Montréal Canadiens 4 — 2 Buffalo Sabres
2025-03-01 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | 7 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | L | 25 | 28 | 3 | 23/25 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 58:41 |
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | W | 23 | 25 | 2 | 19/21 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Dvorak | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16:27 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21:58 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:29 |
| Patrik Laine | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:25 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:41 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:58 |
| Jake Evans | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16:14 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 26:34 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:58 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20:21 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15:47 |
| Owen Beck | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 09:43 |
| Emil Heineman | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17:17 |
| Joel Armia | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 |
| David Savard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:35 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16:05 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24:44 |
| Jiri Kulich | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:22 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:34 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:01 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:30 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:07 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17:44 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:17 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:18 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 08:51 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:35 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12:18 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:51 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:09 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 |
| Dennis Gilbert | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:20 |
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 |