Buffalo Sabres 1 — 6 Montréal Canadiens
2024-12-17 · Centre Bell
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | MTL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | 6 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Montembeault start | MTL | W | 20 | 21 | 1 | 15/16 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 60:00 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | L | 15 | 21 | 6 | 12/15 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 40:00 |
| James Reimer | BUF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6/6 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 20:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Cozens | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16:48 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:39 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20:39 |
| Zach Benson | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:14 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:35 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14:18 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11:12 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:53 |
| Dennis Gilbert | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:55 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:19 |
| Jiri Kulich | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:59 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24:11 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12:00 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:19 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Laine | L | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18:30 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14:32 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17:57 |
| David Savard | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:10 |
| Joel Armia | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 |
| Emil Heineman | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:28 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:13 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 24:40 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:02 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:18 |
| Justin Barron | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:47 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20:15 |
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 |