National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 6, Buffalo 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Chris Schlenker
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Bevan Mills
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0101
Montreal 2406
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:19 - Canadiens Joel Armia (EV) Assists: Jake Evans , Emil Heineman
6:26 - Canadiens Patrik Laine (PP) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Juraj Slafkovsky
Penalties
6:06 - Sabres Zach Benson (2) Holding
 9:35 - Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (2) Interference
 12:16 - Canadiens David Savard (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
3:43 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Owen Power
5:54 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (EV) Assists: Cole Caufield , David Savard
9:45 - Canadiens Patrik Laine (PP) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Lane Hutson
10:55 - Canadiens Patrik Laine (PP) Assists: Cole Caufield , Lane Hutson
19:15 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (EV) Assists: Christian Dvorak , Brendan Gallagher
Penalties
8:02 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Slashing
 9:30 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) High sticking
 10:11 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Delay of game
 11:47 - Canadiens Alex Newhook (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
3:26 - Canadiens Lane Hutson (2) Cross checking
 4:34 - Canadiens Joel Armia (2) Hooking
 16:34 - Sabres Dennis Gilbert (2) Tripping
 19:20 - Canadiens Joel Armia (2) High sticking
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 40:00 30:19 3:36 6:05 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 20:00 14:12 3:48 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 31 24:11 16:53 4:23 2:55 0 0 1 1 - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 19 11:55 9:55 0:00 2:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 21 17:14 11:25 4:43 1:06 0 0 - 1 - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 18:19 18:17 0:01 0:01 0 0 1 - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 12:35 10:51 1:44 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 21 13:59 11:28 0:00 2:31 0 0 2 - 3 3 50
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:54 11:22 2:32 0:00 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 17:19 10:32 5:36 1:11 0 0 - 2 - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 31 20:39 17:21 0:00 3:18 0 0 1 2 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 1 0 1 E 2 3 23 16:48 11:59 2:38 2:11 0 0 4 1 4 8 33
Owen Power D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 29 23:39 17:24 3:04 3:11 0 0 1 - - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:00 9:31 0:00 2:29 0 0 4 1 - - -
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 12:53 9:47 0:00 3:06 0 0 - 1 9 5 64
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 E 0 21 17:08 11:42 5:26 0:00 0 0 1 - 10 8 56
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 14:18 9:31 0:00 4:47 0 0 3 1 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 E 0 0 19 17:55 12:12 5:43 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 25 14:34 10:49 1:10 2:35 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 11:12 11:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cayden Primeau G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 44:31 8:05 7:24 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 E 0 5 24 24:40 16:31 3:49 4:20 0 0 1 4 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17 15:13 11:47 3:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 2 2 +1 0 2 16 14:13 10:33 3:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Suzuki C 0 2 2 +1 0 18 14:32 10:26 3:40 0:26 0 0 - 2 10 7 59
Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 -1 2 17 15:47 12:16 3:30 0:01 0 0 1 1 4 4 50
Josh Anderson RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 18 16:17 12:02 0:55 3:20 0 0 - - - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 17 14:35 10:54 3:41 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 20:15 16:19 0:05 3:51 0 0 1 7 - - -
Christian Dvorak C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 23 17:57 12:01 1:01 4:55 0 0 - 3 5 11 31
Joel Armia RW 1 0 1 +1 4 1 18 11:50 10:08 0:00 1:42 0 0 - - - - -
Lane Hutson D 0 2 2 E 2 1 18 18:30 14:47 3:38 0:05 0 0 - 2 - - -
Emil Heineman LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 17 14:28 11:04 3:24 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 13:27 12:20 0:38 0:29 0 0 1 - - - -
David Savard D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 18 16:10 13:04 0:00 3:06 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jake Evans C 0 1 1 +1 0 18 15:54 11:37 0:54 3:23 0 0 - - 4 5 44
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 21 20:18 16:16 0:56 3:06 0 0 - 1 - - -
Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 15 14:02 10:32 3:30 0:00 0 0 - 2 2 2 50
Patrik Laine RW 3 0 3 -1 0 5 15 13:12 9:34 3:38 0:00 3 0 - - 2 0 100
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (8-10-3) 21 15 6 .714 0 40:00
James Reimer 6 6 0 1.000 0 20:00
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault W (10-13-2) 21 20 1 .952 0 60:00