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December 18, 2026, 7:30PM EST

Montreal Canadiens

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Montreal Canadiens

3-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
LANE HUTSON	D	3	2	2	4	1	2	03:58	25:57	7	2.3333	1	2	0	3
JOSH ANDERSON	R	3	3	0	3	0	0	00:00	14:21	5	1.6667	3	4	5	0
COLE CAUFIELD	L	3	1	1	2	0	1	03:46	20:19	11	3.6667	-2	2	1	0
ZACHARY BOLDUC	L	3	0	2	2	0	0	01:03	14:27	4	1.3333	0	2	3	0
NICK SUZUKI	C	3	1	1	2	1	1	03:46	23:18	11	3.6667	-1	0	3	3
JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY	R	3	0	2	2	0	1	03:47	20:30	12	4.0000	-1	2	3	2
ALEX NEWHOOK	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	01:10	16:02	4	1.3333	1	2	0	3
NOAH DOBSON	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:54	20:24	8	2.6667	0	0	7	5
MIKE MATHESON	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	00:19	23:01	2	2.0000	0	0	0	2
CHRIS KREIDER	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	03:57	15:34	3	1.0000	1	2	4	2

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
JACOB FOWLER	2	2	0	0	129	1	3	47	1.39	0.936	2.22
JAKUB DOBES	1	0	1	0	57	0	5	23	5.24	0.783	-2.45

Last 3 Years VS BUF

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
NICK SUZUKI	C	13	6	15	21	2	10	04:03	20:45	37	2.8462	4	2	8	9
COLE CAUFIELD	L	13	9	5	14	4	8	03:47	18:13	43	3.3077	-2	0	13	5
LANE HUTSON	D	9	2	12	14	1	8	03:23	22:19	15	1.6667	0	10	1	11
JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY	R	13	4	7	11	2	5	03:37	17:44	30	2.3077	-1	19	24	10
MIKE MATHESON	D	12	1	5	6	0	2	02:47	25:24	24	2.0000	3	6	10	31
JOSH ANDERSON	R	13	4	1	5	0	0	00:54	14:53	25	1.9231	3	6	22	4
ALEX NEWHOOK	C	8	1	4	5	0	1	02:25	15:01	8	1.0000	0	8	5	9
NOAH DOBSON	D	10	1	4	5	0	0	02:14	22:32	22	2.2000	1	4	14	20
CHRIS KREIDER	L	8	3	2	5	2	3	03:33	17:03	18	2.2500	2	4	13	4
KIRBY DACH	R	5	0	3	3	0	0	02:49	13:46	5	1.0000	0	4	7	5

Name	GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
SAMUEL MONTEMBEAULT	5	3	2	254	10	100	2.36	0.900	-0.01
JAKUB DOBES	3	3	0	179	6	95	2.00	0.937	3.78
KAAPO KAHKONEN	2	0	2	118	6	69	3.03	0.913	0.69

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
NICK SUZUKI	C	7	4	5	9	1	1	03:36	22:01	20	2.8571	2	2	11	5
LANE HUTSON	D	7	2	6	8	1	2	03:48	26:27	16	2.2857	1	4	0	6
JOSH ANDERSON	R	7	4	2	6	0	0	00:01	13:34	15	2.1429	4	10	15	0
ZACHARY BOLDUC	L	7	3	2	5	1	1	01:12	13:42	11	1.5714	2	2	7	2
ALEX NEWHOOK	C	7	1	3	4	0	1	01:14	16:14	8	1.1429	-2	4	7	6
COLE CAUFIELD	L	7	3	1	4	0	1	03:37	19:55	24	3.4286	-1	6	6	1
CHRIS KREIDER	L	7	1	3	4	0	0	03:22	15:04	6	0.8571	1	2	13	4
JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY	R	7	1	2	3	0	1	03:36	19:15	22	3.1429	-2	4	6	3
ALEXANDRE CARRIER	D	7	1	1	2	0	0	00:01	18:48	9	1.2857	1	6	6	12
NOAH DOBSON	D	7	0	2	2	0	0	01:07	21:36	15	2.1429	-2	8	11	10

