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Montreal at Buffalo

May 18, 2026
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Buffalo is hosting Montreal in Game 7 of this playoff series. That's not necessarily a good thing for the Sabres, though. The series has been dominated by the road team. The away team has won four of the six games in the series. The Canadiens reached this second round by defeating the Lightning on the road in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series. Montreal is 5-2 on the road during the playoffs. Buffalo is 2-4 at home in the playoffs. The Canadiens have outscored the Sabres by three goals in the series despite losing Game 6 at home, 8-3, two days ago. Montreal's Jakub Dobes has been the most consistent goalie between the two teams. Both of the Sabres' goalies, Alex Lyon and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, have gotten pulled from games during the series. Lyon was yanked from Game 6 after allowing three goals on four shots, while Luukkonen couldn’t finish Game 5. Buffalo hasn't won a second-round playoff series since 2007. Take 1.5 goals with the Canadiens on the puckline.

1 unit on Montreal +1.5 goals -240 (puckline) (risk 1 to return 1.42)
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