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BUF @ MTL

Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 6:00 PM CT · Centre Bell

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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
4-4-2 · Away
3 – 4
FINAL / OT
Montréal Canadiens
4-3-2 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BUF +120 · MTL -140
Puck Line
BUF +1.5 (-210) · MTL -1.5 (+160)
Total
O 6.5 (-110) · U (-110)

Graded: total 7 → OVER W · MTL -1.5 L

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6.5
 BUFo6.5 63%
5-3
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
100%
3-0
40%
2-3
63%
5-3
MTLo6.5 71%
5-2
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
75%
3-1
40%
2-3
71%
5-2
Puck Line
cover %
 BUF+1.5 63%
5-3
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
67%
2-1
60%
3-2
-2.06u
3-5
MTL-1.5 0%
0-7
0%
0-5
10%
1-9
0%
0-4
40%
2-3
-5.60u
1-6
Moneyline
win %
 BUF dog +120 50%
4-4
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
33%
1-2
40%
2-3
-1.09u
2-3
MTL fav -140 43%
3-4
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
50%
2-2
60%
3-2
+0.22u
2-1
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 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-160/u+124 FD 1.5 o-138/u+108 BUF 75%
6-2
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
100%
3-0
60%
3-2
75%
6-2
 2.25 0.88 / 1.38
MTL 71%
5-2
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
50%
2-2
60%
3-2
71%
5-2
 2.14 1.14 / 1.00
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-188/u+145 FD 1.5 o-196/u+152 BUF 100%
8-0
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
100%
3-0
80%
4-1
100%
8-0
 2.50 0.63 / 1.88
MTL 71%
5-2
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
75%
3-1
80%
4-1
71%
5-2
 2.29 1.00 / 1.29
3rd Period
over 2.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 2.5 o+135/u-175 FD 2.5 o+130/u-168 BUF 0%
0-8
0%
0-5
10%
1-9
0%
0-3
40%
2-3
0%
0-8
 1.63 1.25 / 0.38
MTL 57%
4-3
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
50%
2-2
40%
2-3
57%
4-3
 2.29 0.86 / 1.43
Team Comparison '26-27
BUFMTL
Record (W-L-OTL)4-4-24-3-2
Points %50.0%55.6%
Goals for / game2.803.33
Goals against / game3.703.78
Shots for / game26.929.7
Shots against / game25.726.3
Power play %11.1%13.8%
Penalty kill %66.7%78.4%
Faceoff %47.2%52.5%
1st period GF / GA0.80 / 1.501.22 / 1.00
2nd period GF / GA0.70 / 1.601.11 / 1.11
3rd period GF / GA1.10 / 0.400.67 / 1.44
Avg game total6.507.11
Starting Goalies from the box score
30 saves on 34 shots · 4 GA · OTL
23 saves on 26 shots · 3 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BUF1110260/4
MTL2101341/5
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+130
 50% 50% 20%1/5 1 O
Josh Norris G 0.5
o+375
 13% 30% 100%1/1 1 O
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+210
 38% 30% 0%0/5 1 O
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+400
 13% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+700
 25% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+575
 25% 20% 20%1/5 0 U
Noah Ostlund G 0.5
o+300
 25% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Sam Carrick G 0.5
o+600
 11% 10% 0%0/2 DNP
Dennis Gilbert G 0.5
o+1400
 0% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Louis Crevier G 0.5
o+850
 0% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Josh Doan G 0.5
o+275
 13% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Olen Zellweger G 0.5
o+475
 14% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+400
 17% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+250
 0% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Konsta Helenius G 0.5
o+425
 14% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+550
 0% 0% 25%1/4 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+500
 0% 0% 20%1/5 0 U
Zach Metsa G 0.5
o+1100
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Justin Danforth G 0.5
o+600
 0% — 0%0/1 0 U
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-150
 63% 70% 20%1/5 0 U
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-200 / u+150
 63% 60% 60%3/5 1 O
Zach Benson PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-130
 50% 60% 80%4/5 1 O
Noah Ostlund PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-150
 50% 50% 75%3/4 0 U
Josh Norris PTS 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 25% 40% 100%1/1 1 O
Mattias Samuelsson PTS 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 50% 40% 40%2/5 1 O
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-110
 50% 40% 40%2/5 1 O
Ryan McLeod PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 25% 30% 20%1/5 0 U
Olen Zellweger PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 29% 30% 33%1/3 0 U
Josh Doan PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-170
 13% 20% 20%1/5 1 O
Owen Power A 0.5
o+145 / u-200
 50% 60% 0%0/5 0 U
Zach Benson A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 50% 60% 60%3/5 1 O
