Buffalo Sabres at Montreal CanadiensOct 13, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Oct 13, 2026

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Buffalo SabresBUF

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: MTL +12.1 pts

BUFaway−12.0 pts

Back-to-back · 514 km travel

B2B vs rested MTL −9.3 pts
Backup likely (66%) −2.7 pts

MTLhome+12.1 pts

2 days rest

BUF on a B2B +9.3 pts
BUF backup likely (66%) +2.8 pts

MTL has the schedule edge (+12.1 pts net win probability): buf on a b2b, buf backup likely (66%), b2b vs rested mtl, backup likely (66%).

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Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Alex Lyon38%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen34%
Colten Ellis28%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
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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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes88%
Samuel Montembeault7%
Jacob Fowler5%
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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Game day: all games on Oct 13.

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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.