Montréal Canadiens 3 — 2 Buffalo Sabres
2023-12-09 · KeyBank Center · SO
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | 15 | 12 |
| 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Levi start | BUF | O | 29 | 31 | 2 | 21/22 | 6/7 | 2/2 | 65:00 |
| Cayden Primeau start | MTL | W | 46 | 48 | 2 | 36/38 | 10/10 | 0/0 | 64:37 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Suzuki | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:26 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29:48 |
| Sean Monahan | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:27 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:50 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:47 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:58 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:52 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:10 |
| Justin Barron | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:30 |
| Joel Armia | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| Gustav Lindstrom | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:09 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:21 |
| Mitchell Stephens | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:54 |
| Tanner Pearson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 02:50 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 22:03 |
| Jesse Ylonen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:44 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Skinner | L | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:25 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15:28 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:03 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13:21 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27:01 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 29:28 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:42 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:50 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| Eric Robinson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:32 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:46 |
| Tyson Jost | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:03 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:54 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| Erik Johnson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:37 |
| Isak Rosen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 04:12 |
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 |