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Montreal 5th Atlantic40-31-7-4

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Sabres vs Canadiens Game Overview

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BUF vs MONRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
BUF	11-16-4	15-16-0	15-11-5	5-7-1	6-9-3
MON	11-16-3	14-16-0	15-13-2	3-9-1	8-7-2

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

4-5-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Nov 11, '24	BUF	7 - 5	MON +191	o6.5	18	23	1-4	2-6
Feb 21, '24	MON	3 - 2	BUF -141	u6.5	31	23	0-4	1-3
Jan 04, '24	MON	6 - 1	BUF -157	o6.5	33	38	0-3	2-4
Dec 09, '23	BUF	3 - 2 (SO)	MON +154	u6.5	48	31	0-5	1-4
Oct 23, '23	BUF	3 - 1	MON +161	u7.0	37	27	1-5	1-3
Mar 27, '23	BUF	4 - 3 (SO)	MON +187	P7.0	33	41	1-4	0-3
Nov 22, '22	MON	7 - 2	BUF -105	o6.5	31	38	0-6	2-4
Oct 27, '22	BUF	3 - 2	MON +168	u6.5	45	34	1-4	0-3
Feb 23, '22	MON	4 - 0	MON -114	u6.0	29	32	0-1	0-2
Feb 13, '22	MON	5 - 3	BUF -112	o6.0	32	32	0-3	1-3

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

0-7-2-1

Over / Under

5-4-1

-$1000

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 15, '24	@ TOR	L 3 - 5	L +153	o6.0	27	40	1-2	1-4
Dec 14, '24	@ WAS	L 2 - 4	L +163	p6.0	21	30	0-2	2-3
Dec 11, '24	NYR	L 2 - 3	L +128	u6.0	31	27	0-2	1-4
Dec 09, '24	DET	L 5 - 6 (SO)	L -127	o6.5	21	31	0-2	0-3
Dec 07, '24	UTAH	L 2 - 5	L -114	o6.0	25	28	0-3	0-0
Dec 05, '24	WIN	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +120	u5.5	30	31	1-3	1-5
Dec 03, '24	COL	L 4 - 5	L +133	o6.0	30	41	0-3	0-1
Nov 30, '24	@ NYI	L 0 - 3	L +106	u5.5	29	19	0-2	1-3
Nov 29, '24	VAN	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -107	o5.5	34	22	0-5	1-4
Nov 27, '24	MIN	L 0 - 1	L +126	u5.5	39	30	0-2	0-0

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 20, '24	TOR	L 3-6	L +135	o6.5
Dec 21, '24	@ BOS	W 6-3	W -173	o6.0
Dec 23, '24	@ NYI	W 7-1	W +135	o6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-5-1-0

Over / Under

4-4-2

-$138

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 14, '24	@ WIN	L 2 - 4	L +217	p6.0	28	26	0-4	2-6
Dec 12, '24	PIT	L 2 - 9	L +105	o6.5	23	33	0-4	2-3
Dec 09, '24	ANA	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -146	u6.0	21	29	1-2	1-3
Dec 07, '24	WAS	L 2 - 4	L +128	p6.0	24	35	0-2	1-3
Dec 05, '24	NAS	W 3 - 0	W +116	u6.0	30	29	1-3	0-5
Dec 03, '24	NYI	W 2 - 1 (OT)	W +117	u5.5	27	31	1-2	0-3
Dec 01, '24	@ BOS	L 3 - 6	L +211	o5.5	28	29	0-2	0-2
Nov 30, '24	@ NYR	L 3 - 4	L +157	o6.5	28	28	0-3	3-6
Nov 27, '24	@ CLB	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W +160	o6.5	23	24	1-2	0-3
Nov 26, '24	UTAH	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +132	u6.0	13	29	0-3	0-4

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 20, '24	@ DET	W 4-1	W -132	u5.5
Dec 21, '24	DET	W 4-1	W -132	u5.5
Dec 23, '24	@ CLB	L 4-5	L +105	o6.5

W/L

0-4-0-1

GAA

3.80

Save %

.877

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
D.Levi	Dec 15, 2024	TOR 5 - BUF 3	L	4	40	.900	-	L +153	o6.0
U.Luukkonen	Dec 14, 2024	WAS 4 - BUF 2	L	3	30	.900	-	L +163	p6.0
U.Luukkonen	Dec 11, 2024	BUF 2 - NYR 3	L	2	27	.926	-	L +128	u6.0
J.Reimer	Dec 9, 2024	BUF 5 - DET 6 (SO)	-	5	31	.839	-	L -127	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Dec 7, 2024	BUF 2 - UTAH 5	L	5	28	.821	-	L -114	o6.0

