Buffalo Sabres @ Montreal Canadiens

16-19-4, 8-10-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Sabres BUF	0	2	4	6
Canadiens MTL	0	1	0	1

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

16-17-5, 7-10-2 Home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#9
Dylan CozensD. Cozens#24
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#12
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Casey MittelstadtC. Mittelstadt#37
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#71
JJ PeterkaJ. Peterka#77
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Jeff SkinnerJ. Skinner#53
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
defensemen
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Erik JohnsonE. Johnson#6
Henri JokiharjuH. Jokiharju#10
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	20	17:09	2:18	0:42	14:09	1	1	50.0
0	0	1	2	0	2	3	6	0	0	0	21	14:40	2:09	1:22	11:09	1	9	10.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	11:58	0:00	1:00	10:58	1	0	100.0
0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	18:39	0:00	3:54	14:45	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	11:52	0:00	0:31	11:21	7	1	87.5
1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	17:46	2:55	0:01	14:50	13	10	56.5
0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:16	0:00	0:00	12:16	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:28	2:18	0:00	9:10	0	1	0.0
1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	13:26	2:17	1:02	10:07	0	1	0.0
1	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:57	3:02	0:00	12:55	1	3	25.0
2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:28	3:06	2:08	12:14	4	6	40.0
0	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	21	16:23	3:00	1:20	12:03	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	1	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	26	19:32	0:00	1:40	17:52	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	31	21:17	3:09	1:49	16:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	24	17:54	0:00	4:12	13:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:07	0:00	0:00	17:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	17:38	2:17	0:00	15:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	24	21:32	0:00	4:19	17:13	0	0	0.0

goalies
Devon LeviD. Levi#27

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	1	32	.970	22	10	0	0	0	60:00	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Joel ArmiaJ. Armia#40
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#22
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Sean MonahanS. Monahan#91
Michael PezzettaM. Pezzetta#55
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Mitchell StephensM. Stephens#13
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Jesse YlonenJ. Ylonen#56
defensemen
Justin BarronJ. Barron#52
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Jordan HarrisJ. Harris#54
Johnathan KovacevicJ. Kovacevic#26
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
David SavardD. Savard#58
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:05	2:28	0:00	14:37	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	21	15:12	0:00	2:14	12:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	23	20:28	3:32	0:00	16:56	1	0	100.0
0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	20	16:30	0:55	3:44	11:51	7	6	53.8
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	15:32	2:28	0:00	13:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23	19:00	3:32	2:04	13:24	10	8	55.6
0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	2	4	0	0	14	10:04	0:00	0:00	10:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	24	19:46	3:32	0:00	16:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	17	11:04	0:00	1:34	9:30	6	6	50.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	23:18	5:05	0:58	17:15	10	9	52.6
0	0	-2	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	16	13:28	2:28	0:00	11:00	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	16:47	2:28	0:06	14:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	20	18:54	0:00	1:27	17:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	15:34	0:00	1:01	14:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	7	8:07	0:00	1:11	6:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	20	19:57	3:32	3:37	12:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	5	2	4	0	1	0	19	16:45	0:00	3:03	13:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	17	17:45	0:00	0:13	17:32	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jake AllenJ. Allen#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
37	5	32	.865	26	3	3	0	0	59:26	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHLPP\|ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Sabres	0	2	4	6
	Canadiens	0	1	0	1

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period		BUF	MTL
5:33	Casey Mittelstadt (11) (Power Play) Assists: Jeff Skinner (13), Rasmus Dahlin (20)	1	0
6:59	Jeff Skinner (16) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Tuch (16), Tage Thompson (12)	2	0
13:19	Joel Armia (5) (Shorthanded) Unassisted	2	1

3rd Period		BUF	MTL
6:45	Jack Quinn (4) Assists: JJ Peterka (14), Connor Clifton (10)	3	1
8:35	Tage Thompson (11) Assists: Jeff Skinner (14), Alex Tuch (17)	4	1
14:31	Rasmus Dahlin (11) (Empty Net) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson (5), Casey Mittelstadt (22)	5	1
18:32	Tage Thompson (12) Assists: Jeff Skinner (15), Jack Quinn (1)	6	1

Regular Season Series

MTL leads 2-1

Canadiens
3
Sabres
1

Game 1

10/23

Canadiens
3
Sabres
2

Game 2

12/9

Sabres
6
Canadiens
1

Game 3

1/4

Sabres
3
Canadiens
2

Game 4

2/21

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, January 4, 2024Coverage: NHLPP|ESPN+

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 21,105

Referees:
Graham Skilliter
Beau Halkidis

Linesmen:
Bryan Pancich
Michel Cormier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	21	13	3	45
Montreal	19	12	5	43
Tampa Bay	19	13	3	41
Boston	20	16	1	41
Florida	19	14	2	40
Ottawa	18	13	4	40
Buffalo	17	14	4	38
Toronto	15	15	5	35

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MTL leads 2-1

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