Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Thu, Jan 4, 2024 · Centre Bell · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

6 – 1

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–1 on Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at Centre Bell. Tage Thompson scored twice. Devon Levi made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	4	6	38
MTL	0	1	0	1	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	05:33	BUF	PP	Casey Mittelstadt (11) · wrist	Jeff Skinner (13), Rasmus Dahlin (20)	1–0
2nd	06:59	BUF	PP	Jeff Skinner (16) · wrist	Alex Tuch (16), Tage Thompson (12)	2–0
2nd	13:19	MTL	SH	Joel Armia (5) · wrist	Unassisted	2–1
3rd	06:45	BUF	EV	Jack Quinn (4) · wrist	JJ Peterka (14), Connor Clifton (10)	3–1
3rd	08:35	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (11) · tip-in	Jeff Skinner (14), Alex Tuch (17)	4–1
3rd	14:31	BUF	SH EN	Rasmus Dahlin (11) · wrist	Mattias Samuelsson (5), Casey Mittelstadt (22)	5–1
3rd	18:32	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (12) · wrist	Jeff Skinner (15), Jack Quinn (1)	6–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	13:16	MTL	Joel Armia	hooking	2
1st	15:19	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	05:00	MTL	David Savard	slashing	2
2nd	06:14	MTL	Mitchell Stephens	interference	2
2nd	12:14	MTL	Michael Pezzetta	tripping	2
2nd	17:59	BUF	Dylan Cozens	tripping	2
3rd	13:19	BUF	Dylan Cozens	roughing	2
3rd	13:19	MTL	David Savard	roughing	2
3rd	13:19	MTL	Mike Matheson	roughing	2
3rd	13:19	BUF	Dylan Cozens	roughing	2
3rd	14:43	BUF	Zach Benson	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 4.12 · MTL 4.13 · xG% BUF 50.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	3	4	+1	0	4	0	0	25.0	15:57	20
72	Tage Thompson	C	2	1	3	+1	0	4	1	1	40.0	17:28	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	1	2	0	0	4	2	2		21:17	31
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	1	1	56.5	17:46	24
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	0		16:23	21
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	1		13:26	21
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	5	5	0		21:32	24
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	4	3		19:32	26
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		11:28	18
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1	50.0	18:39	20
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1		17:54	24
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1		17:38	22
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	50.0	17:09	20
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	3		17:07	22
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	+1	6	2	2	2	10.0	14:40	21
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:16	16
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	100.0	11:58	17
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	87.5	11:52	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
27	Devon Levi	W	33	32	1	.970	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
40	Joel Armia	R	1	1	0	2	3	1	0		15:12	21
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	52.6	23:18	25
22	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	100.0	20:28	23
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		19:57	20
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		19:46	24
91	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	55.6	19:00	23
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		18:54	20
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		17:45	17
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		17:05	20
52	Justin Barron	D	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		16:47	18
58	David Savard	D	0	0	-1	4	0	2	5		16:45	19
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1	53.8	16:30	20
54	Jordan Harris	D	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		15:34	16
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		15:32	19
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	-2	0	5	2	0		13:28	16
13	Mitchell Stephens	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50.0	11:04	17
55	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	-1	2	2	7	0		10:04	14
26	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4		8:07	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jake Allen	L	37	32	5	.865	59:26