Where to Watch Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens Live - NHL
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Watch in 🇺🇸 United States:truTV, HBO MAX, TNT
How this match is broadcast across different countries.
Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens is a NHL ice hockey fixture scheduled for Thursday, 14 May 2026 at 16:00 UTC. The NHL is United States's headline ice hockey competition and pulls a global audience of fans tracking results, table positions and qualification storylines. NHL games are played over three 20-minute periods, with sudden-death overtime and a shootout used to break ties in the regular season. Allow around two and a half hours for the full broadcast, including pre-match analysis and post-match reaction. The match is scheduled and broadcasters will confirm their final channel allocations closer to kick-off.
If you are watching from United States, your options for Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens are truTV, HBO MAX and TNT.
There is no confirmed free-to-air broadcaster for this fixture in United States, so a paid streaming or TV subscription is required for live coverage. Several services on the list below offer free trials that may cover this match's timeframe at no cost.
Pay-TV subscribers should check truTV, HBO MAX and TNT for the live channel — typically added through a cable, satellite or IPTV package.
Always cross-check the match start time in your local timezone, since broadcasters list the kick-off in their own market's time and coverage often begins 15-30 minutes before the first whistle.
The NHL is the premier ice hockey league in North America, contested by 32 franchises across the Eastern and Western Conferences. After an 82-game regular season, 16 teams enter the Stanley Cup Playoffs, a four-round best-of-seven knockout that decides the champion in June. Matches like Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens can move table positions, decide qualification places and shape end-of-season storylines, which is why broadcaster coverage tends to grow as the campaign progresses.
