Sabres vs. Canadiens Prediction, Odds & Stats - May 12, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	1	1	1	+6
Montreal Canadiens 48-24-5-5	2	0	0	+125

Date	Result	Competition
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
05/10/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic
05/08/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 5 - 1	Atlantic

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

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 12 May 11:23pm	BUF	-1.5 +185	-190	U +6.5 -120
Closing 12 May 11:23pm	BUF	-1.5 +185	-190	U +6.5 -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

Nick Suzuki Center Buffalo	16	Points	15	Tage Thompson Center Montreal
Jake Evans Center Buffalo	11	+ / -	6	Zach Benson Left Wing Montreal
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Buffalo	47	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
Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal	2.6	GAA	2.5	Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo

Buffalo Sabres BUF Montreal Canadiens MON

	Stat
55	Games Won	54
26	Games Lost	26
6-3-0-1	Last 10	7-3-0
28-12-5-1	W L Streak	26-16-2-1
47-35	Against The Spread	48-34
1150	Money	1425
28-12-5-1	Home	26-16-2-1
27-14-4	Away	28-10-5-4
36-35-11	Total	43-33-6

date	home-away	ats	o/u	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists
05/18/2026	BUF 2 - MON 3 (OT)	MON	Over 0	25	3	5	39	2	4
05/16/2026	MON 3 - BUF 8	BUF	Over 6.5	22	3	4	36	8	14
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	MON	Over 6	26	6	12	36	3	5
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	BUF	Under 6.5	31	2	4	22	3	5
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	MON	Over 6	36	6	11	28	2	3
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	MON	Under 6	28	5	6	30	1	2
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	BUF	Under 6	28	2	3	16	4	5
01/31/2026	BUF 2 - MON 4	MON	Over 0	31	4	7	38	2	4
01/22/2026	MON 2 - BUF 4	BUF	Under 6.5	34	2	3	17	4	6
01/15/2026	BUF 5 - MON 3	BUF	Over 6	23	3	5	27	5	8
10/20/2025	MON 4 - BUF 2	MON	Under 6	32	4	6	32	2	3
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
05/18/2026	BUF 2 - MON 3 (OT)	L	Over 0	25	3	5
05/16/2026	MON 3 - BUF 8	W	Over 6.5	36	8	14
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	L	Over 6	26	6	12
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	W	Under 6.5	22	3	5
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	L	Over 6	28	2	3
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	L	Under 6	28	5	6
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	W	Under 6	28	2	3
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	Under 5.5	26	4	7
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	Under 6	29	2	1
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	Over 6	35	6	10

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/27/2026	MON 0 - CAR 4	L	Over 0	18	0	0
05/25/2026	MON 2 - CAR 3 (OT)	L	Over 0	13	2	3
05/23/2026	CAR 3 - MON 2	L	Over 0	26	3	6
05/21/2026	CAR 2 - MON 6	W	Over 0	27	2	3
05/18/2026	BUF 2 - MON 3 (OT)	W	Over 0	39	2	4
05/16/2026	MON 3 - BUF 8	L	Over 6.5	22	3	4
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	W	Over 6	36	3	5
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	L	Under 6.5	31	2	4
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	W	Over 6	36	6	11
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	W	Under 6	30	1	2

Buffalo Sabres BUF Montreal Canadiens MON

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

offence

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

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

defence

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

	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

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

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

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Montreal Canadiens MON

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Buffalo Sabres BUF

Over is 4-0 in Sabres last 4 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 5-2-1 in Sabres last 8 Tuesday games.

Sabres are 7-1 in their last 8 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Sabres are 17-5 in their last 22 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Under is 2-0-3 in Sabres last 5 games as a favorite.

Montreal Canadiens MON

Canadiens are 4-0 in their last 4 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Over is 3-0-1 in Canadiens last 4 games as a favorite.

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

Over is 4-1 in Canadiens last 5 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Over is 1-0-3 in Canadiens last 4 Second Round games.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-36	45-34-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	33-45	37-35-6
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

Buffalo Sabres

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

13.6

6.5

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

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

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Matchup

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

Nick Suzuki Center Buffalo	16	Points	15	Tage Thompson Center Montreal
Jake Evans Center Buffalo	11	+ / -	6	Zach Benson Left Wing Montreal
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Buffalo	47	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
Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal	2.6	GAA	2.5	Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo

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Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens Game 4 Prediction, NHL Odds

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Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-36	45-34-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	33-45	37-35-6
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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