Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres, 4–3

How the scoring unfolded

Buffalo Sabres recorded 1, 1, 1, 0 across the periods. Its highest-scoring periods were 1 and 2 and 3, with 1 goal.

Montreal Canadiens recorded 2, 1, 0, 1 across the periods. Its highest-scoring period was 1, with 2 goals.

Josh Norris contributed 1 goal for Buffalo Sabres.

Cole Caufield contributed 2 goals for Montreal Canadiens.

Buffalo Sabres — Shots: 26.

Montreal Canadiens — Shots: 34.

1st · 8:21
Josh Norris Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Konsta Helenius (1)
1st · 11:45
Zachary Bolduc Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Nick Suzuki (6), Juraj Slafkovský (3)
1st · 14:01
Cole Caufield Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (4), Alexandre Carrier (2)
2nd · 7:39
Alexandre Texier Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Kaiden Guhle (1), Alexandre Carrier (3)
2nd · 9:52
Jack Quinn Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Benson (6), Mattias Samuelsson (5)
3rd · 10:12
Tage Thompson Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Doan (1), Jiri Kulich (2)
OT · 0:54
Cole Caufield Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: none

Buffalo Sabres — Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach Benson	1	0	1	1	21:17	4:58	1:51	14:28	24	0	0	1	3	3	1	2	33.3	2	1	2
Justin Danforth	0	1	0	0	8:34	0:00	0:00	8:34	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
Josh Doan	0	0	1	0	15:14	0:44	0:00	14:30	22	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Konsta Helenius	0	0	0	0	9:11	0:44	0:00	8:27	16	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Peyton Krebs	0	1	1	0	9:04	0:00	0:04	9:00	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	25.0	1	0	0
Jiri Kulich	0	0	0	1	13:00	0:54	0:21	11:45	23	0	1	1	0	1	3	4	42.9	1	0	0
Beck Malenstyn	1	7	0	0	12:12	0:00	3:49	8:23	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Ryan McLeod	0	1	1	-1	14:35	0:00	3:05	11:30	22	0	1	0	0	0	6	9	40.0	3	0	0
Josh Norris	2	1	0	-1	14:30	0:51	2:05	11:34	23	1	2	0	4	2	2	6	25.0	0	0	0
Noah Ostlund	1	0	0	0	19:44	5:09	0:51	13:44	22	0	2	0	1	1	3	5	37.5	2	2	4
Jack Quinn	0	0	0	1	21:30	5:11	0:08	16:11	22	1	5	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Tage Thompson	1	1	0	-1	19:19	4:50	0:02	14:27	23	1	5	0	5	1	2	6	25.0	1	0	0

Buffalo Sabres — Defenses

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Louis Crevier	3	1	0	0	14:12	0:00	1:57	12:15	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dennis Gilbert	1	2	0	0	11:31	0:00	1:15	10:16	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Zach Metsa	1	0	0	0	14:57	0:03	2:40	12:14	17	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Owen Power	3	0	1	0	27:39	5:30	3:17	18:52	25	2	0	3	0	2	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson	2	3	1	1	26:59	0:15	4:15	22:29	28	2	1	2	1	0	1	2
Olen Zellweger	1	0	1	0	20:47	0:56	0:04	19:47	25	2	0	4	0	1	0	0

Buffalo Sabres — Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	4	34	0	0	30	.882	23	5	2	60:01	0	0

Montreal Canadiens — Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh Anderson	0	3	0	-2	14:22	0:00	2:25	11:57	18	0	4	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Zack Bolduc	0	2	0	0	14:48	4:16	0:00	10:32	17	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Cole Caufield	0	0	0	2	18:03	5:44	0:00	12:19	22	2	5	0	5	2	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Kirby Dach	1	1	1	0	11:37	0:00	0:05	11:32	15	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Phillip Danault	0	1	0	1	15:06	0:49	4:00	10:17	21	0	0	0	0	1	10	6	62.5	0	0	0
Jake Evans	1	1	0	0	13:29	0:00	3:07	10:22	18	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	72.7	1	0	0
Oliver Kapanen	1	1	0	0	11:40	1:28	0:00	10:12	17	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	2
Chris Kreider	1	1	0	-2	14:06	0:40	0:05	13:21	17	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex Newhook	1	0	0	-2	16:21	0:50	2:10	13:21	19	0	1	0	2	2	5	3	62.5	1	0	0
Juraj Slafkovsky	2	1	0	1	17:51	5:46	0:00	12:05	19	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Nick Suzuki	1	3	2	1	20:49	5:50	0:09	14:50	24	0	4	1	2	3	12	8	60.0	1	0	0
Alexandre Texier	0	0	0	0	11:29	0:53	0:00	10:36	18	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	2

Montreal Canadiens — Defenses

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre Carrier	2	0	2	22:08	0:00	3:12	18:56	26	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Noah Dobson	1	2	-2	21:16	0:40	2:50	17:46	26	0	0	3	2	0	0	0
Kaiden Guhle	0	1	1	23:21	0:04	3:12	20:05	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lane Hutson	1	0	0	26:38	6:05	0:00	20:33	27	2	0	3	1	1	1	2
David Reinbacher	0	2	-1	9:09	0:00	0:00	9:09	13	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Arber Xhekaj	1	1	-1	12:29	0:00	2:49	9:40	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	0

Montreal Canadiens — Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jacob Fowler	3	26	0	0	23	.885	20	3	0	60:54	0	0

Buffalo Sabres — Team statistics

Montreal Canadiens — Team statistics