National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 4, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, March 3, 2025
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Jake Brenk, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps, CJ Murray
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 01203
Montreal 30014
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
9:42 - Canadiens Cole Caufield (PP) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Lane Hutson
11:41 - Canadiens Nick Suzuki (SH) Assists: Mike Matheson
13:42 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (PP) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Lane Hutson
Penalties
1:57 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Roughing
 8:22 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Slashing
 10:03 - Canadiens Christian Dvorak (2) Roughing
 10:03 - Canadiens Alexandre Carrier (2) Roughing
 10:03 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Roughing
 12:37 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Interference
 14:24 - Sabres JJ Peterka (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
18:07 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Dennis Gilbert
Penalties
4:10 - Canadiens Alex Newhook (2) Goaltender interference
 14:32 - Canadiens Jayden Struble (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
3:24 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Jacob Bryson
18:59 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Jiri Kulich
Penalties
9:38 - Canadiens Alex Newhook (2) Tripping
 14:42 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Interference
Overtime
Scoring
1:21 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (EV) Assists: Juraj Slafkovsky , Nick Suzuki
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:24 43:59 8:00 8:25 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 +2 2 1 31 24:59 19:57 1:20 3:42 0 0 1 - - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 1 1 E 0 0 14 11:40 9:50 0:00 1:50 0 0 2 2 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 11:31 10:13 1:14 0:04 0 0 1 - - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 17:05 11:36 0:00 5:29 0 0 2 1 - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 0 15 11:14 10:48 0:26 0:00 0 0 3 - 0 4 0
Jiri Kulich C 0 1 1 +1 0 21 15:13 13:46 1:23 0:04 0 0 1 1 5 8 38
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 17 14:16 7:38 6:38 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 E 2 4 22 17:19 15:19 2:00 0:00 0 0 6 - 8 7 53
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 21:10 17:33 2:41 0:56 0 0 1 3 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 +2 6 6 30 25:34 19:13 4:58 1:23 0 0 4 1 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 12:04 8:48 0:02 3:14 0 0 5 - 0 2 0
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 19 13:08 8:04 0:00 5:04 0 0 1 - 6 8 43
Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 21 18:36 12:31 6:00 0:05 0 0 - - 3 5 38
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 14:45 9:32 0:00 5:13 0 0 6 - - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 2 2 +1 2 6 21 20:22 13:53 6:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 26 16:11 12:24 0:00 3:47 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 0 3 12 9:46 9:42 0:04 0:00 0 0 3 - 1 2 33
Alex Tuch RW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 24 21:42 12:08 6:45 2:49 0 0 - 1 2 1 67
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 61:03 44:38 8:25 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jakub Dobes G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 1 1 2 E 0 1 24 28:22 17:40 2:46 7:56 0 0 1 4 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:56 10:05 2:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cole Caufield RW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 19 17:44 12:14 5:30 0:00 1 0 - 2 - - -
Nick Suzuki C 1 3 4 -1 0 4 21 20:11 13:39 5:30 1:02 0 1 1 - 8 10 44
Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 E 4 2 14 13:14 10:24 2:50 0:00 0 0 - 1 5 3 62
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 15:28 11:28 0:00 4:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 1 1 2 E 0 3 19 17:29 11:54 5:33 0:02 1 0 4 - - - -
Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 E 2 1 21 15:48 12:37 0:02 3:09 0 0 - - 10 6 62
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 18:51 12:03 2:52 3:56 0 0 3 - - - -
Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 24 20:51 19:41 0:00 1:10 0 0 - 5 - - -
Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 E 2 0 18 15:18 15:10 0:08 0:00 0 0 2 3 - - -
Lane Hutson D 0 2 2 E 0 0 19 19:11 13:32 5:39 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Emil Heineman LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 13:20 10:30 2:50 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
David Savard D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 17:05 11:07 0:00 5:58 0 0 1 1 - - -
Owen Beck C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:49 7:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 16:33 12:39 0:03 3:51 0 0 2 3 12 4 75
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 14 13:08 12:12 0:00 0:56 0 0 2 1 - - -
Patrik Laine RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 13:03 7:32 5:31 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer L (2-7-2) 20 16 4 .800 0 60:24
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault W (22-21-3) 36 33 3 .917 0 61:03