National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, Montreal 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, October 14, 2021
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Frederick L'Ecuyer, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Devin Berg, Ben O'Quinn
Attendance: 8467
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 0101
Buffalo 2215
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:40 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (PP) Assists: Jacob Bryson , Colin Miller
17:35 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (EV) Assists: Colin Miller , Cody Eakin
Penalties
5:24 - Canadiens Cedric Paquette (2) High sticking
 8:27 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Interference
 18:07 - Canadiens Chris Wideman (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
9:33 - Canadiens Chris Wideman (EV) Assists: Joel Armia , Mathieu Perreault
17:05 - Sabres Victor Olofsson (PP) Assists: Jacob Bryson , Jeff Skinner
19:04 - Sabres Anders Bjork (EV) Assists: Zemgus Girgensons , Vinnie Hinostroza
Penalties
2:47 - Sabres Henri Jokiharju (2) Holding
 4:21 - Sabres Cody Eakin (2) Tripping
 10:24 - Canadiens Jonathan Drouin (2) Hooking
 14:41 - Canadiens Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 15:54 - Canadiens Ben Chiarot (2) Hooking
 19:29 - Sabres Robert Hagg (2) Holding the stick
3rd Period
Scoring
4:29 - Sabres Tage Thompson (PP) Assists: Jeff Skinner , Victor Olofsson
Penalties
3:25 - Canadiens Ben Chiarot (2) Tripping
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 43:42 7:34 8:44 0 0 - - - - -
Ben Chiarot D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 21 20:37 15:43 0:00 4:54 0 0 2 1 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 14:13 10:46 3:27 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Cedric Paquette C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 17 9:18 7:32 0:00 1:46 0 0 2 1 2 5 29
Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 17:07 11:25 4:11 1:31 0 0 1 - 10 7 59
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 24 17:22 13:21 3:37 0:24 0 0 3 - - - -
Chris Wideman D 1 0 1 +1 2 3 21 15:12 12:03 3:09 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 16:39 12:42 3:57 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 22:43 14:28 4:25 3:50 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Romanov D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 21 18:52 15:54 0:01 2:57 0 0 1 - - - -
Christian Dvorak LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 27 20:02 13:51 3:35 2:36 0 0 - 1 10 8 56
Joel Armia RW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 18 11:34 8:08 1:15 2:11 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
David Savard D 0 0 0 E 0 4 21 20:20 14:31 0:02 5:47 0 0 1 1 - - -
Artturi Lehkonen LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 13:38 9:49 0:00 3:49 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 14:49 11:48 0:02 2:59 0 0 3 2 6 7 46
Tyler Toffoli RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 21 15:13 9:51 3:57 1:25 0 0 2 - - - -
Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 14:48 14:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Mathieu Perreault LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 10:59 8:40 2:19 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 0 0 -2 2 2 23 17:03 13:10 3:53 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Dustin Tokarski G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Anderson G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57 43:39 8:44 7:34 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Hagg D 0 0 0 E 2 3 24 19:41 16:19 0:00 3:22 0 0 1 6 - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 E 2 0 24 16:39 14:39 0:10 1:50 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 19:52 16:10 0:00 3:42 0 0 - 3 - - -
Cody Eakin C 0 1 1 E 2 4 20 13:50 12:17 0:03 1:30 0 0 2 1 8 4 67
Kyle Okposo RW 1 0 1 +1 0 5 22 15:53 11:10 2:24 2:19 1 0 1 - 4 3 57
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 14:30 10:52 3:38 0:00 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 25 19:43 12:36 6:42 0:25 0 0 - 3 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 19 15:16 8:58 3:01 3:17 0 0 1 1 2 5 29
Vinnie Hinostroza LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 18 16:13 16:10 0:03 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Colin Miller D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 28 20:28 14:12 2:24 3:52 0 0 2 1 - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 9:07 7:09 1:58 0:00 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Jeff Skinner LW 0 2 2 E 0 2 20 19:38 13:28 6:10 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Victor Olofsson LW 1 1 2 E 0 5 16 15:29 9:12 6:17 0:00 1 0 - 1 - - -
Tage Thompson RW 1 0 1 E 0 4 17 17:05 10:42 6:04 0:19 1 0 - - 6 5 55
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 14:14 10:07 2:44 1:23 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jacob Bryson D 0 2 2 +1 0 0 26 18:29 13:41 2:02 2:46 0 0 1 - - - -
Drake Caggiula LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 12:20 10:08 0:00 2:12 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Anders Bjork LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 18 13:36 10:43 0:00 2:53 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault L (8-18-6) 36 31 5 .861 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Craig Anderson W (17-12-2) 31 30 1 .968 0 59:57