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NHL · Sunday 18 October · Bell Centre
Montreal Canadiens – Buffalo Sabres 4:3 (after overtime): NHL, 18/10/2026
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 (18 October). Montreal Canadiens won after overtime. Venue: Bell Centre.
By period: 2:1, 1:1, 0:1, 1:0.
Goals: J. Norris (Buffalo Sabres); Z. Bolduc (Montreal Canadiens); C. Caufield (Montreal Canadiens) ×2; A. Texier (Montreal Canadiens); J. Quinn (Buffalo Sabres); T. Thompson (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 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 08'
🏒 J. Norris0:1
assist: K. Helenius
- 10'pen.
Slashing
- 11'
🏒 Z. Bolduc1:1
assist: N. Suzuki, J. Slafkovsky · Power-play
- 14'
🏒 C. Caufield2:1
assist: J. Slafkovsky, A. Carrier
2nd period
- 07'
🏒 A. Texier3:1
assist: K. Guhle, A. Carrier
- 07'pen.
Interference
- 08'pen.
Interference
- 09'
🏒 J. Quinn3:2
assist: Z. Benson, M. Samuelsson · Shorthanded
- 10'pen.
Holding
- 14'pen.
Hooking
- 15'pen.
Elbowing
- 17'pen.
Interference
3rd period
- 05'pen.
Holding
- 10'
🏒 T. Thompson3:3
- 17'pen.
Tripping
Overtime
- 00'
🏒 C. Caufield4:3
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 32
- 41
- 51
- 61
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Carrier | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Slafkovsky | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Texier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Z. Bolduc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Guhle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| O. Kapanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Norris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Quinn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Doan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Kulich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Helenius | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| N. Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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) | 26 | 23 | 3 | 88.5% |
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen | 34 | 30 | 4 | 88.2% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 34Shots on goal26
- 23Saves30
- 88%Save %88%
- 36Faceoffs won21
- 8Penalty minutes10
- 4Penalties5
- 1Power-play goals0
- 20%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %80%
- 0Short-handed goals1
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
- 14.10.Full time · SOMontreal Canadiens
4:3
Buffalo Sabres