Fri, Dec 18 · 7:30 PM ET
Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres
Before the game
Away · MTL
- 2025-26 record
- 48–24–10
- rank
- 18of 32
Home · BUF
- 2025-26 record
- 50–23–9
- rank
- 13of 32
Expected goals per game, 2025-26
| Per game | MTL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| for | 3.44 | 3.29 |
| against | 3.44 | 3.28 |
The model’s expected goals on each club’s open-play attempts, per game over 82 and 82 games. Last season’s, as the records are.
Pre-game win chance
MTL 44%BUF 56%
The model’s projection, not a betting recommendation. Its accuracy is modest (held-out AUC 0.590, on a scale where 0.5 is a coin flip and 1.0 is perfect).
The box score appears here after the game.