 11.1 0.067 4.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.14 3 10 13 14 24:53 1.9 1.1 25 12.0 0.077 4.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.12 0 5 5 14 21:00 1.7 -1.7 31 0.0 0.054 -5.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.11 2 9 11 14 26:38 1.6 0.4 18 11.1 0.087 2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.10 2 7 9 14 23:50 1.4 0.6 21 9.5 0.067 2.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Adam Engstrom (D) 0.07 0 1 1 8 11:07 0.6 -0.6 7 0.0 0.085 -8.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.07 2 2 4 10 22:48 0.7 1.3 13 15.4 0.050 10.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Mike Matheson (D)+ 0.06 1 3 4 8 23:45 0.5 -0.5 14 7.1 0.033 3.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.05 1 5 6 14 20:18 0.6 0.4 13 7.7 0.049 2.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.03 1 1 2 5 9:55 0.2 0.8 1 100.0 0.174 82.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.03 0 1 1 13 11:54 0.4 -0.4 7 0.0 0.063 -6.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.03 0 1 1 14 13:12 0.5 -0.5 12 0.0 0.038 -3.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.03 0 2 2 12 12:20 0.4 -0.4 7 0.0 0.051 -5.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Matt Grzelcyk (D)+ 0.00 0 0 0 1 14:27 0.0 - 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
MTL Jacob Fowler (G) +4.38% 9.6 1.84 0.932 7 8 1 87.5 2 15 220 205 24.6
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.11% 0.1 3.11 0.880 3 5 1 60.0 1 14 117 103 14.1
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -0.75% -2.0 3.40 0.873 4 10 3 40.0 0 33 260 227 31.0
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) -4.21% -6.9 4.05 0.853 2 6 2 33.3 0 24 163 139 17.1