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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 11:20 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (21) — Nick Suzuki (45) , Cole Caufield (25) PP 1-0
2 07:36 BUF Owen Power (4) — Tage Thompson (28) , Rasmus Dahlin (33) EV 1-1
2 18:58 BUF Noah Ostlund (10) — Alex Tuch (25) , Bowen Byram (17) PP 1-2
3 04:14 MTL Cole Caufield (31) — Noah Dobson (24) , Lane Hutson (47) EV 2-2
3 10:13 MTL Cole Caufield (32) — Nick Suzuki (46) , Kirby Dach (4) EV 3-2
3 19:12 MTL Oliver Kapanen (17) — Noah Dobson (25) EN 4-2

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 10:00 BUF Tage Thompson Interference 2
1 19:06 BUF Bowen Byram Tripping 2
2 00:58 MTL Lane Hutson Tripping 2
2 02:46 BUF Ryan McLeod Hooking 2
2 14:21 MTL Noah Dobson High Sticking 2
2 16:58 MTL Lane Hutson High Sticking 2
3 16:24 MTL Kirby Dach Holding 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Montréal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres
Shots 31 38
Faceoff % 70.2% 29.8%
Hits 29 24
Blocked Shots 20 7
Giveaways 13 16
Takeaways 5 4

Skaters

Montréal Canadiens

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
11 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 10:18
13 Cole Caufield R 2 1 3 2 0 5 3 1 0 0 20 15:39
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 23 18:52
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 16 12:11
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 0 1 1 0 7 2 0 1 1 19 17:26
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 22 18:13
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 2 0 22 16:33
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 10:10
77 Kirby Dach C 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 17 12:29
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 10:33
91 Oliver Kapanen C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 21 17:28
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 19 16:49
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 4 1 0 26 27:33
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 2 0 23 19:29
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 1 0 21 20:28
48 Lane Hutson D 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 21 20:10
53 Noah Dobson D 0 2 2 3 2 4 2 2 1 0 24 20:32
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 07:09

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 26 20:45
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 0 0 0 20 18:40
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 09:38
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 0 20 17:28
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 13 08:46
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 06:49
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 25 17:38
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 24 22:21
86 Noah Ostlund C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 13:18
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 26 22:29
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 0 2 0 19 17:22
94 Konsta Helenius C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 1 0 13 09:54
4 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 1 1 1 25 20:19
8 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 08:53
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 24 21:48
25 Owen Power D 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 27 24:00
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 26 26:03
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10:46

Goalies

Montréal Canadiens

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
35 Samuel Montembeault 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
75 Jakub Dobes 38 36 2 .947 32/33 4/5 0/0 59:58

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
34 Alex Lyon 30 27 3 .900 23/25 3/4 1/1 57:43
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
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