Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres · NHL
Montreal Canadiens
3-2-1
4 – 3
Final
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Buffalo Sabres
3-3-1
Bell Centre · Montreal · Canada
Montreal Canadiens took the points with a 4-3 win over Buffalo Sabres at Bell Centre (crowd 20,962). Referee on the day: Jake Brenk.
Overview
- Starts
- Event
- NHL USA
- Ground
- Bell Centre · Montreal · Canada
- Crowd
- 20,962
- Match officials
- Tommy Hughes (Linesman), Jake Brenk (Referee), Ryan Daisy (Linesman), Pierre Lambert (Referee)
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
- USMSGBTV · Away
Period by period
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadiens | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sabres | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Player stats
Side by side
15Blocked Shots7
22Hits24
3Takeaways4
38Shots16
1Power Play Goals0
3Power Play Opportunities5
33.3Power Play Percentage0.0
0Short Handed Goals0
0Shootout Goals0
32Faceoffs Won33
49.2Faceoff Win Percent50.8
18Giveaways17
6Total Penalties4
12Penalty Minutes8
Montreal Canadiens leaders
GoalsLane Hutson1
AssistsJuraj Slafkovsky2
PointsCole Caufield2
Buffalo Sabres leaders
GoalsOlen Zellweger2
AssistsBeck Malenstyn2
PointsOlen Zellweger2
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 | 0:00 | 2:43 | 11:38 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Owen Beck C | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:59 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc RW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 13:43 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield RW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:46 | 3:07 | 0:00 | 16:39 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach C | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:40 | 1:30 | 1:04 | 7:06 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Phillip Danault C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:25 | 0:06 | 4:00 | 13:19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans C | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 13:42 | 0:00 | 4:44 | 8:58 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 35.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider LW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 | 3:17 | 0:00 | 10:33 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Newhook C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 | 1:31 | 2:34 | 11:14 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:41 | 3:09 | 0:00 | 16:32 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:32 | 3:07 | 0:50 | 19:35 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier LW | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:36 | 1:32 | 0:00 | 13:04 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:55 | 0:00 | 4:56 | 16:59 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson D | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 | 0:47 | 3:20 | 14:49 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Engstrom D | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:22 | 0:29 | 0:00 | 12:53 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25:25 | 0:01 | 5:03 | 20:21 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:07 | 3:24 | 0:00 | 23:43 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:26 | 0:00 | 3:13 | 11:13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler G | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .813 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson LW | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 | 5:18 | 1:27 | 12:51 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Danforth RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:58 | 0:03 | 1:01 | 8:54 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Doan RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:23 | 2:19 | 0:00 | 15:04 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Konsta Helenius C | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:15 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 12:31 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 | 0:00 | 0:26 | 12:46 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jiri Kulich C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:51 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 14:22 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn LW | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11:55 | 0:05 | 3:01 | 8:49 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:22 | 1:06 | 1:43 | 11:33 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11:51 | 2:28 | 0:09 | 9:14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:40 | 5:16 | 0:36 | 13:48 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn RW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 | 5:40 | 0:00 | 13:21 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:26 | 5:54 | 0:00 | 16:32 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 31.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Crevier D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 | 0:04 | 1:51 | 10:48 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dennis Gilbert D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:41 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 7:59 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 13:26 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 28:22 | 5:54 | 2:01 | 20:27 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26:38 | 0:08 | 3:12 | 23:18 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Olen Zellweger D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:49 | 2:14 | 0:00 | 23:35 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 35 | .921 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Standings
| # | Team | W | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Boston | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 |  Tampa Bay | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 |  Ottawa | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 |  Florida | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 |  Toronto | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 |  Montreal | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 |  Buffalo | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 |  Detroit | 3 | 3 | 9 |
