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Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Fowler	8	1	1	2	2.16	.925
J. Dobes	3	2	2	0	4.04	.847

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	5	3	3	0	3.27	.878
C. Ellis	3	3	0	1	3.09	.884

KeyBank Center

7:30 PM, December 18, 2026Coverage: Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu

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MTL

BUF

Points

Lane HutsonD #48

17PTS

14A

Tage ThompsonC #72

19PTS

10G

Goals

Cole CaufieldRW #13

11G

2PPG

57S

Tage ThompsonC #72

10G

2PPG

70S

Assists

Lane HutsonD #48

14A

4PPA

8+/-

Zach BensonLW #6

13A

3PPA

11+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MTL	3.47	3.12	27.6	28.3	200	8	15.4	15	78.3	1	0
BUF	2.94	3.29	28.4	27.1	158	8	14.3	17	71.2	1	0

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jake Evans C	Day-To-Day	Nov 10
Ivan Demidov RW	IR	Nov 14
Mike Matheson D	OUT	Nov 14
Sam Montembeault G	IR	Nov 12
Bryce Pickford D	IR-NR	Nov 30

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Alex Lyon G	IR	Nov 14
Konsta Helenius C	OUT	Nov 17
Justin Danforth RW	IR	Nov 22
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	Nov 14

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/7/26	@TOR	W4-2
11/5/26	vsUTA	W5-4 OT
11/3/26	vsWPG	L5-4 OT
10/31/26	vsPIT	W5-4
10/29/26	@DAL	W5-2

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	vsVGK	L4-1
11/6/26	vsCBJ	W5-2
11/4/26	vsOTT	L2-1
10/31/26	@LA	W3-2
10/29/26	@ANA	W7-6

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Regular Season Series

MTL leads 2-0

Sabres
3
Canadiens
4

Game 1

10/13

Sabres
3
Canadiens
4

Game 2

10/17

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 3

12/18

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Canadiens
Sabres

Game 4

1/18

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Kevin Fiala is expected to make his season debut this week, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan, with the Kings also slated to get Mats Zuccarello back Tuesday night.

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Connor Hellebuyck talks a little bit about why he wanted out of Winnipeg.

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds

Alex Ovechkin didn't weigh in on CAS' decision to allow Russian players back in hockey worlds, but said they just want to represent their country.

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Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres

Scoring Leaders

Lane HutsonD #48

Tage ThompsonC #72

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Tage ThompsonC #72

Lane HutsonD #48

Zach BensonLW #6

Team Stats

Injury Report

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds