Each Monday throughout the 2025-26 NHL season, ESPN and NHL Network analyst Kevin Weekes will provide fans with a guide of games that will be nationally televised. Today, a look at games for the third week of the regular season.

Highlights include the Buffalo Sabres visiting the Montreal Canadiens on "Prime Monday Night Hockey," and Brad Marchand of the Florida Panthers playing his old team in Boston.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20

Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens (7:30 p.m. ET; RDS, Prime, MSG-B)

The Sabres (2-3-0) have won two straight following a three-game losing streak, and with their next four games on national television, they are playing well at the right time. Josh Doan scored twice in a 3-0 win against the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers on Saturday and has five point

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