Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Wed, Feb 21, 2024 · Centre Bell · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 2

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at Centre Bell. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	3	0	3	23
MTL	1	1	0	2	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:41	MTL	EV	Arber Xhekaj (3) · slap	Joshua Roy (3), David Savard (9)	0–1
2nd	04:20	BUF	EV	Zemgus Girgensons (5) · tip-in	Henri Jokiharju (10), Rasmus Dahlin (29)	1–1
2nd	06:35	MTL	EV	Jayden Struble (3) · wrist	Joshua Roy (4), Alex Newhook (8)	1–2
2nd	09:28	BUF	PP	Jeff Skinner (18) · wrist	Dylan Cozens (23), Tage Thompson (17)	2–2
2nd	18:08	BUF	SH	Alex Tuch (16) · wrist	Unassisted	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:10	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt	tripping	2
1st	05:26	MTL	Mike Matheson	boarding	2
1st	05:26	BUF	Jordan Greenway	roughing	2
1st	05:26	MTL	Josh Anderson	roughing	2
1st	17:10	BUF	Henri Jokiharju	slashing	2
2nd	08:40	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	holding	2
2nd	12:11	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	holding	2
2nd	16:56	BUF	Tage Thompson	tripping	2
3rd	18:26	BUF	Tage Thompson	slashing	2
3rd	19:34	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.08 · MTL 2.61 · xG% BUF 44.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2		29:10	31
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	4		22:47	29
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0	33.3	18:43	20
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2		18:14	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	0	4	4	0	0	44.4	17:47	19
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		17:02	20
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	20.0	11:24	13
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0		19:04	19
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		17:55	26
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		17:35	23
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	1		17:05	19
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:19	15
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		13:44	14
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	44.4	12:45	18
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	50.0	11:54	14
38	Kale Clague	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		11:53	12
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3		11:29	13
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		9:36	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Joshua Roy	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0		11:27	17
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	1	0	1	+1	0	4	4	1		18:52	17
58	David Savard	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		18:13	18
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	62.5	18:10	18
47	Jayden Struble	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	1		14:35	13
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	5		25:13	18
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	75.0	22:12	20
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-1	6	1	1	0		21:30	20
22	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	1		20:50	20
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4		20:45	19
54	Jordan Harris	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:28	17
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	58.3	15:05	19
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	+2	2	4	1	0		14:43	17
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	13:39	17
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:37	16
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	100.0	12:58	14
74	Brandon Gignac	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	60.0	10:58	12
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		8:16	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	L	23	20	3	.870	58:15