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NHL · Wednesday 14 October · Bell Centre
Montreal Canadiens – Buffalo Sabres 4:3 (after a shoot-out): NHL, 14/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Head to head · 1
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Montreal Canadiens – Buffalo Sabres 4:3 (14 October). Montreal Canadiens won after a shoot-out. Venue: Bell Centre.
By period: 1:1, 2:0, 0:2, 0:0, 3:1.
Goals: O. Zellweger (Buffalo Sabres) ×2; L. Hutson (Montreal Canadiens); C. Caufield (Montreal Canadiens); J. Anderson (Montreal Canadiens); J. Norris (Buffalo Sabres).
Table now: Montreal Canadiens — 4th, 25 points from 17 matches; Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches.
Head to head (1): Montreal Canadiens — 1 win, Buffalo Sabres — 0.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 02'
🏒 O. Zellweger0:1
assist: M. Samuelsson, B. Malenstyn
- 08'pen.
Penalties
Too many men on the ice
- 12'pen.
Tripping
- 13'pen.
Delay of game
- 14'
🏒 L. Hutson1:1
assist: J. Slafkovsky, C. Caufield · Power-play
- 15'pen.
Holding
2nd period
- 01'
🏒 C. Caufield2:1
assist: J. Slafkovsky, N. Suzuki
- 01'pen.
Holding the stick
- 06'pen.
Hooking
- 14'pen.
Interference
- 19'
🏒 J. Anderson3:1
3rd period
- 04'
🏒 J. Norris3:2
assist: D. Gilbert, B. Malenstyn
- 05'
🏒 O. Zellweger3:3
assist: Z. Benson, M. Samuelsson
- 09'pen.
Unsportsmanlike conduct
- 09'pen.
Unsportsmanlike conduct
Overtime
- 04'pen.
Holding
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 52
- 62
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Caufield | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Hutson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Slafkovsky | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| N. Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Bolduc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Newhook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Kreider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Dach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O. Zellweger | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| B. Malenstyn | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Norris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Gilbert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Danforth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Crevier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Montreal Canadiens
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Fowler(W) | 17 | 14 | 3 | 82.4% |
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen | 39 | 35 | 4 | 89.7% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 38Shots on goal16
- 13Saves35
- 81%Save %92%
- 32Faceoffs won33
- 12Penalty minutes8
- 6Penalties4
- 1Power-play goals0
- 25%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %75%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | WWLWW | |
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).
Montreal Canadiens 1 : 0 Buffalo Sabres
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Buffalo Sabres