W/L

2-3-0-0

GAA

3.00

Save %

.840

Montreal Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
S.Montembeault	Dec 14, 2024	WIN 4 - MON 2	L	3	26	.885	-	L +217	p6.0
S.Montembeault	Dec 12, 2024	MON 2 - PIT 9	L	6	26	.769	-	L +105	o6.5
C.Primeau	Dec 12, 2024	MON 2 - PIT 9	-	3	7	.571	-	L +105	o6.5
S.Montembeault	Dec 9, 2024	MON 3 - ANA 2 (SO)	W	2	29	.931	-	W -146	u6.0
S.Montembeault	Dec 7, 2024	MON 2 - WAS 4	L	4	35	.886	-	L +128	p6.0
S.Montembeault	Dec 5, 2024	MON 3 - NAS 0	W	0	29	1.00		W +116	u6.0

BUF vs MONStats

Offense vs Defense

BUFBuffalo Offense
MONMontreal Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
2.97	Total	3.77
1.06	1st Period	1.07
0.87	2nd Period	1.23
0.94	3rd Period	1.37
0.06	OT	0.07

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.97	Total	29.90
9.32	1st Period	9.20
9.39	2nd Period	10.03
8.90	3rd Period	9.30
0.35	OT	0.40

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.11	Total	0.87
0.11	1st Period	0.88
0.09	2nd Period	0.88
0.11	3rd Period	0.85
0.18	OT	0.83

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
13 - 89	G/Att vs. GA/Att	21 - 106
14.61	PP % vs. PK %	80.19

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	597	539	0.903	8-9-3
James Reimer	149	131	0.879	1-3-1

BUF vs MONInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
O. Power	D	Out - Lower-body( Apr 18, '25)	Apr 18, '25
Power said on Saturday (Apr. 19) that he will need two months to recover from his lower-body injury, but he will not need surgery, per Heather Engel of NHL.com.
J. Norris	F	Out For Season - Undisclosed( Apr 14, '25)	Apr 14, '25
Norris' injury is a soft-tissue injury that the Sabres knew about before acquiring him from the Senators, according to Brian Koziol of WGR.
J. Greenway	F	Out - Lower Body( Apr 11, '25)	Apr 11, '25
The Sabres said on Saturday (Apr. 12) that Greenway is not expected to return before the end of the regular season, per Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	9	Zach Benson
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
C	13	Josh Norris
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	20	Jiri Kulich
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	36	Noah Ostlund
C	48	Tyson Kozak
RW	63	Isak Rosen
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
RW	77	JJ Peterka
C	81	Sam Lafferty
RW	89	Alex Tuch

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	24	Jacob Bernard-Docker
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	47	James Reimer
D	75	Connor Clifton
D	78	Jacob Bryson

Montreal's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
S. Montembeault	G	Out - Groin( May 01, '25)	May 01, '25
The Canadiens reported on Friday (May 2) that Montembeault missed the last two playoff games after sustaining a groin tear, per Eric Engels of Sportsnet.
K. Dach	C	Out For Season - Lower Body( Mar 01, '25)	Mar 01, '25
The Montreal Canadiens placed F Kirby Dach on the Injured Reserve on Sunday (Mar 2.) and is out for the season.

Montreal Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	11	Brendan Gallagher
RW	13	Cole Caufield
C	14	Nick Suzuki
C	15	Alex Newhook
RW	17	Josh Anderson
LW	20	Juraj Slafkovsky
C	28	Christian Dvorak
RW	40	Joel Armia
LW	51	Emil Heineman
LW	55	Michael Pezzetta
C	71	Jake Evans
LW	92	Patrik Laine
RW	93	Ivan Demidov

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	8	Mike Matheson
D	21	Kaiden Guhle
G	35	Sam Montembeault
D	45	Alexandre Carrier
D	47	Jayden Struble
D	48	Lane Hutson
D	72	Arber Xhekaj
G	75	Jakub Dobes

Sabres vs Canadiens Game Overview

BUF vs MONRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

GoaltendersLast 5

BUF vs MONStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

BUF vs MONInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Montreal's Injuries

Montreal Starters Last Game

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Betting Terminology

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