Montreal 3rd Atlantic48-24-5-5

Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-1

1:00PM ET 1:00PM ET · May 18, 2026

Canadiens vs Sabres Game Overview

MON vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
MON	52-25-12	53-36-0	45-41-3	27-9-9	25-16-3
BUF	54-24-10	48-40-0	40-45-3	27-13-4	27-11-6

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

7-3

Over / Under

5-4-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
May 08, '26	BUF	5 - 1	MON +108	P6.0	30	28	0-5	0-5
May 06, '26	BUF	4 - 2	BUF -142	o5.5	16	28	2-3	1-2
Jan 31, '26	BUF	4 - 2	MON +108	u6.5	38	31	1-4	1-3
Jan 22, '26	MON	4 - 2	BUF +104	u6.5	34	17	0-3	0-2
Jan 15, '26	BUF	5 - 3	BUF +105	o6.5	27	23	2-4	2-3
Oct 20, '25	MON	4 - 2	MON -146	u6.5	32	32	0-1	0-1
Mar 03, '25	MON	4 - 3 (OT)	MON -128	o6.5	20	36	2-5	0-4
Mar 01, '25	BUF	4 - 2	MON +125	u6.5	25	29	0-2	1-4
Dec 17, '24	MON	6 - 1	MON +106	o5.5	27	21	3-6	0-5
Nov 11, '24	BUF	7 - 5	MON +190	o6.5	18	23	1-4	2-6

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-3-2-0

Over / Under

2-6-2

$124

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
May 08, '26	@ BUF	W 5 - 1	W +108	p6.0	28	30	0-5	0-5
May 06, '26	@ BUF	L 2 - 4	L +118	o5.5	28	16	1-2	2-3
May 03, '26	@ TB	W 2 - 1	W +134	u5.0	9	29	0-2	1-3
May 01, '26	TB	L 0 - 1 (OT)	L -105	u5.5	30	33	0-3	0-3
Apr 29, '26	@ TB	W 3 - 2	W +134	u5.5	24	40	0-2	0-3
Apr 26, '26	TB	L 2 - 3	L -102	u6.0	18	20	1-6	1-7
Apr 24, '26	TB	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W -102	u6.0	29	17	0-4	1-5
Apr 21, '26	@ TB	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +150	u5.5	27	34	1-4	0-3
Apr 19, '26	@ TB	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W +150	o6.0	19	23	3-5	2-5
Apr 14, '26	@ PHI	L 2 - 4	L -285	p6.0	29	25	0-3	0-0

Next 3 Games

Montreal does not have any upcoming games scheduled.

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

6-2-1-1

Over / Under

4-5-1

$67

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
May 08, '26	MON	L 1 - 5	L -130	p6.0	30	27	0-5	0-5
May 06, '26	MON	W 4 - 2	W -142	o5.5	16	28	2-3	1-2
May 01, '26	@ BOS	W 4 - 1	W -118	u5.5	26	26	0-4	0-0
Apr 28, '26	BOS	L 1 - 2 (OT)	L -170	u6.0	26	29	1-3	0-3
Apr 26, '26	@ BOS	W 6 - 1	W +102	o5.5	35	24	0-3	0-1
Apr 23, '26	@ BOS	W 3 - 1	W +100	u6.0	30	25	0-5	0-4
Apr 21, '26	BOS	L 2 - 4	L -162	u6.5	35	27	0-5	1-5
Apr 19, '26	BOS	W 4 - 3	W -166	o6.5	38	20	0-4	1-3
Apr 15, '26	DAL	L 3 - 4 (SO)	L +122	o6.0	24	28	0-3	1-3
Apr 13, '26	@ CHI	W 5 - 1	W -200	u6.5	26	16	0-2	0-5

Next 3 Games

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MON vs BUFInjury report

Montreal's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
P. Laine	RW	Out - Abdomen( Feb 16, '26)	Feb 16, '26
The Canadiens said that Laine will not participate Tuesday's (Feb. 17) practice and is being evaluated on a daily basis.

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	24	Phillip Danault
C	71	Jake Evans
RW	76	Zachary Bolduc
C	77	Kirby Dach
LW	85	Alexandre Texier
C	90	Joseph Veleno
C	91	Oliver Kapanen
RW	93	Ivan Demidov

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	8	Mike Matheson
D	21	Kaiden Guhle
G	32	Jacob Fowler
G	35	Samuel Montembeault
D	45	Alexandre Carrier
D	47	Jayden Struble
D	48	Lane Hutson
D	53	Noah Dobson
D	72	Arber Xhekaj
G	75	Jakub Dobes

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
S. Carrick	C	Day To Day - Arm( May 08, '26)	May 08, '26
Carrick did not play on Friday's (May. 8) Game 2 versus the Canadiens.
N. Ostlund	C	Out - Lower Body( May 02, '26)	May 02, '26
The Sabres said on Sunday (May. 3) that Ostlund isn't expected to be available to play in the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News.
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26)	Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth	RW	Out For Season - Kneecap( Jan 25, '26)	Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	45	Riley Fiddler-Schultz
C	48	Tyson Kozak
LW	70	Tanner Pearson
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan
C	92	Anton Wahlberg
C	94	Konsta Helenius

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	5	Luke Schenn
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	27	Devon Levi
D	33	Ryan Johnson
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	57	Radim Mrtka
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
D	76	Vsevolod Komarov
G	92	Colten Ellis

W/L

3-1-1-0

GAA

1.80

Save %

.920

Montreal Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Dobes	May 8, 2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	W	1	30	.967	-	W +108	p6.0
J.Dobes	May 6, 2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	L	4	16	.750	-	L +118	o5.5
J.Dobes	May 3, 2026	TB 1 - MON 2	W	1	29	.966	-	W +134	u5.0
J.Dobes	May 1, 2026	MON 0 - TB 1 (OT)	L	1	33	.970	-	L -105	u5.5
J.Dobes	Apr 29, 2026	TB 2 - MON 3	W	2	40	.950	-	W +134	u5.5

W/L

3-1-1-0

GAA

2.00

Save %

.926

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
A.Lyon	May 8, 2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	L	4	27	.852	-	L -130	p6.0
A.Lyon	May 6, 2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	W	2	28	.929	-	W -142	o5.5
A.Lyon	May 1, 2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	1	26	.962	-	W -118	u5.5
A.Lyon	Apr 28, 2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	2	29	.931	-	L -170	u6.0
A.Lyon	Apr 26, 2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	1	24	.958	-	W +102	o5.5

MON vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

MONMontreal Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.36	Total	2.88
0.90	1st Period	0.89
1.17	2nd Period	0.89
1.11	3rd Period	0.99
0.13	OT	0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
25.98	Total	28.80
6.88	1st Period	7.26
7.10	2nd Period	8.00
6.60	3rd Period	8.10
0.74	OT	0.32

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.13	Total	0.90
0.13	1st Period	0.88
0.16	2nd Period	0.89
0.17	3rd Period	0.88
0.18	OT	0.68

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
61 - 268	G/Att vs. GA/Att	44 - 248
22.76	PP % vs. PK %	82.26

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Montreal Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Jakub Dobes	1382	1250	0.904	33-13-4
Jacob Fowler	448	407	0.908	9-6-2
Samuel Montembeault	635	554	0.872	10-8-4

Canadiens vs Sabres Game Overview

MON vs BUFRecords

MON vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

MON vs BUF Preview

MON vs BUFInjury report

Montreal's Injuries

Montreal Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

MON vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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