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NHL MATCHUP REPORT

January 31, 2026, 7:00 | KeyBank Center

Montreal Canadiens (30-17-7) VS Buffalo Sabres (31-17-5)

ODDS

	Bet365	5Dimes	BOL	bodog	pin
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SMART CHART

MON	NAME	BUF
3.40	OFFENSE	3.44
3.34	DEFENSE	3.06
23.23	POWER PLAY PERCENTAGES	19.21
76.88	PENALTY KILLS PERCENTAGES	83.57
26.21	SHOTS FOR	27.46
27.00	SHOTS AGAINST	29.44
0.06	DIFFERENTIAL	0.38

RECENT FORM

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Montreal	30-17-7	$458	3.46	3.33	13-11	16-12	33-19-2
Buffalo	31-17-5	$890	3.45	3.02	15-7	14-12	25-25-3

TEAM RECORDS

Montreal Canadiens

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	30-17-7	16-11-1	14-6-6	13-11-1	16-12-6	33-19-2
Last 10	5-4-1	4-2	1-2-1	2-3	3-2-1	6-4
vs Div	9-8-1	4-5	5-3-1	3-4	6-3-1	11-5-2
vs WEST	18-6	11-3	7-3	9-3	8-3	14-10
vs EAST	12-11-7	5-8-1	7-3-6	4-7-1	8-3-6	19-9-2

Buffalo Sabres

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	31-17-5	17-6-3	14-11-2	15-7-3	14-12-2	25-25-3
Last 10	7-2-1	3-1-1	4-1	2-2-1	4-1	6-4
vs Div	10-3-2	6-1	4-2-2	2-1-1	7-2-1	8-5-2
vs WEST	13-7-2	6-3-2	7-4	8-2-1	5-4-1	10-11-1
vs EAST	18-10-3	11-3-1	7-7-2	7-2-2	9-6-1	15-14-2

SUPERGRID

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.40	6	3.06	14
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.54	2	2.84	9
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	27.71	5	83.10	7
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.44	5	3.34	26
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.72	4	3.38	20
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	21.79	12	73.63	28

HEAD TO HEAD SUMMARY

Team	Record	O/U	AVG	Shots	Power Play Goals	Power Play Percentage	Penalty Kill Percentage	Power Play Chances
Montreal	6-4-0	5-4	3.60	28.20	11.00	28.21	82.35	39.00
Buffalo	4-4-2	5-4	3.30	28.50	6.00	17.65	71.79	34.00

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

Date	Away	Away Score	Home	Home Score	Line	Total	O/U	Away Shots	Home Shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Jan 22, 2026	BUF	4	MON	2	-120	6.5	U	17	34	0	0	2	3	0	0	100	100
Jan 15, 2026	MON	3	BUF	5	105	6.5	O	23	27	2	2	3	4	66.7	50	50	33.3
Oct 20, 2025	BUF	2	MON	4	-145	6	P	32	31	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	100
Mar 3, 2025	BUF	3	MON	4	-130	6.5	O	36	20	0	2	4	5	0	40	60	100
Mar 1, 2025	MON	4	BUF	2	-146	6.5	U	29	25	1	0	4	2	25	0	100	75
Dec 17, 2024	BUF	1	MON	6	115	6	O	21	27	0	3	5	6	0	50	50	100
Nov 11, 2024	MON	7	BUF	5	-225	6.5	O	23	18	2	1	6	4	33.3	25	75	66.7
Feb 21, 2024	BUF	3	MON	2	125	6.5	U	23	31	1	0	3	4	33.3	0	100	66.7
Jan 4, 2024	BUF	6	MON	1	135	6.5	O	38	33	2	0	4	3	50	0	100	50
Dec 9, 2023	MON	3	BUF	2	-180	6.5	U	31	48	1	0	4	5	25	0	100	75

BETTING ODDS TRENDS

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Buffalo is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Buffalo's last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Buffalo's last 6 games
Buffalo is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Montreal
Buffalo is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Montreal
Buffalo is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Montreal
Buffalo is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Montreal

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal is 16-5 ATS in its last 21 games
Montreal is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games
Montreal is 12-2 ATS in its last 14 games on the road
Montreal is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games on the road
Montreal is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Buffalo
Montreal is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Buffalo
Montreal is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
Montreal is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Buffalo

TEAM LAST 5 GAMES

Montreal Canadiens

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Jan 29, 2026	COL	7-3	W	105	28	29	1/2	2/2	Scott Wedgewood	H
Jan 27, 2026	VGK	3-2	W	100	26	34	0/4	3/3	Akira Schmid	H
Jan 24, 2026	BOS	3-4	L	-105	25	21	2/3	1/4	Jeremy Swayman	A
Jan 22, 2026	BUF	2-4	L	-120	34	17	0/3	2/2	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	H
Jan 20, 2026	MIN	4-3	W	-135	33	20	0/3	2/4	Jesper Wallstedt	H

Buffalo Sabres

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Shots	Shots Against	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Opposing Goalie	Location
Jan 29, 2026	LA	4-1	W	-125	32	38	1/3	1/2	Darcy Kuemper	H
Jan 27, 2026	TOR	7-4	W	-102	31	23	1/2	0/0	Joseph Woll	A
Jan 24, 2026	NYI	5-0	W	-110	21	26	0/2	3/3	David Rittich	A
Jan 22, 2026	MON	4-2	W	100	17	34	0/2	3/3	Sam Montembeault	A
Jan 20, 2026	NAS	5-3	W	115	33	34	0/1	2/2	Juuse Saros	A

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