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Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens on March 3rd 2025

Buffalo Sabres (3)

at

Montreal Canadiens (4)

Game No: 968

Started: 2025-03-03 19:10:00

Ended: 2025-03-03 21:47:00

Attendance: 21,105

Three Stars by: RDS

Full Recap

Period Time Team Scorer Shot Type Distance (ft) Assist Assist Highlight
1 9:42 MTL Cole Caufield Nick Suzuki Lane Hutson
1 11:41 MTL Nick Suzuki Mike Matheson
1 13:42 MTL Juraj Slafkovsky Nick Suzuki Lane Hutson
2 18:07 BUF Alex Tuch Dylan Cozens Dennis Gilbert
3 3:24 BUF Tage Thompson JJ Peterka Jacob Bryson
3 18:59 BUF Rasmus Dahlin JJ Peterka Jiri Kulich
4 1:21 MTL Mike Matheson Juraj Slafkovsky Nick Suzuki

Referees

#26 Jake Brenk

#9 Dan O'Rourke

Officials

#80 Jonathan Deschamps

#68 CJ Murray

Period Time Team Player Penalty PIM Drawn By
1 1:57 BUF Dylan Cozens Roughing 2 Brendan Gallagher
1 8:22 BUF Bowen Byram Slashing 2 Jake Evans
1 10:03 MTL Alexandre Carrier Roughing 2
1 10:03 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Roughing 2
1 12:37 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Interference 2 Jake Evans
1 10:03 MTL Christian Dvorak Roughing 2
1 14:24 BUF JJ Peterka Tripping 2 Alexandre Carrier
2 4:10 MTL Alex Newhook Interference on goalkeeper 2 James Reimer
2 14:32 MTL Jayden Struble Interference 2 Beck Malenstyn
3 9:38 MTL Alex Newhook Tripping 2 Connor Clifton
3 14:42 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Interference 2 Mike Matheson

Buffalo Sabres Roster

Coach: Lindy Ruff

# Player Position
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G
4 Bowen Byram D
8 Dennis Gilbert D
9 Zach Benson L
12 Jordan Greenway L
19 Peyton Krebs C
20 Jiri Kulich C
22 Jack Quinn R
24 Dylan Cozens C
25 Owen Power D
26 Rasmus Dahlin D
29 Beck Malenstyn L
47 James Reimer G
71 Ryan McLeod C
72 Tage Thompson C
75 Connor Clifton D
77 JJ Peterka R
78 Jacob Bryson D
81 Sam Lafferty C
89 Alex Tuch R

Montreal Canadiens Roster

Coach: Martin St. Louis

# Player Position
8 Mike Matheson D
11 Brendan Gallagher R
13 Cole Caufield R
14 Nick Suzuki C
15 Alex Newhook C
17 Josh Anderson R
20 Juraj Slafkovsky L
28 Christian Dvorak C
35 Sam Montembeault G
40 Joel Armia R
45 Alexandre Carrier D
47 Jayden Struble D
48 Lane Hutson D
51 Emil Heineman L
58 David Savard D
62 Owen Beck C
71 Jake Evans C
72 Arber Xhekaj D
75 Jakub Dobes G
75 Jakub DobeŠ G
92 Patrik Laine L

Buffalo Sabres Scratches

# Player Position
10 Henri Jokiharju D
17 Jason Zucker L
23 Mattias Samuelsson D

Montreal Canadiens Scratches

# Player Position
21 Kaiden Guhle D
55 Michael Pezzetta L

3 Goals 4
6 Assists 7
8 Plus / Minus -8
6 Penalties 5
12 PIM 10
60 Corsi For 32
65.22 Corsi % 34.78
36 Fenwick For 32
52.94 Fenwick % 47.06
36 Shots 20
27 Shots Blocked 11
24 Missed Shots 12
37 Hits 20
12 Giveaways 14
4 Takeaways 5
10 Blocked Shots 25
24 Faceoffs Won 38
38 Faceoffs Lost 24
39% Faceoff Percentage 61%

Time Spent With Lead

Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens
Lead Time With Lead Lead Time With Lead
1 1 17:34
2 2 7:18
3 3 24:25

Time Each Lead Lasted

Buffalo Sabres - Montreal Canadiens Time With Lead
0 - 1 1:59
0 - 2 2:01
0 - 3 24:25
1 - 3 5:17
2 - 3 15:35
3 - 4 0

Buffalo Sabres

# Player G A Pts +/- P PIM S SB MS H GV TK B Shots FW FL F%
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bowen Byram 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dennis Gilbert 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
9 Zach Benson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 Jordan Greenway 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
19 Peyton Krebs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
20 Jiri Kulich 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 8 38
22 Jack Quinn 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 Dylan Cozens 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 3 1 6 0 0 0 7 8 47
25 Owen Power 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 0
26 Rasmus Dahlin 1 0 1 2 3 6 6 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
29 Beck Malenstyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 0
47 James Reimer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
71 Ryan McLeod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 8 43
72 Tage Thompson 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 38
75 Connor Clifton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
77 JJ Peterka 0 2 2 1 1 2 6 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
78 Jacob Bryson 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
81 Sam Lafferty 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 33
89 Alex Tuch 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 67

Montreal Canadiens

# Player G A Pts +/- P PIM S SB MS H GV TK B Shots FW FL F%
8 Mike Matheson 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0
11 Brendan Gallagher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cole Caufield 1 0 1 -1 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
14 Nick Suzuki 1 3 4 -1 0 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 8 10 44
15 Alex Newhook 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 63
17 Josh Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 100
20 Juraj Slafkovsky 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Christian Dvorak 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 5 69
35 Sam Montembeault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Joel Armia 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
45 Alexandre Carrier 0 0 0 -2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0
47 Jayden Struble 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0
48 Lane Hutson 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
51 Emil Heineman 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
58 David Savard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
62 Owen Beck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100
71 Jake Evans 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 12 4 75
72 Arber Xhekaj 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
75 Jakub Dobes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 Jakub DobeŠ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
92 Patrik Laine 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0

