National Hockey League

FINAL Saturday, October 17, 2026
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Montreal Canadiens 4
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Match Report

Caufield scores his second goal in OT to lift Canadiens over Sabres 4-3

— Cole Caufield scored his second goal of the game 54 seconds into overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens over the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

17
Blocked Shots
13
18
Hits
20
7
Takeaways
3
26
Shots
34
0
Power Play Goals
1
4
Power Play Opportunities
5
0.0
Power Play Percentage
20.0
1
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
21
Faceoffs Won
36
36.8
Faceoff Win Percent
63.2
19
Giveaways
9
5
Total Penalties
4
10
Penalty Minutes
8

Top Performers

BUF

  • Zach Benson · ·
  • Justin Danforth · ·
  • Josh Doan · ·
  • Konsta Helenius · ·

MTL

  • Josh Anderson · ·
  • Zack Bolduc · ·
  • Cole Caufield · ·
  • Kirby Dach · ·

Recent Plays

  1. 0:54 · OT Game End
  2. 0:54 · OT End of OT
  3. 0:54 · OT Cole Caufield Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: none
  4. 0:45 · OT Josh Norris Snap Shot Wide Left
  5. 0:05 · OT Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  6. 0:00 · OT Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  7. 0:00 · OT Start of Overtime
  8. 20:00 · 3rd End of 3rd Period

Highlights

00:42 Josh Norris nets goal for Sabres Watch on ESPN 00:50 Zack Bolduc scores power-play goal vs. Sabres Watch on ESPN 00:47 Cole Caufield scores goal vs. Sabres Watch on ESPN 00:43 Kaiden Guhle lights the lamp for Canadiens Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MTL leads series 2-0

Injuries

Montreal Canadiens

  • Nick Suzuki Out
  • Sam Montembeault Injured Reserve
  • Ivan Demidov Injured Reserve
  • Bryce Pickford Injured Reserve
  • Lucas Condotta Injured Reserve

Buffalo Sabres

  • Justin Danforth Day-To-Day
  • Jiri Kulich Out
  • Sam Carrick Injured Reserve
  • Alex Lyon Injured Reserve
  • Matt Grzelcyk Injured Reserve

NHL News

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