Final May 5
FLA 4 -125 o5.5
TOR 5 +105 u5.5
Montreal 5th Atlantic40-31-7-4
Buffalo 7th Atlantic36-39-5-2

Canadiens vs Sabres Game Overview

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MON vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team Record ATS O/U Away Home
MON 28-26-5 32-27-0 29-25-5 13-14-1 15-12-4
BUF 24-28-5 28-29-0 32-18-7 9-16-2 15-12-3

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss
7-3
Over / Under
4-5-1
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U HSOG ASOG HPP APP
Dec 17, '24 MON 6 - 1 MON +117 o6.0 27 21 3-6 0-5
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

GoaltendersLast 5

W/L
3-2-0-0
GAA
2.17
Save %
.862
Montreal Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
S.Montembeault Feb 27, 2025 MON 4 - SJ 3 (OT) W 3 26 .885 - W -208 o6.0
S.Montembeault Feb 25, 2025 MON 4 - CAR 0 W 0 20 1.00 Shootout Check W +187 u6.0
S.Montembeault Feb 22, 2025 OTT 2 - MON 5 W 2 27 .926 - W +148 o5.5
J.Dobes Feb 9, 2025 MON 3 - TB 5 - 3 8 .625 - L +157 o6.0
S.Montembeault Feb 9, 2025 MON 3 - TB 5 L 1 12 .917 - L +157 o6.0
S.Montembeault Feb 8, 2025 MON 0 - NJ 4 L 4 22 .818 - L +138 u6.0
W/L
3-2-0-0
GAA
2.50
Save %
.861
Buffalo Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
U.Luukkonen Feb 27, 2025 CAR 5 - BUF 2 - 2 7 .714 - L +183 o6.5
J.Reimer Feb 27, 2025 CAR 5 - BUF 2 L 2 29 .931 - L +183 o6.5
U.Luukkonen Feb 25, 2025 BUF 3 - ANA 2 W 2 18 .889 - W -173 u6.0
U.Luukkonen Feb 22, 2025 BUF 8 - NYR 2 W 2 28 .929 - W +119 o6.5
U.Luukkonen Feb 8, 2025 NAS 6 - BUF 4 L 5 22 .773 - L +102 o6.5
J.Reimer Feb 4, 2025 BUF 3 - CLB 2 W 2 29 .931 - W -166 u6.0

MON vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
2.98 Total 3.40
0.83 1st Period 0.79
1.07 2nd Period 1.26
0.95 3rd Period 1.26
0.10 OT 0.07

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
26.00 Total 29.09
7.86 1st Period 8.68
8.34 2nd Period 10.30
8.12 3rd Period 8.77
0.34 OT 0.19

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING Stat SAVE PCT.
0.11 Total 0.88
0.11 1st Period 0.91
0.13 2nd Period 0.88
0.12 3rd Period 0.86
0.30 OT 0.64

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY Stat PENALTY KILL
37 - 173 G/Att vs. GA/Att 39 - 171
21.39 PP % vs. PK % 77.19

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Montreal Goaltenders
Name S SV SV% WL
Jakub Dobes 249 226 0.908 5-2-1
Sam Montembeault 1196 1075 0.899 21-21-3

MON vs BUFInjury report

Montreal's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
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

Buffalo's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
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

Betting Terminology

  • VS: Opponent for the team
  • Result: Result in the last game played between the 2 teams
  • ATS: Puck line result in the game
  • O/U: Over/Under result in the game
  • $: Net money won in the last 10 games
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the winning team
  • HSOG: Home team shots on goal
  • ASOG: Away team shots on goal
  • HPP: Home team powerplay goals and attempts
  • APP: Away team powerplay goals and attempts

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win/Loss record
  • GA: Goals Against
  • SA: Saves in the game
  • SV%: Save Pct for the game
  • SO: Recorded a shutout
  • ML: Closing money line for the game
  • O/U: Closing OU for the game

Betting Terminology

  • NHL Avg: NHL Average
  • Shot Pct: Goals per shots percentage
  • Save %: Saves per shots faced percentage
  • PP: Powerplay
  • PK: Penalty Kill

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