National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 3, Montreal 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Kilian McNamara
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0303
Montreal 1102
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
12:41 - Canadiens Arber Xhekaj (EV) Assists: Joshua Roy , David Savard
Penalties
4:10 - Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (2) Tripping
 5:26 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (2) Boarding
 5:26 - Sabres Jordan Greenway (2) Roughing
 5:26 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (2) Roughing
 17:10 - Sabres Henri Jokiharju (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
4:20 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (EV) Assists: Henri Jokiharju , Rasmus Dahlin
6:35 - Canadiens Jayden Struble (EV) Assists: Joshua Roy , Alex Newhook
9:28 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (PP) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Tage Thompson
18:08 - Sabres Alex Tuch (SH) Unassisted
Penalties
8:40 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (2) Holding
 12:11 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (2) Holding
 16:56 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
18:26 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Slashing
 19:34 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (2) Hooking
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 60:00 49:32 4:04 6:24 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Comrie G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 17:05 12:15 0:00 4:50 0 0 5 1 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 14:19 11:40 0:00 2:39 0 0 1 - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 29 22:47 21:20 0:57 0:30 0 0 1 4 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 19:04 13:12 0:58 4:54 0 0 2 - 0 2 0
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 11:54 11:43 0:11 0:00 0 0 2 1 4 4 50
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 13 11:29 10:32 0:57 0:00 0 0 2 3 0 2 0
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 20 18:43 12:11 2:48 3:44 0 0 2 - 4 8 33
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 31 29:10 21:17 3:23 4:30 0 0 1 2 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 13 11:24 11:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 4 20
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 18 12:45 11:40 1:05 0:00 0 0 1 - 4 5 44
Kale Clague D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 11:53 11:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 12 9:36 9:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 1 0 1 E 0 3 20 17:02 14:29 2:33 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 E 4 4 19 17:47 14:48 2:59 0:00 0 0 - - 4 5 44
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 17:35 15:42 0:00 1:53 0 0 1 1 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14 13:44 12:10 1:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 17:55 16:49 0:00 1:06 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 22 18:14 13:49 2:55 1:30 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 58:15 48:55 5:16 4:04 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -1 2 4 18 25:13 17:58 5:26 1:49 0 0 - 5 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:39 12:29 1:10 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 20 22:12 16:21 5:16 0:35 0 0 - - 15 5 75
Alex Newhook C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 18 18:10 12:56 5:14 0:00 0 0 - 1 5 3 62
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 +2 2 4 17 14:43 13:14 1:29 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 6 1 20 21:30 16:11 5:19 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 20:45 18:06 0:00 2:39 0 0 - 4 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 20 20:50 15:54 4:55 0:01 0 0 - 1 - - -
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 13:37 10:32 0:00 3:05 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jayden Struble D 1 0 1 E 0 1 13 14:35 14:07 0:00 0:28 0 0 4 1 - - -
Jordan Harris D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 15:28 14:01 0:00 1:27 0 0 - - - - -
Jesse Ylonen RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11 8:16 8:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
David Savard D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18 18:13 16:28 0:00 1:45 0 0 2 1 - - -
Tanner Pearson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 12:58 10:57 1:05 0:56 0 0 - 3 1 0 100
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 15:05 11:57 0:04 3:04 0 0 1 1 7 5 58
Arber Xhekaj D 1 0 1 +1 0 4 17 18:52 17:54 0:58 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Brandon Gignac C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 10:58 10:10 0:21 0:27 0 0 1 1 3 2 60
Joshua Roy RW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 17 11:27 9:36 1:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W (19-16-3) 31 29 2 .935 0 60:00
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault L (13-10-5) 23 20 3 .870 0 58:15