Sabres vs. Canadiens Prediction, Odds & Stats - October 20, 2025

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

Date	Result	Competition
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
05/08/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 5 - 1	Atlantic
05/06/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 4	Atlantic
05/03/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 2 - 1	Atlantic
05/01/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 4 - 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	line	total
Opening 19 Oct 5:15pm	BUF		O +6 -110
Closing 21 Oct 1:54am	BUF		U +5.5 -250

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	12	Points	11	Tage Thompson Center Montreal
Alexandre Texier Left Wing Buffalo	8	+ / -	5	Josh Doan Right Wing Montreal
Rasmus Dahlin Defense Montreal	38	Shots	34	Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Buffalo
Zach Benson Left Wing Montreal	52	Penalty Mins	30	Kaiden Guhle Defense Buffalo
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	7	Wins	4	Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	2.3	GAA	2.3	Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres	2	3	6-3-0-1	1L	2-3	-455	2-2-0	0-1-0	1-4
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens	4	2	7-3-0	1L	1-5	-470	2-1-0	2-1-0	3-2-1

date	home-away	ats	o/u	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists
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
11/22/2022	MON 2 - BUF 7	BUF	Over 6.5	38	7	14	31	2	4
10/27/2022	BUF 2 - MON 3	MON	Under 6.5	34	3	5	45	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
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
04/23/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 3	W	Under 6	28	3	5
04/21/2026	BUF 2 - BOS 4	L	Under 6	26	4	8

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
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
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	L	Under 6	16	4	5
05/03/2026	TB 1 - MON 2	W	Under 5	29	1	2
05/01/2026	MON 0 - TB 1 (OT)	L	Under 5.5	30	0	0
04/29/2026	TB 2 - MON 3	W	Under 5.5	40	2	2
04/26/2026	MON 2 - TB 3	L	Under 6	18	2	4
04/24/2026	MON 3 - TB 2	W	Under 6	29	3	5

Buffalo Sabres BUF Montreal Canadiens MON

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
3.0	6	Goals Per Game	5	3.1
3.0	7	Goals Against Per Game	2	2.3
29.2	5	Shots Per Game	12	25.4
27.3	6	Shots Against Per Game	6	27.3
10.3	7	Shooting %	5	12.1
11.0	9	Opponent Shooting %	3	8.6
1.91	5	Shot Differential Per Game	7	-1.83
10.3	7	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	5	12.1
.890	5	Save %	3	.910
.900	4	Opponent Save %	2	.880
16.6	4	Penalty Minutes Per Game	6	15.6
0.55	9	Power Play Goals Per Game	3	0.92
0.73	9	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	11	0.83
14.3	11	Power Play %	6	22.9
78.9	12	Penalty Kill %	13	78.7
1.89	6	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	13	1.63

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
Joe 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 4-1 in Sabres last 5 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 9-3-1 in Sabres last 13 Monday games.

Sabres are 6-1 in their last 7 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Over is 4-1 in Sabres last 5 games as a favorite.

Sabres are 37-111 in their last 148 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Montreal Canadiens MON

Over is 4-1 in Canadiens last 5 Monday games.

Canadiens are 10-43 in their last 53 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 4-1 in Canadiens last 5 games a home underdog.

Canadiens are 9-4 in their last 13 games playing on 1 days rest.

Canadiens are 19-7 in their last 26 games as a home favorite.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-35	44-34-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	48-36	37-36-11
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

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Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

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Game Statistics

Shots

6.3

12.5

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

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

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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	12	Points	11	Tage Thompson Center Montreal
Alexandre Texier Left Wing Buffalo	8	+ / -	5	Josh Doan Right Wing Montreal
Rasmus Dahlin Defense Montreal	38	Shots	34	Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing Buffalo
Zach Benson Left Wing Montreal	52	Penalty Mins	30	Kaiden Guhle Defense Buffalo
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	7	Wins	4	Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender Buffalo	2.3	GAA	2.3	Alex Lyon Goaltender Montreal

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Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens Prediction, NHL Odds

The Habs look to extend their recent dominance over the Sabres with a sixth straight head-to-head win when these Atlantic Division rivals meet on Monday in NHL betting action at Bell Centre.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-35	44-34-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	48-36	37-36-11
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