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BUF @ MTL

Monday, October 20, 2025 · 6:30 PM CT

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Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's most recent starter as the probable starter (confirmed starters are not published in advance). Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Buffalo Sabres
50-23-9 · Away
2 – 4
FINAL
Montréal Canadiens
48-24-10 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BUF +125 · MTL -145
Puck Line
BUF +1.5 (-210) · MTL -1.5 (+160)
Total
O 6.5 (+105) · U (-130)

Graded: total 6 → OVER L · MTL -1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6.5
 BUFo6.5 20%
1-4
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
0%
0-1
75%
3-1
20%
1-4
MTLo6.5 50%
3-3
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
67%
2-1
75%
3-1
50%
3-3
Puck Line
cover %
 BUF+1.5 40%
2-3
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
0%
0-1
25%
1-3
-2.12u
2-3
MTL-1.5 17%
1-5
20%
1-4
20%
2-8
0%
0-3
75%
3-1
-4.52u
1-5
Moneyline
win %
 BUF dog +125 40%
2-3
40%
2-3
30%
3-7
0%
0-1
0%
0-4
-0.75u
2-3
MTL fav -145 67%
4-2
80%
4-1
50%
5-5
67%
2-1
100%
4-0
+0.92u
3-1
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 0.5
 DK 1.5 o-135/u+105 BUF 100%
5-0
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
100%
1-0
75%
3-1
40%
2-3
 1.40 0.60 / 0.80
MTL 67%
4-2
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
67%
2-1
75%
3-1
50%
3-3
 1.67 1.17 / 0.50
2nd Period
over 0.5
 DK 1.5 o-195/u+150 BUF 80%
4-1
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
100%
1-0
100%
4-0
40%
2-3
 2.00 1.20 / 0.80
MTL 83%
5-1
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
67%
2-1
100%
4-0
33%
2-4
 2.00 1.00 / 1.00
3rd Period
over 0.5
 no DK/FD line BUF 60%
3-2
60%
3-2
80%
8-2
100%
1-0
75%
3-1
60%
3-2
 2.00 0.80 / 1.20
MTL 83%
5-1
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
100%
3-0
75%
3-1
67%
4-2
 2.50 1.00 / 1.50
Team Comparison '25-26
BUFMTL
Record (W-L-OTL)50-23-948-24-10
Points %66.5%64.6%
Goals for / game3.513.45
Goals against / game2.943.12
Shots for / game28.126.3
Shots against / game29.127.8
Power play %19.5%23.1%
Penalty kill %81.9%78.2%
Faceoff %45.9%50.9%
1st period GF / GA1.02 / 0.940.91 / 0.85
2nd period GF / GA1.16 / 0.881.20 / 1.11
3rd period GF / GA1.23 / 1.011.17 / 1.04
Avg game total6.456.57
Starting Goalies from the box score
BUF · Alex Lyon
28 saves on 31 shots · 3 GA · L
30 saves on 32 shots · 2 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BUF0110320/1
MTL1030320/1
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+225
 20% 30% 50%2/4 0 U
Josh Doan G 0.5
o+275
 20% 30% 100%1/1 0 U
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+260
 40% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+375
 20% 20% 0%0/4 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin G 0.5
o+400
 0% 20% 67%2/3 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+350
 20% 20% 0%0/4 0 U
Tyson Kozak G 0.5
o+600
 14% 20% — 1 O
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+300
 20% 20% 33%1/3 1 O
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+145
 20% 10% 50%2/4 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+600
 0% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+800
 9% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Conor Timmins G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+1600
 7% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+900
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+300
 13% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Josh Dunne G 0.5
o+800
 0% — — 0 U
Noah Ostlund G 0.5
o+550
 0% — — DNP
Rasmus Dahlin PTS 0.5
o-150 / u+115
 60% 60% 100%3/3 1 O
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 60% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Josh Doan PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 40% 50% 100%1/1 0 U
Zach Benson PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 31% 50% 0%0/4 1 O
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-170 / u+125
 60% 40% 50%2/4 0 U
Ryan McLeod PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 20% 30% 0%0/4 0 U
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o+145 / u-195
 20% 30% 0%0/4 1 O
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 41% 30% 50%2/4 0 U
Jiri Kulich PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 20% 30% 67%2/3 1 O
Bowen Byram PTS 0.5
o+190 / u-260
 20% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin A 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 60% 60% 67%2/3 1 O
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+170 / u-240
 60% 50% 25%1/4 0 U
Zach Benson A 0.5
o+185 / u-250
 21% 50% 0%0/4 1 O
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 20% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 40% 30% 0%0/4 0 U
