Sabres vs Canadiens final score, Oct 17: Sabres 3, Canadiens 4 (OT)

Before the game the model favoured Montréal Canadiens at 52%. Final score, shots and expected goals from official NHL data.

Date	Oct 17
Arena	Centre Bell
Home	Montréal Canadiens
Away	Buffalo Sabres

Team stats

	BUF	MTL
Goals	3	4
Shots on goal	26	34
Expected goals	3.29	4.08
Power-play goals	0	1
Hits	18	20
Blocked shots	17	13
Penalty minutes	10	8

Before the game

	BUF	MTL
Model win chance	48%	52%

Goals

Time	Team	Scorer	Assists	Score
1st 08:21	BUF	Josh Norris	Konsta Helenius	BUF 1–0 MTL
1st 11:45	MTL	Zachary Bolduc (power play)	Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský	BUF 1–1 MTL
1st 14:01	MTL	Cole Caufield	Juraj Slafkovský, Alexandre Carrier	BUF 1–2 MTL
2nd 07:39	MTL	Alexandre Texier	Kaiden Guhle, Alexandre Carrier	BUF 1–3 MTL
2nd 09:52	BUF	Jack Quinn (short-handed)	Zach Benson, Mattias Samuelsson	BUF 2–3 MTL
3rd 10:12	BUF	Tage Thompson	Josh Doan, Jiri Kulich	BUF 3–3 MTL
OT 00:54	MTL	Cole Caufield	Unassisted	BUF 3–4 MTL

Scoring

Player	Team	G	A	P
Cole Caufield	MTL	2	0	2
Alexandre Carrier	MTL	0	2	2
Juraj Slafkovský	MTL	0	2	2
Alexandre Texier	MTL	1	0	1
Jack Quinn	BUF	1	0	1
Josh Norris	BUF	1	0	1
Tage Thompson	BUF	1	0	1
Zachary Bolduc	MTL	1	0	1
Jiri Kulich	BUF	0	1	1
Josh Doan	BUF	0	1	1
Kaiden Guhle	MTL	0	1	1
Konsta Helenius	BUF	0	1	1
Mattias Samuelsson	BUF	0	1	1
Nick Suzuki	MTL	0	1	1
Zach Benson	BUF	0	1	1

Goalies

Goalie	Team	Saves	Shots	Time
Jacob Fowler	MTL	23	26	60:54
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	30	34	60:01

The teams

Team	Record	Points	Projected	Playoffs
Buffalo Sabres	7-4-3	17	95	47%
Montréal Canadiens	9-3-2	20	101	69%