Buffalo Sabres At Montreal Canadiens - Lineups, Injury Updates, And Game Notes

Game 7 - 10/13/26 - 6:30 pm at Centre Bell in Montreal, Quebec

Buffalo – 3-3-0 | - 6 points – 5th place in the Atlantic Division

Montreal – 2-2-1 | - 5 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division

Special Teams

Buffalo

Power Play – 13.6% (25th)

Penalty Kill – 60.0% (30th)

Montreal

Power Play – 5.9% (32nd)

Penalty Kill - 76.2% (21st)

Top Scorers

Buffalo

Tage Thompson: 6 GP, 4 G, 3 A, 7 PTS

Owen Power: 6 GP, 1 G, 6 A, 7 PTS

Rasmus Dahlin: 6 GP, 2 G, 2 A, 4 PTS

Montreal

Nick Suzuki: 5 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 7 PTS

Chris Kreider: 5 GP, 1 G, 3 A, 4 PTS

Lane Hutson: 5 GP, 0 G, 4 A, 4 PTS

Starting Goalies

Buffalo –  Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (2-2-0, 3.67 GAA, .812 Sv %)

Montreal  – Jacob Fowler (1-1-0, 1.46 GAA, .938 Sv %)

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Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings 

Forwards

Peyton Krebs - Tage Thompson - Josh Doan

Zach Benson - Noah Ostlund - Jack Quinn 

Jiri Kulich - Josh Norris - Konsta Helenius

Ryan McLeod - Sam Carrick - Beck Malenstyn

Ex. Justin Danforth

Defense

Mattias Samuelsson - Zach Metsa 

Olen Zellweger - Owen Power  

Dennis Gilbert - Louis Crevier 

Goaltenders

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Colten Ellis

Notes

Buffalo has earned a win in two of its last three games against Montreal.

The Sabres have earned more wins against the Canadiens (138) than any other opponent in franchise history. Buffalo has converted on three of its last eight power-play opportunities (37.5 percent), including at least one power-play goal in each of the team’s last two games.

A power-play goal tonight would mark the first time the Sabres have earned a power-play goal streak of three or more games since Jan. 27 to Feb. 5, 2026 (six games).

Owen Power has posted seven points (1+6) in Buffalo’s first six games. A point in tonight’s game would make him the first Sabres defenseman since Rasmus Dahlin (Oct. 13 to 27, 2022; 5+4) to record eight or more points in their first seven games of a season. Power (26:07) ranks seventh in time on ice per game among all NHL skaters.

Tage Thompson has registered 23 points (12+11) in 20 career games against Montreal, including seven points (3+4) in his last three games against the Canadiens. An assist in today’s game would make Thompson the first Sabres forward to record an assist streak of four or more games against Montreal since Jack Eichel from Nov. 8, 2018 to Oct. 9, 2019 (3+7).

Josh Norris has totaled eight points (3+6) in his last eight games against the Canadiens.

Tonight’s game will mark his first regular-season game against Montreal as a member of the Sabres.

Jiri Kulich is riding a three-game point streak against the Canadiens (2+1).

Tonight’s game concludes Buffalo’s 1st of 14 back-to-back sets in 2026-27, which opened with a 5-3 win vs. Florida yesterday afternoon.

Injuries

Matt Grzelcyk (IR - undisclosed)

Rasmus Dahlin (day-to-day - upper body)

Alex Lyon (upper body)  

Conor Timmins (lower body; injured reserve) 

Jason Zucker (sports hernia; injured reserve) 

Topias Leinonen (lower body; injured reserve) 

Jack Rathbone (lower body; injured reserve) 

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