Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo SabresJan 18, 2027

Time TBDMonday, Jan 18, 2027

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

MTLaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 453 km travel

BUFhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: MTL (1 day rest) at BUF (1 day rest).

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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes67%
Samuel Montembeault17%
Jacob Fowler16%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 3–2 at TOR · Sep 29

L1Kreider – Suzuki – Caufield
10:28
L2Newhook – Slafkovský – Demidov
9:55
L3Danault – Texier – Dach
9:22
L4Anderson – Evans – Bolduc
7:09
D1Carrier – Hutson
14:10
D2Matheson – Dobson
13:14
D3Struble – Xhekaj
8:26
PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:21

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Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen72%
Alex Lyon17%
Colten Ellis11%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 3–6 at CBJ · Oct 1

L1Quinn – Ostlund – Benson
11:13
L2Thompson – Norris – Doan
10:19
L3McLeod – Krebs – Helenius
10:05
L4Carrick – Malenstyn – Kulich
6:00
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:10
D2Crevier – Power
10:21
D3Grzelcyk – Metsa
8:13
PP1Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Doan – Benson
4:22

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Game day: all games on Jan 18.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.