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
JAKUB DOBES	4	1	2	1	233	0	18	114	4.63	0.842	-5.35
JACOB FOWLER	3	2	1	0	188	1	6	65	1.91	0.908	1.22

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Washington Capitals

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	12:45	25.6	NICK SUZUKI - COLE CAUFIELD - JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY	0	0	0	7	4	63.6	19	9	67.9
2	10:34	21.2	PHILLIP DANAULT - ALEXANDRE TEXIER - ZACHARY BOLDUC	0	1	-1	5	4	55.6	14	5	73.7
3	8:13	16.5	CHRIS KREIDER - JOSH ANDERSON - ALEX NEWHOOK	2	0	2	7	4	63.6	13	8	61.9
4	5:14	10.5	KIRBY DACH - JAKE EVANS - OWEN BECK	0	1	-1	2	2	50.0	5	5	50.0
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	14:24	28.9	NOAH DOBSON - LANE HUTSON	1	1	0	12	5	70.6	31	14	68.9
2	14:23	28.9	ALEXANDRE CARRIER - KAIDEN GUHLE	0	2	-2	4	7	36.4	11	13	45.8
3	8:26	16.9	ARBER XHEKAJ - ADAM ENGSTROM	1	0	1	4	3	57.1	7	4	63.6
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:42	70.8	CHRIS KREIDER - NICK SUZUKI - COLE CAUFIELD - JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY	0	1	-1	2	1	66.7	5	1	83.3
2	0:18	12.5	PHILLIP DANAULT - ALEXANDRE TEXIER - ZACHARY BOLDUC	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
3	0:15	10.4	CHRIS KREIDER - PHILLIP DANAULT - NICK SUZUKI - COLE CAUFIELD - JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY	1	0	1	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
4	0:09	6.3	CHRIS KREIDER - NICK SUZUKI - COLE CAUFIELD - ALEX NEWHOOK - JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:06	87.5	LANE HUTSON	1	1	0	6	1	85.7	9	1	90.0
2	0:18	12.5	NOAH DOBSON - KAIDEN GUHLE	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	5:05	65.2	PHILLIP DANAULT - JAKE EVANS	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	6	0.0
2	2:01	25.9	JOSH ANDERSON - ALEX NEWHOOK	0	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	3	0.0
3	0:30	6.4	KIRBY DACH - ALEX NEWHOOK	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	4:16	54.7	NOAH DOBSON - ARBER XHEKAJ	0	1	-1	0	3	0.0	0	7	0.0
2	3:19	42.5	ALEXANDRE CARRIER - KAIDEN GUHLE	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	0.0
3	0:05	1.1	ADAM ENGSTROM - LANE HUTSON	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

Buffalo Sabres

3-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
ZACH BENSON	L	3	0	3	3	0	1	03:22	14:37	4	1.3333	1	0	3	2
OLEN ZELLWEGER	D	3	2	1	3	0	0	00:57	17:44	12	4.0000	0	4	1	2
JACK QUINN	R	3	1	2	3	0	2	03:26	13:30	7	2.3333	1	0	3	0
BECK MALENSTYN	R	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:02	08:15	0	0.0000	2	2	11	3
TAGE THOMPSON	C	3	1	1	2	0	1	03:27	15:33	2	0.6667	1	0	3	2
PEYTON KREBS	L	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:00	11:31	0	0.0000	0	2	4	1
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:15	20:35	2	0.6667	0	0	3	2
OWEN POWER	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	03:37	20:02	1	0.3333	2	0	0	0
NOAH OSTLUND	C	3	1	0	1	1	1	03:18	13:56	4	1.3333	0	0	1	0
JOSH DOAN	R	3	1	0	1	0	0	01:38	13:21	5	1.6667	1	0	2	3

