Montréal Canadiens 3 — 0 Buffalo Sabres
2018-03-23 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 11 | 10 |
| 3 | 7 | 14 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark start | BUF | L | 21 | 22 | 1 | 19/20 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 58:49 |
| Antti Niemi start | MTL | W | 35 | 35 | 0 | 29/29 | 5/5 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Byron | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:02 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| Jacob de la Rose | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:46 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:35 |
| Charles Hudon | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:27 |
| Jonathan Drouin | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 |
| Alex Galchenyuk | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:37 |
| Logan Shaw | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| Mike Reilly | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| Nikita Scherbak | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:43 |
| Noah Juulsen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:53 |
| Daniel Carr | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:09 |
| Jordie Benn | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| Jeff Petry | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24:56 |
| Karl Alzner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:09 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:48 |
| Byron Froese | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 |
| Brett Lernout | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14:26 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Reinhart | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:46 |
| Brendan Guhle | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:03 |
| Casey Nelson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:59 |
| Jordan Nolan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:44 |
| Scott Wilson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16:20 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:15 |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:08 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:42 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| Josh Gorges | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 |
| Victor Antipin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:10 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:36 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 26:36 |
| Nick Baptiste | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:48 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:06 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | BUF | 2 | OT |
| 2026-05-16 | 2025-26 | BUF | 8 | MTL | 3 | |
| 2026-05-14 | 2025-26 | MTL | 6 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2026-05-12 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-05-10 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | MTL | 6 | |
| 2026-05-08 | 2025-26 | MTL | 5 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2026-05-06 | 2025-26 | MTL | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2026-01-31 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2026-01-22 | 2025-26 | BUF | 4 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2026-01-15 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | BUF | 5 |