Buffalo Sabres 3 — 4 Montréal Canadiens
2025-03-03 · Centre Bell · OT
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | MTL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | 13 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Montembeault start | MTL | W | 33 | 36 | 3 | 24/27 | 8/8 | 1/1 | 61:03 |
| James Reimer start | BUF | O | 16 | 20 | 4 | 13/14 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 60:24 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Peterka | R | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25:34 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:36 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17:19 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:42 |
| Dennis Gilbert | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11:40 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:11 |
| Jiri Kulich | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:13 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:16 |
| Sam Lafferty | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:46 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:31 |
| Owen Power | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21:10 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:59 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:05 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14:45 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:14 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:04 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Suzuki | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:11 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:29 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 28:22 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19:11 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:44 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:08 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:14 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20:51 |
| Patrik Laine | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:48 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16:33 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| David Savard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| Joel Armia | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:51 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15:18 |
| Owen Beck | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 07:49 |
| Emil Heineman | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:20 |
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 |