Canadiens vs. Sabres Prediction, Odds & Stats - May 08, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Montreal Canadiens 48-24-5-5	2	1	2	+6
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	0	1	0	+110

Date	Result	Competition
05/29/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 1 - 6	Atlantic
05/27/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 4 - 0	Metropolitan
05/25/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Metropolitan
05/23/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 2 - 3	Atlantic
05/21/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 6 - 2	Atlantic
05/18/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/16/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 8 - 3	Atlantic
05/14/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 6 - 3	Atlantic
05/12/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/10/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Montreal Canadiens MON	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Buffalo Sabres BUF	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 8 May 11:13pm	MON	-1.5 +170	-175	O +5.5 -120
Closing 8 May 11:13pm	MON	-1.5 +170	-175	O +5.5 -120

Nick Suzuki Center Buffalo	101	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Montreal
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Montreal	41	+ / -	37	Nick Suzuki Center Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Montreal	272	Shots	258	Cole Caufield Right Wing Buffalo
Arber Xhekaj Defense Buffalo	116	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	29	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Montreal
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Montreal	2.5	GAA	2.4	Jacob Fowler Goaltender Buffalo

Lane Hutson Defense Buffalo	16	Points	15	Tage Thompson Center Montreal
Jake Evans Center Buffalo	11	+ / -	6	Zach Benson Left Wing Montreal
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Buffalo	48	Shots	46	Rasmus Dahlin Defense Montreal
Zach Benson Left Wing Montreal	64	Penalty Mins	46	Kaiden Guhle Defense Buffalo
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	9	Wins	4	Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	2.7	GAA	2.6	Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal

Montreal Canadiens MON Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Stat
52	Games Won	55
26	Games Lost	24
7-3-0	Last 10	6-3-0-1
25-16-2-1	W L Streak	28-11-5-1
46-34	Against The Spread	47-33
1130	Money	1485
25-16-2-1	Home	28-11-5-1
27-10-5-4	Away	27-13-4
42-33-5	Total	35-35-10

date	home-away	ats	o/u	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists
05/18/2026	BUF 2 - MON 3 (OT)	MON	Over 0	39	2	4	25	3	5
05/16/2026	MON 3 - BUF 8	BUF	Over 6.5	36	8	14	22	3	4
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	MON	Over 6	36	3	5	26	6	12
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	BUF	Under 6.5	22	3	5	31	2	4
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	MON	Over 6	28	2	3	36	6	11
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	MON	Under 6	30	1	2	28	5	6
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	BUF	Under 6	16	4	5	28	2	3
01/31/2026	BUF 2 - MON 4	MON	Over 0	38	2	4	31	4	7
01/22/2026	MON 2 - BUF 4	BUF	Under 6.5	17	4	6	34	2	3
01/15/2026	BUF 5 - MON 3	BUF	Over 6	27	5	8	23	3	5
10/20/2025	MON 4 - BUF 2	MON	Under 6	32	2	3	32	4	6
03/03/2025	MON 4 - BUF 3	MON	Over 6.5	36	3	6	20	4	7
03/01/2025	BUF 2 - MON 4	MON	Under 6.5	29	4	7	25	2	3
12/17/2024	MON 6 - BUF 1	MON	Over 6	21	1	2	27	6	12
11/11/2024	BUF 5 - MON 7	MON	Over 6.5	23	7	13	18	5	7
02/21/2024	MON 2 - BUF 3	BUF	Under 6.5	23	3	4	31	2	4
01/04/2024	MON 1 - BUF 6	BUF	Over 6.5	38	6	12	33	1	0
12/09/2023	BUF 2 - MON 2	MON	Over 0	31	2	3	48	2	2
10/23/2023	BUF 1 - MON 3	MON	Under 7	27	3	6	37	1	2
03/27/2023	BUF 3 - MON 3	MON	Under 7	41	3	5	33	3	6

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/29/2026	CAR 6 - MON 1	L	Over 0	24	1	1
05/27/2026	MON 0 - CAR 4	L	Over 0	44	4	7
05/25/2026	MON 2 - CAR 3 (OT)	L	Over 0	39	3	5
05/23/2026	CAR 3 - MON 2	L	Over 0	12	2	4
05/21/2026	CAR 2 - MON 6	W	Over 0	22	6	10
05/18/2026	BUF 2 - MON 3 (OT)	W	Over 0	25	3	5
05/16/2026	MON 3 - BUF 8	L	Over 6.5	36	8	14
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	W	Over 6	26	6	12
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	L	Under 6.5	22	3	5
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	W	Over 6	28	2	3