Ryan McLeod A 0.5
o+225 / u-325
 0% 20% 0%0/4 0 U
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 0% 20% 0%0/4 1 O
Josh Doan A 0.5
o+250 / u-350
 20% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Owen Power A 0.5
o+220 / u-325
 35% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
Bowen Byram A 0.5
o+240 / u-325
 20% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Jiri Kulich A 0.5
o+325 / u-475
 0% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Josh Doan SOG 1.5
o-180 / u+135
 100% 90% 100%1/1 2 O
Rasmus Dahlin SOG 2.5
o+105 / u-140
 80% 80% 100%3/3 4 O
Jason Zucker SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 60% 70% 50%1/2 1 U
Zach Benson SOG 1.5
o-130 / u-105
 52% 70% 50%2/4 7 O
Jiri Kulich SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 60% 60% 33%1/3 2 O
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o+140 / u-190
 40% 40% 25%1/4 2 U
Tage Thompson SOG 3.5
o+120 / u-165
 60% 40% 25%1/4 3 U
Jack Quinn SOG 1.5
o+100 / u-130
 40% 40% 25%1/4 1 U
Alex Lyon SV 23.5
o-120 / u-110
 100% 60% 0%0/1 28 O
MTLPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Zachary Bolduc G 0.5
o+220
 50% 40% 0%0/1 0 U
Nick Suzuki G 0.5
o+180
 17% 30% 50%2/4 0 U
Cole Caufield G 0.5
o+120
 50% 30% 75%3/4 0 U
Oliver Kapanen G 0.5
o+400
 50% 30% — 1 O
Juraj Slafkovský G 0.5
o+200
 33% 30% 50%2/4 1 O
Joseph Veleno G 0.5
o+600
 11% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Noah Dobson G 0.5
o+525
 17% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Alex Newhook G 0.5
o+375
 17% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Mike Matheson G 0.5
o+650
 17% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Jake Evans G 0.5
o+650
 0% 10% 25%1/4 1 O
Alexandre Carrier G 0.5
o+1200
 17% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Brendan Gallagher G 0.5
o+325
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Josh Anderson G 0.5
o+500
 0% 0% 75%3/4 0 U
Jayden Struble G 0.5
o+1500
 4% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Arber Xhekaj G 0.5
o+1600
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Owen Beck G 0.5
o+600
 0% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Lane Hutson G 0.5
o+650
 0% 0% 0%0/4 1 O
Ivan Demidov G 0.5
o+260
 17% — — 0 U
Cole Caufield PTS 0.5
o-230 / u+170
 83% 80% 100%4/4 0 U
Zachary Bolduc PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 50% 50% 0%0/1 0 U
Lane Hutson PTS 0.5
o-160 / u+120
 50% 50% 100%4/4 1 O
Juraj Slafkovský PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 33% 50% 75%3/4 1 O
Brendan Gallagher PTS 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 67% 40% 50%2/4 0 U
Mike Matheson PTS 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 50% 40% 75%3/4 0 U
Noah Dobson PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-180
 50% 40% 0%0/3 1 O
Nick Suzuki PTS 1.5
o+180 / u-250
 33% 30% 75%3/4 2 O
Ivan Demidov PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-150
 50% — — 1 O
Cole Caufield A 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 50% 60% 25%1/4 0 U
Nick Suzuki A 0.5
o-135 / u+105
 67% 50% 100%4/4 2 O
Lane Hutson A 0.5
o-130 / u+100
 50% 50% 100%4/4 0 U
Brendan Gallagher A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 67% 40% 50%2/4 0 U
Mike Matheson A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 50% 40% 75%3/4 0 U
Noah Dobson A 0.5
o+185 / u-260
 33% 30% 0%0/3 1 O
Zachary Bolduc A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 17% 30% 0%0/1 0 U
Juraj Slafkovský A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 0% 20% 75%3/4 0 U
Ivan Demidov A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 50% — — 1 O
Zachary Bolduc SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 83% 70% 100%1/1 2 O
Juraj Slafkovský SOG 1.5
o-185 / u+140
 50% 60% 75%3/4 3 O
Mike Matheson SOG 1.5
o-115 / u-115
 33% 40% 25%1/4 0 U
Noah Dobson SOG 2.5
o+140 / u-190
 33% 40% 67%2/3 3 O
Nick Suzuki SOG 2.5
o+125 / u-165
 17% 30% 75%3/4 1 U
Cole Caufield SOG 3.5
o+135 / u-180
 33% 30% 0%0/4 1 U
Brendan Gallagher SOG 1.5
o-125 / u-105
 33% 20% 25%1/4 3 O
Ivan Demidov SOG 1.5
o-125 / u-105
 17% — — 0 U
Jakub Dobes SV 23.5
o-120 / u-110
 60% 60% 0%0/1 30 O

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Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Mar 3, 2025 at MTL MTL 4–3 OT 3–00–10–2 7 6.5 O MTL
Mar 1, 2025 at BUF MTL 4–2 0–03–21–0 6 6.5 U MTL
Dec 17, 2024 at MTL MTL 6–1 2–04–10–0 7 6 O MTL
Nov 11, 2024 at BUF MTL 7–5 1–13–23–2 12 6.5 O MTL
Feb 21, 2024 at MTL MTL 2–3 1–01–30–0 5 — BUF
Jan 4, 2024 at MTL MTL 1–6 0–01–20–4 7 — BUF
Dec 9, 2023 at BUF MTL 3–2 SO 0–02–00–2 5 — MTL
Oct 23, 2023 at BUF MTL 3–1 1–10–02–0 4 — MTL
Mar 27, 2023 at BUF MTL 4–3 SO 1–11–21–0 7 — MTL
Nov 22, 2022 at MTL MTL 2–7 1–31–10–3 9 — BUF