National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 4, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 1, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Chris Lee, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Brandon Grillo
Attendance: 18361
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 0314
Buffalo 0202
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
6:32 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Interference
 18:28 - Canadiens Alexandre Carrier (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:13 - Canadiens Cole Caufield (PP) Assists: Patrik Laine , Nick Suzuki
6:04 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Jacob Bryson
7:33 - Sabres Jiri Kulich (EV) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , JJ Peterka
13:33 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (EV) Assists: Christian Dvorak , Lane Hutson
19:57 - Canadiens Alex Newhook (EV) Assists: Mike Matheson , Lane Hutson
Penalties
0:39 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Slashing
 14:35 - Canadiens Alexandre Carrier (2) High sticking
 14:52 - Sabres JJ Peterka (2) Interference
 19:24 - Canadiens Jayden Struble (2) Roughing
 19:24 - Sabres Beck Malenstyn (2) Goaltender interference
3rd Period
Scoring
18:22 - Canadiens Jake Evans (EV) (EN) Assists: Christian Dvorak
Penalties
12:08 - Sabres Jordan Greenway (2) Roughing
 12:08 - Canadiens Arber Xhekaj (2) Roughing
 19:02 - Canadiens Jayden Struble (2) Roughing
 19:02 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Roughing
 19:02 - Sabres Jordan Greenway (2) Cross checking
 19:02 - Sabres JJ Peterka (10) Misconduct
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jakub Dobes G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 53:54 3:49 2:17 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 31 26:34 22:24 1:53 2:17 0 0 1 4 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 19 13:58 13:10 0:48 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 22 17:58 15:02 2:56 0:00 1 0 2 1 1 0 100
Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 E 0 3 25 20:29 17:10 3:01 0:18 0 0 - 1 12 9 57
Alex Newhook C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 18 13:41 12:53 0:48 0:00 0 0 2 1 3 2 60
Josh Anderson RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 22 14:41 13:20 0:00 1:21 0 0 2 1 - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 15:47 13:03 2:44 0:00 0 0 5 1 - - -
Christian Dvorak C 0 2 2 +1 0 4 22 16:27 15:03 0:00 1:24 0 0 1 1 9 8 53
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:18 11:45 0:48 0:45 0 0 1 - - - -
Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 +1 4 2 31 20:21 20:11 0:10 0:00 0 0 - 3 - - -
Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 22 17:17 17:05 0:12 0:00 0 0 4 3 - - -
Lane Hutson D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 25 21:58 19:14 2:44 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Emil Heineman LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 10:29 9:41 0:48 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
David Savard D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 15:35 13:51 0:00 1:44 0 0 - 3 - - -
Owen Beck C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 9:43 9:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 3 1 75
Jake Evans C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 21 16:14 15:28 0:00 0:46 0 0 3 2 11 8 58
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 E 2 0 20 16:05 15:22 0:10 0:33 0 0 2 2 - - -
Patrik Laine RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 14 11:25 9:22 2:03 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
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 58:41 52:35 2:17 3:49 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 29 22:07 20:40 0:40 0:47 0 0 - 3 - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 7:20 7:20 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 10:32 8:43 0:33 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 E 4 2 24 16:18 15:02 0:00 1:16 0 0 3 - - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:09 10:54 0:00 1:15 0 0 2 - 3 2 60
Jiri Kulich C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 22 15:39 15:06 0:33 0:00 0 0 - 1 2 8 20
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 14:51 13:07 1:44 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 16:55 14:10 0:00 2:45 0 0 1 - - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 26 17:44 17:11 0:33 0:00 0 0 7 - 8 8 50
Owen Power D 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 19:30 18:40 0:33 0:17 0 0 - 2 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 27 24:44 23:00 1:44 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 13 8:51 7:33 0:00 1:18 0 0 2 2 - - -
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 16:35 14:42 0:08 1:45 0 0 - - 3 13 19
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 27 20:17 18:41 1:36 0:00 0 0 2 2 11 8 58
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 12:18 9:33 0:00 2:45 0 0 1 4 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 +1 12 1 23 20:01 18:17 1:44 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 E 0 1 24 15:34 14:30 0:00 1:04 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 26 20:22 17:57 1:37 0:48 0 0 3 1 1 0 100
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jakub Dobes W (6-2-1) 25 23 2 .920 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (20-17-4) 28 25 3 .893 0 58:41