Buffalo Sabres

TOI
# Player Shifts Avg Shift Total Power Play Shorthanded Even Strength
4 Bowen Byram 31 00:48 24:59 01:41 03:42 19:36
8 Dennis Gilbert 14 00:50 11:40 00:00 01:50 09:50
9 Zach Benson 18 00:38 11:29 01:34 00:04 09:51
12 Jordan Greenway 21 00:48 17:05 00:01 05:29 11:35
19 Peyton Krebs 15 00:44 11:14 00:45 00:00 10:29
20 Jiri Kulich 21 00:43 15:13 01:33 00:04 13:36
22 Jack Quinn 17 00:50 14:16 06:38 00:00 07:38
24 Dylan Cozens 22 00:47 17:19 02:21 00:00 14:58
25 Owen Power 25 00:50 21:10 02:41 00:56 17:33
26 Rasmus Dahlin 30 00:51 25:34 04:58 01:23 19:13
29 Beck Malenstyn 19 00:38 12:06 00:02 03:14 08:50
71 Ryan McLeod 19 00:41 13:08 00:02 05:04 08:02
72 Tage Thompson 21 00:53 18:36 06:00 00:05 12:31
75 Connor Clifton 18 00:49 14:45 00:00 05:13 09:32
77 JJ Peterka 21 00:58 20:22 06:29 00:00 13:53
78 Jacob Bryson 26 00:37 16:11 00:11 03:47 12:13
81 Sam Lafferty 12 00:48 09:46 00:04 00:00 09:42
89 Alex Tuch 24 00:54 21:42 06:45 02:49 12:08

Montreal Canadiens

TOI
# Player Shifts Avg Shift Total Power Play Shorthanded Even Strength
8 Mike Matheson 24 01:10 28:22 02:46 08:17 17:19
11 Brendan Gallagher 17 00:45 12:56 02:51 00:00 10:05
13 Cole Caufield 19 00:56 17:44 05:30 00:00 12:14
14 Nick Suzuki 21 00:57 20:11 05:30 01:02 13:39
15 Alex Newhook 14 00:56 13:14 02:50 00:00 10:24
17 Josh Anderson 21 00:44 15:28 00:00 04:00 11:28
20 Juraj Slafkovsky 19 00:55 17:29 05:33 00:02 11:54
28 Christian Dvorak 21 00:45 15:48 00:02 03:09 12:37
40 Joel Armia 21 00:53 18:51 02:52 04:17 11:42
45 Alexandre Carrier 24 00:52 20:51 00:00 01:31 19:20
47 Jayden Struble 18 00:51 15:18 00:08 00:00 15:10
48 Lane Hutson 19 01:00 19:11 05:39 00:00 13:32
51 Emil Heineman 17 00:47 13:20 02:50 00:00 10:30
58 David Savard 17 01:00 17:05 00:00 06:19 10:46
62 Owen Beck 11 00:42 07:49 00:00 00:00 07:49
71 Jake Evans 22 00:45 16:33 00:03 04:12 12:18
72 Arber Xhekaj 14 00:56 13:08 00:00 00:56 12:12
92 Patrik Laine 14 00:55 13:03 05:31 00:00 07:32

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Period Goals Against Shots Against Save Percentage
47 James Reimer 1 3 8 0.625
2 0 6 1
3 0 5 1
4 1 1 0

Montreal Canadiens

# Player Period Goals Against Shots Against Save Percentage
35 Sam Montembeault 1 0 9 1
2 1 14 0.929
3 2 13 0.846

Shot Chart

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Expected Goals (experimental)

Player Deployments

Buffalo Sabres

Number of Deployments in Zones

OZ NZ DZ
30 0 32
# Player OZ NZ DZ
4 Bowen Byram 14 0 14
8 Dennis Gilbert 4 0 5
9 Zach Benson 2 0 6
12 Jordan Greenway 9 0 15
19 Peyton Krebs 5 0 5
20 Jiri Kulich 9 0 7
22 Jack Quinn 5 0 5
24 Dylan Cozens 8 0 9
25 Owen Power 6 0 6
26 Rasmus Dahlin 21 0 10
29 Beck Malenstyn 7 0 4
71 Ryan McLeod 3 0 11
72 Tage Thompson 13 0 8
75 Connor Clifton 4 0 12
77 JJ Peterka 13 0 8
78 Jacob Bryson 6 0 13
81 Sam Lafferty 5 0 2
89 Alex Tuch 13 0 10

Montreal Canadiens

Number of Deployments in Zones

OZ NZ DZ
32 0 30
# Player OZ NZ DZ
8 Mike Matheson 15 0 16
11 Brendan Gallagher 5 0 11
13 Cole Caufield 15 0 5
14 Nick Suzuki 16 0 5
15 Alex Newhook 5 0 5
17 Josh Anderson 4 0 13
20 Juraj Slafkovsky 15 0 4
28 Christian Dvorak 5 0 13
40 Joel Armia 8 0 8
45 Alexandre Carrier 12 0 12
47 Jayden Struble 4 0 5
48 Lane Hutson 14 0 6
51 Emil Heineman 5 0 7
58 David Savard 6 0 12
62 Owen Beck 4 0 3
71 Jake Evans 7 0 9
72 Arber Xhekaj 3 0 8
92 Patrik Laine 12 0 2
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