Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Mon, Oct 23, 2023 · KeyBank Center · 2023–24 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

3 – 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at KeyBank Center. Tanner Pearson led the way with 2 points. Jake Allen made 36 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	0	2	3	27
BUF	1	0	0	1	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:56	MTL	EV	Justin Barron (1) · snap	Arber Xhekaj (2), Sean Monahan (3)	1–0
1st	07:13	BUF	PP	Jeff Skinner (3) · wrist	Dylan Cozens (3), Rasmus Dahlin (6)	1–1
3rd	03:31	MTL	EV	Brendan Gallagher (2) · wrist	David Savard (2), Tanner Pearson (2)	2–1
3rd	16:53	MTL	PP	Tanner Pearson (3) · snap	Brendan Gallagher (1), Alex Newhook (1)	3–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:05	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	tripping	2
1st	14:51	BUF	Peyton Krebs	boarding	2
1st	17:06	MTL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	05:42	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	roughing	2
2nd	14:47	BUF	Kyle Okposo	slashing	2
2nd	19:04	MTL	Justin Barron	cross checking	2
3rd	10:16	MTL	Sean Monahan	tripping	2
3rd	14:57	BUF	Alex Tuch	cross checking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 3.75 · BUF 3.52 · xG% MTL 51.6

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
70	Tanner Pearson	L	1	1	2	+2	0	6	4	1		13:24	20
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	1	1	2	+2	2	2	3	0		11:14	15
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	4	1		18:48	22
91	Sean Monahan	C	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	70.0	18:38	21
58	David Savard	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	5		16:54	19
52	Justin Barron	D	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	2		15:49	20
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	25.0	14:46	16
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		24:06	24
26	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		20:24	22
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	30.0	19:03	19
54	Jordan Harris	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		18:33	19
22	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	17:34	19
49	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2		15:38	19
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	63.6	15:29	22
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1		15:10	15
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2		14:36	17
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	12:50	18
55	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0		8:56	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jake Allen	W	37	36	1	.973	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	5	1		26:12	27
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0		20:09	20
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	44.4	20:05	18
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	66.7	22:16	22
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		20:48	24
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0		19:49	21
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	3		18:19	21
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		15:58	19
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2		15:52	21
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	53.8	15:28	17
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		15:18	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1	50.0	14:09	17
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		13:57	16
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		13:28	16
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:09	17
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		11:52	13
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		11:21	16
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	50.0	10:01	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Eric Comrie	L	27	24	3	.889	56:53