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/18/2026	BUF 2 - MON 3 (OT)	L	Over 0	39	2	4
05/16/2026	MON 3 - BUF 8	W	Over 6.5	22	3	4
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	L	Over 6	36	3	5
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	W	Under 6.5	31	2	4
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	L	Over 6	36	6	11
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	L	Under 6	30	1	2
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	W	Under 6	16	4	5
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	Under 5.5	26	1	2
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	Under 6	26	1	2
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	Over 6	24	1	2

Montreal Canadiens MON Buffalo Sabres BUF

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
2.8	8	Goals Per Game	4	3.3
2.5	6	Goals Against Per Game	11	3.0
19.5	25	Shots Per Game	2	28.5
21.8	12	Shots Against Per Game	21	27.5
14.5	9	Shooting %	15	11.7
11.5	13	Opponent Shooting %	8	10.9
-2.33	18	Shot Differential Per Game	13	1
14.5	9	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	15	11.7
.890	4	Save %	4	.890
.900	6	Opponent Save %	4	.880
18.8	4	Penalty Minutes Per Game	26	6.8
0.67	7	Power Play Goals Per Game	4	0.83
0.67	9	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	13	1
23.5	7	Power Play %	6	23.8
75.0	19	Penalty Kill %	22	62.5
1.85	17	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	11	2.2

offence

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.4	7
Shots	26.29	24
Power Play (%)	23	9
Faceoff (%)	51	9
Penalty Mins	849	5

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

defence

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.4	7
Shots	26.29	24
Power Play (%)	23	9
Faceoff (%)	51	9
Penalty Mins	849	5

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Montreal Canadiens MON

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Noah Dobson (D)	Out indefinitely	Thumb - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Carrier (D)	Out Indefinitely	Upper Body - 31 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Anderson (RW)	Ques Tues	Illness - 28 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Texier (LW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 26 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Anderson (RW)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 19 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirby Dach (C)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 16 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Cole Caufield (RW)	Ques Sat	Illness - 11 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Joseph Veleno (C)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 03 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Texier (LW)	Ques Feb. 26	Lower Body - 02 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirby Dach (C)	Ques Tues	Hand - 24 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Rasmus Dahlin (D)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 07 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Logan Stanley (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 30 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jason Zucker (LW)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyson Kozak (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Norris (C)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 23 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alex Lyon (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 08 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Carrick (C)	Out indefinitely	Arm - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 27 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mattias Samuelsson (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Montreal Canadiens MON

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Buffalo Sabres BUF

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Montreal Canadiens MON

Under is 5-2-1 in Canadiens last 8 Friday games.

Canadiens are 13-5 in their last 18 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Canadiens are 5-1 in their last 6 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Over is 3-1-1 in Canadiens last 5 games as a favorite.

Canadiens are 9-42 in their last 51 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Buffalo Sabres BUF

Under is 4-1 in Sabres last 5 Friday games.

Under is 2-0-2 in Sabres last 4 games as a favorite.

Sabres are 37-112 in their last 149 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 8-2-1 in Sabres last 11 Second Round games.

Under is 10-3-1 in Sabres last 14 games as a home underdog.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-36	38-36-11
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	49-36	45-34-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8

Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Buffalo Sabres

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

17.9

3.3

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )	L L L L W
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	W L W L L

Nick Suzuki Center Buffalo	101	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Montreal
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Montreal	41	+ / -	37	Nick Suzuki Center Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Montreal	272	Shots	258	Cole Caufield Right Wing Buffalo
Arber Xhekaj Defense Buffalo	116	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	29	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Montreal
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Montreal	2.5	GAA	2.4	Jacob Fowler Goaltender Buffalo

Lane Hutson Defense Buffalo	16	Points	15	Tage Thompson Center Montreal
Jake Evans Center Buffalo	11	+ / -	6	Zach Benson Left Wing Montreal
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Buffalo	48	Shots	46	Rasmus Dahlin Defense Montreal
Zach Benson Left Wing Montreal	64	Penalty Mins	46	Kaiden Guhle Defense Buffalo
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	9	Wins	4	Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	2.7	GAA	2.6	Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal

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Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres Game 2 Prediction, NHL Odds

The Habs have not lost back-to-back games in the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs yet and try to avoid that fate Friday night in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series in Buffalo.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-36	38-36-11
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	49-36	45-34-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8

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