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	3	1	0	1	115	0	6	66	3.12	0.909	1.33
COLTEN ELLIS	1	0	0	0	26	0	2	9	4.54	0.778	-1.00

Last 3 Years VS MTL

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
TAGE THOMPSON	C	13	7	7	14	1	4	04:06	19:02	36	2.7692	4	12	12	8
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	11	3	8	11	1	3	04:02	25:56	36	3.2727	-1	12	28	14
MATT GRZELCYK	D	6	0	6	6	0	1	01:39	18:43	3	0.5000	7	4	3	4
NOAH OSTLUND	C	4	1	3	4	1	3	03:36	15:50	5	1.2500	-2	2	1	0
JACK QUINN	R	10	1	3	4	0	0	03:10	15:30	18	1.8000	0	2	6	6
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	11	0	4	4	0	0	00:02	20:17	17	1.5455	1	6	30	11
OWEN POWER	D	12	1	3	4	0	0	01:54	22:42	20	1.6667	-6	0	5	13
ZACH BENSON	L	12	1	3	4	0	0	02:03	15:55	24	2.0000	-2	10	11	3
CONOR SHEARY	R	5	0	3	3	0	1	00:27	11:42	5	1.0000	-2	2	5	3
JOSH DOAN	R	6	2	1	3	2	2	03:54	16:23	12	2.0000	-4	0	10	3

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	6	2	2	1	323	20	170	3.71	0.882	-2.54
ALEX LYON	4	1	3	0	238	15	106	3.77	0.858	-4.22
COLTEN ELLIS	1	1	0	0	59	3	23	3.01	0.870	-0.61

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
TAGE THOMPSON	C	8	4	3	7	1	2	03:18	18:12	31	3.8750	4	4	6	5
OWEN POWER	D	8	1	6	7	0	0	02:22	23:47	6	0.7500	3	2	1	3
JACK QUINN	R	8	3	2	5	0	2	03:27	17:34	21	2.6250	0	4	9	2
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	6	2	2	4	1	2	03:17	23:38	19	3.1667	0	2	8	14
ZACH BENSON	L	8	0	4	4	0	1	03:18	17:36	13	1.6250	1	4	12	4
PEYTON KREBS	L	8	0	4	4	0	0	00:08	13:27	5	0.6250	-1	9	11	2
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	8	1	3	4	0	0	00:06	20:21	8	1.0000	-3	4	7	5
NOAH OSTLUND	C	8	2	2	4	1	1	02:55	16:36	18	2.2500	2	0	1	1
OLEN ZELLWEGER	D	7	2	1	3	0	0	00:33	17:07	13	1.8571	-1	6	2	3
JOSH NORRIS	C	8	1	1	2	0	0	01:48	13:21	8	1.0000	-1	4	8	5

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	6	2	2	1	294	0	18	121	3.67	0.851	-4.57
COLTEN ELLIS	3	1	1	0	150	0	8	59	3.19	0.864	-1.45

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Toronto Maple Leafs

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:06	34.7	TAGE THOMPSON - PEYTON KREBS - JOSH DOAN	0	1	-1	1	2	33.3	1	2	33.3
2	1:17	21.2	RYAN MCLEOD - JOSH NORRIS - KONSTA HELENIUS	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	4	1	80.0
3	1:05	17.9	SAM CARRICK - BECK MALENSTYN - JUSTIN DANFORTH	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	1	2	33.3
4	1:05	17.9	JACK QUINN - NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	1	0	1	3	0	100.0	3	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:47	29.1	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - OLEN ZELLWEGER	0	1	-1	2	2	50.0	2	2	50.0
2	1:37	26.4	OWEN POWER - ZACH METSA	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
3	1:16	20.7	DENNIS GILBERT - LOUIS CREVIER	1	0	1	3	0	100.0	5	1	83.3
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%

December 18, 2026, 7:30PM EST

Montreal Canadiens

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens

3-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS BUF

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Washington Capitals

Buffalo Sabres

3-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS MTL

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Toronto Maple Leafs

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