NHL · Oct 20, 2025

Buffalo Sabres

2–4

Final

Montréal Canadiens

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The Canadiens beat the Sabres 4–2 at Centre Bell. J. Slafkovský took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	0	1	1	2	32
Canadiens	1	0	3	4	32

★ Three Stars

1J. SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 0A

2J. EvansMTL · 1G 0A

3J. DobesMTL

Scoring Summary

1st Period

08:29

Oliver Kapanen (Ivan Demidov, Alex Newhook)

0-1

2nd Period

06:51

Jiri Kulich (Zach Benson)

1-1

3rd Period

02:57

Juraj Slafkovský (Noah Dobson, Nick Suzuki)

1-2

11:38

Lane Hutson (Alex Newhook)

1-3

12:30

Tyson Kozak (Jack Quinn, Rasmus Dahlin)

2-3

19:29

Jake Evans (Nick Suzuki)EN

2-4

Boxscore

Sabres2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Tyson KozakC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	10:59
Jiri KulichC	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	18:00
Zach BensonL	0	1	1	-1	2	7	1	0	21:11
Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	13:17
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0	26:52
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	15:53
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	13:29
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	19:58
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-2	2	3	2	1	20:18
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	12:35
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	9:02
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	21:17
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	19:13
Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	18:47
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	20:08
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	23:07
Mason GeertsenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5:27
Joshua DunneC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6:35

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	31	28	3	.903	57:52
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00

Canadiens4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Alex NewhookC	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	2	15:44
Nick SuzukiC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	1	21:37
Jake EvansC	1	0	1	+1	0	8	2	2	18:16
Oliver KapanenC	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	12:34
Juraj SlafkovskýL	1	0	1	+1	4	3	3	1	17:17
Lane HutsonD	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	19:59
Ivan DemidovR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12:27
Noah DobsonD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1	20:46
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	+2	0	4	2	1	15:55
Owen BeckC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	8:01
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	11:03
Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	17:48
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	5	18:36
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	4	26:30
Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	1	19:09
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	13:08
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	15:46
Joe VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9:27

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	32	30	2	.938	59:57
Samuel Montembeault	0	0	0	-	0:00