Buffalo Sabres at Montréal Canadiens

Tue, Dec 17, 2024 · Centre Bell · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–1 on Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at Centre Bell. Patrik Laine scored a hat trick. Samuel Montembeault made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	0	1	21
MTL	2	4	0	6	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:19	MTL	EV	Joel Armia (5) · snap	Jake Evans (11), Emil Heineman (4)	0–1
1st	06:26	MTL	PP	Patrik Laine (4) · snap	Nick Suzuki (20), Juraj Slafkovský (14)	0–2
2nd	03:43	BUF	EV	Dylan Cozens (7) · snap	JJ Peterka (13), Owen Power (16)	1–2
2nd	05:54	MTL	EV	Juraj Slafkovský (3) · snap	Cole Caufield (11), David Savard (6)	1–3
2nd	09:45	MTL	PP	Patrik Laine (5) · slap	Nick Suzuki (21), Lane Hutson (20)	1–4
2nd	10:55	MTL	PP	Patrik Laine (6) · snap	Cole Caufield (12), Lane Hutson (21)	1–5
2nd	19:15	MTL	EV	Josh Anderson (6) · snap	Christian Dvorak (8), Brendan Gallagher (7)	1–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:06	BUF	Zach Benson	holding	2
1st	09:35	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	interference	2
1st	12:16	MTL	David Savard	tripping	2
2nd	08:02	BUF	Bowen Byram	slashing	2
2nd	09:30	BUF	Alex Tuch	high sticking	2
2nd	10:11	BUF	Dylan Cozens	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	11:47	MTL	Alex Newhook	roughing	2
3rd	03:26	MTL	Lane Hutson	cross checking	2
3rd	04:34	MTL	Joel Armia	hooking	2
3rd	16:34	BUF	Dennis Gilbert	tripping	2
3rd	19:20	MTL	Joel Armia	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.97 · MTL 2.50 · xG% BUF 54.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0		23:39	29
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		17:55	19
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	4	1	33.3	16:48	23
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		24:11	31
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	3	1	2		20:39	31
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		18:19	23
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		17:19	21
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1		17:14	21
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	55.6	17:08	21
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1		14:34	25
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1		14:18	21
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	50.0	13:59	21
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	60.0	13:54	19
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	64.3	12:53	20
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		12:35	20
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		12:00	17
8	Dennis Gilbert	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	1		11:55	19
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		11:12	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	21	15	6	.714	40:00
47	James Reimer		6	6	0	1.000	20:00

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Patrik Laine	L	3	0	3	-1	0	5	0	0	100.0	13:12	15
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2		18:30	18
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0		14:35	17
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	2	58.8	14:32	18
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	0		14:13	16
28	Christian Dvorak	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	3	31.3	17:57	23
17	Josh Anderson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		16:17	18
58	David Savard	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	1		16:10	18
71	Jake Evans	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	44.4	15:54	18
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		15:13	17
51	Emil Heineman	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0		14:28	17
40	Joel Armia	R	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0		11:50	18
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4		24:40	24
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		20:18	21
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	7		20:15	22
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	50.0	15:47	17
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	50.0	14:02	15
52	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		13:27	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	21	20	1	.952	60:00