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 50% 40% 60%3/5 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson A 0.5
o+300 / u-450
 38% 30% 40%2/5 1 O
Noah Ostlund A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 25% 30% 50%2/4 0 U
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 25% 20% 40%2/5 0 U
Olen Zellweger A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 14% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Josh Norris A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 13% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Ryan McLeod A 0.5
o+185 / u-260
 13% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Josh Doan A 0.5
o+250 / u-375
 0% 10% 20%1/5 1 O
Tage Thompson SOG 3.5
o+125 / u-165
 75% 70% 20%1/5 5 O
Noah Ostlund SOG 1.5
o+105 / u-135
 75% 60% 25%1/4 1 U
Zach Benson SOG 1.5
o-165 / u-110
 50% 60% 80%4/5 3 O
Jack Quinn SOG 2.5
o-115 / u-155
 50% 50% 40%2/5 2 U
Josh Norris SOG 1.5
o+140 / u-185
 25% 40% 0%0/1 4 O
Josh Doan SOG 1.5
o-135 / u+105
 50% 40% 60%3/5 1 U
Owen Power SOG 1.5
o-105 / u-130
 38% 30% 60%3/5 3 O
Olen Zellweger SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-195
 43% 30% 67%2/3 4 O
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen SV 25.5
o-125 / u-105
 40% 20% 100%2/2 30 O
MTLPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Nick Suzuki G 0.5
o+155
 57% 50% 40%2/5 0 U
Josh Anderson G 0.5
o+375
 43% 40% 20%1/5 0 U
Cole Caufield G 0.5
o+125
 29% 30% 80%4/5 2 O
Zachary Bolduc G 0.5
o+375
 29% 30% 0%0/5 1 O
Alex Newhook G 0.5
o+325
 14% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Lane Hutson G 0.5
o+375
 29% 20% 40%2/5 0 U
Chris Kreider G 0.5
o+210
 14% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Jake Evans G 0.5
o+600
 0% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Alexandre Carrier G 0.5
o+1000
 14% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
Owen Beck G 0.5
o+700
 7% 10% 0%0/2 DNP
Juraj Slafkovský G 0.5
o+165
 14% 10% 40%2/5 0 U
Phillip Danault G 0.5
o+475
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Alexandre Texier G 0.5
o+400
 0% 0% 0%0/3 1 O
Noah Dobson G 0.5
o+500
 0% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Kirby Dach G 0.5
o+575
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Kaiden Guhle G 0.5
o+900
 5% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Oliver Kapanen G 0.5
o+375
 27% 0% 50%2/4 0 U
Arber Xhekaj G 0.5
o+1600
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
David Reinbacher G 0.5
o+1100
 0% — — 0 U
Lane Hutson PTS 0.5
o-195 / u+145
 57% 60% 80%4/5 0 U
Josh Anderson PTS 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 57% 50% 20%1/5 0 U
Zachary Bolduc PTS 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 57% 50% 40%2/5 1 O
Chris Kreider PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 29% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Alex Newhook PTS 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 43% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Juraj Slafkovský PTS 0.5
o-195 / u+145
 29% 40% 60%3/5 2 O
Nick Suzuki PTS 1.5
o+150 / u-200
 29% 30% 80%4/5 1 U
Noah Dobson PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 29% 30% 60%3/5 0 U
Cole Caufield PTS 0.5
o-225 / u+165
 29% 30% 80%4/5 2 O
Lane Hutson A 0.5
o-150 / u+105
 57% 60% 60%3/5 0 U
Nick Suzuki A 0.5
o-155 / u+120
 43% 50% 100%5/5 1 O
Chris Kreider A 0.5
o+225 / u-325
 29% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Noah Dobson A 0.5
o+165 / u-230
 29% 30% 60%3/5 0 U
Alex Newhook A 0.5
o+325 / u-500
 29% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Zachary Bolduc A 0.5
o+350 / u-525
 29% 30% 40%2/5 0 U
Juraj Slafkovský A 0.5
o+115 / u-150
 14% 30% 20%1/5 2 O
Josh Anderson A 0.5
o+425 / u-650
 29% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Cole Caufield A 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 14% 10% 60%3/5 0 U
Lane Hutson SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 86% 60% 80%4/5 3 O
Nick Suzuki SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-135
 57% 50% 40%2/5 2 U
Juraj Slafkovský SOG 2.5
o-115 / u-115
 57% 50% 60%3/5 1 U
Cole Caufield SOG 3.5
o+105 / u-140
 43% 40% 60%3/5 5 O
Alex Newhook SOG 1.5
o-105 / u-125
 29% 30% 0%0/2 2 O
Chris Kreider SOG 1.5
o-170 / u+105
 14% 20% 33%1/3 2 O
Noah Dobson SOG 2.5
o+135 / u-180
 14% 20% 40%2/5 3 O
Jacob Fowler SV 22.5
o-125 / u-105
 53% 50% 0%0/2 23 O

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Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Oct 13, 2026 at MTL MTL 4–3 SO 1–12–00–2 7 6.5 O MTL
May 18, 2026 at BUF MTL 3–2 OT 2–00–10–1 5 5.5 U MTL
May 16, 2026 at MTL MTL 3–8 3–20–30–3 11 6.5 O BUF
May 14, 2026 at BUF MTL 6–3 2–33–01–0 9 5.5 O MTL
May 12, 2026 at MTL MTL 2–3 2–10–10–1 5 5.5 U BUF
May 10, 2026 at MTL MTL 6–2 1–13–12–0 8 5.5 O MTL
May 8, 2026 at BUF MTL 5–1 2–01–12–0 6 5.5 O MTL
May 6, 2026 at BUF MTL 2–4 1–21–20–0 6 5.5 O BUF
Jan 31, 2026 at BUF MTL 4–2 1–00–23–0 6 6.5 U MTL
Jan 22, 2026 at MTL MTL 2–4 0–22–10–1 6 6.5 U BUF