Game

Sabres at Canadiens

Canadiens 4, Sabres 3 in overtime · first star Cole Caufield (2 G, 0 A).

2026-27 regular season · 2026-27 regular season, updated nightly. Data as of October 24, 2026, source NHL.

Buffalo Sabres 3 at Montreal Canadiens 4

Sabres BUF

3 FINAL/OT 4

Canadiens MTL

Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Centre Bell, Montreal · TV SNE · NHLN · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Sabres	1	1	1	0	3	26
Canadiens	2	1	0	1	4	34

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Canadiens attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 26, MTL 34.

BUF in red MTL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 26 shots on goal (3 goals, 13 missed, 15 blocked) attacking left; Canadiens 34 shots on goal (4 goals, 16 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT
1st	5	1	15	7	2	20
2nd	12	1	18	15	1	24
3rd	9	1	20	10	0	21
OT	0	0	1	2	1	2
Total	26	3	54	34	4	67

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	MTL SOG	MTL G
Even strength	22	2	26	3
Power play	3	0	6	1
Short-handed	1	1	2	0

Attempt share by period

Canadiens took 55.4% of the shot attempts, and 53.8% of the 93 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Canadiens and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Canadiens
Period	MTL CF%	MTL FF%
1st	57.1	60.0
2nd	57.1	58.3
3rd	51.2	50.0
OT	66.7	66.7
Game	55.4	56.2

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

08:21 Josh Norris (2) Konsta Helenius (1) · snap 1–0
11:45 Zachary Bolduc (4) PP Nick Suzuki (6), Juraj Slafkovský (3) · tip-in 1–1
14:01 Cole Caufield (4) Juraj Slafkovský (4), Alexandre Carrier (2) · snap 1–2

2nd period

07:39 Alexandre Texier (1) Kaiden Guhle (1), Alexandre Carrier (3) · snap 1–3
09:52 Jack Quinn (5) SH Zach Benson (6), Mattias Samuelsson (5) · snap 2–3

3rd period

10:12 Tage Thompson (5) Josh Doan (1), Jiri Kulich (2) · snap 3–3

Overtime

00:54 Cole Caufield (5) Unassisted · snap 3–4

Three stars

Cole Caufield MTL · R #13 · 2 G, 0 A
Alexandre Carrier MTL · D #45 · 0 G, 2 A
Zachary Bolduc MTL · R #76 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	10:25	BUF	Noah Ostlund	slashing	2	Lane Hutson
2nd	07:44	MTL	Alexandre Texier	interference	2	Zach Benson
2nd	08:20	BUF	Noah Ostlund	interference	2	Phillip Danault
2nd	10:10	MTL	Lane Hutson	holding	2	Zach Benson
2nd	14:19	BUF	Dennis Gilbert	hooking	2	Nick Suzuki
2nd	15:35	BUF	Zach Benson	elbowing	2	Cole Caufield
2nd	17:10	MTL	Oliver Kapanen	interference	2	Mattias Samuelsson
3rd	05:25	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	holding	2	Alexandre Texier
3rd	17:43	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	tripping	2	Jiri Kulich

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Josh Norris #9	C	1	0	1	-1	4	1	2	0	25.0	14:30
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	0	1	-1	5	1	1	0	25.0	19:19
Jack Quinn #22	R	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	100.0	21:30
Jiri Kulich #20	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	42.9	13:00
Konsta Helenius #94	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	09:11
Zach Benson #6	L	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	2	33.3	21:17
Josh Doan #91	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:14
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	2	2	0.0	26:59
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	37.5	19:44
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25.0	09:04
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	40.0	14:35
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	100.0	12:12
Justin Danforth #15	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	08:34
Dennis Gilbert #44	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.0	11:31
Louis Crevier #46	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	14:12
Olen Zellweger #8	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	20:47
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0.0	27:39
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	14:57

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	O	34	30	4	.882	23/26	5/6	60:01

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Cole Caufield #13	R	2	0	2	+2	5	0	0	0	100.0	18:03
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	2	2	+1	1	1	2	2	0.0	17:51
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	2	2	+2	1	0	2	0	0.0	22:08
Alexandre Texier #85	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	11:29
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	1	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	14:48
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0	60.0	20:49
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	23:21
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	62.5	16:21
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	72.7	13:29
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	11:37
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	0.0	11:40
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	62.5	15:06
Chris Kreider #22	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0.0	14:06
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	0.0	14:22
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	12:29
David Reinbacher #64	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	09:09
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0.0	26:38
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	-2	3	2	1	0	0.0	21:16

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Fowler #32	W	26	23	3	.885	20/22	3/3	60:54

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-10-24.