Montréal Canadiens 3 — 1 Buffalo Sabres
2023-10-23 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | 14 | 13 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Comrie start | BUF | L | 24 | 27 | 3 | 15/17 | 6/7 | 3/3 | 56:53 |
| Jake Allen start | MTL | W | 36 | 37 | 1 | 26/26 | 10/11 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Pearson | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13:24 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:14 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18:48 |
| David Savard | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16:54 |
| Sean Monahan | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 |
| Justin Barron | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:49 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:46 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:03 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14:36 |
| Rafael Harvey-Pinard | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15:38 |
| Michael Pezzetta | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 08:56 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15:10 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24:06 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 |
| Jesse Ylonen | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 |
| Jordan Harris | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:33 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:24 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:29 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Cozens | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:05 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 26:12 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:09 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:16 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:28 |
| Tyson Jost | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:01 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:49 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:52 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:18 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:48 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15:52 |
| Erik Johnson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:21 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:58 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18:19 |
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 |