National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 3, Buffalo 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, October 23, 2023
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Furman South
Linesmen: Mitch Hunt, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 13507
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 1023
Buffalo 1001
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:56 - Canadiens Justin Barron (EV) Assists: Arber Xhekaj , Sean Monahan
7:13 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (PP) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Rasmus Dahlin
Penalties
7:05 - Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (2) Tripping
 14:51 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) Boarding
 17:06 - Canadiens Bench (2) Too many men on ice
2nd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
5:42 - Canadiens Arber Xhekaj (2) Roughing
 14:47 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) Slashing
 19:04 - Canadiens Justin Barron (2) Cross checking
3rd Period
Scoring
3:31 - Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (EV) Assists: David Savard , Tanner Pearson
16:53 - Canadiens Tanner Pearson (PP) Assists: Brendan Gallagher , Alex Newhook
Penalties
10:16 - Canadiens Sean Monahan (2) Tripping
 14:57 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Cross checking
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 60:00 45:56 5:56 8:08 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 24 24:06 14:30 4:06 5:30 0 0 2 1 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 1 1 2 +2 2 2 15 11:14 9:30 1:44 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 19:03 13:56 4:33 0:34 0 0 2 - 3 7 30
Alex Newhook C 0 1 1 E 0 0 16 14:46 12:50 1:53 0:03 0 0 1 1 3 9 25
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 15:10 11:18 3:52 0:00 0 0 5 1 - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 14:36 13:18 1:18 0:00 0 0 3 2 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 17:34 13:40 3:54 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 20:24 17:36 0:11 2:37 0 0 1 - - - -
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 15:38 13:10 0:00 2:28 0 0 2 2 - - -
Justin Barron D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 20 15:49 15:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jordan Harris D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 18:33 15:34 0:00 2:59 0 0 - 1 - - -
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12 8:56 8:51 0:05 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
Jesse Ylonen RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 12:50 9:51 0:11 2:48 0 0 - - 1 0 100
David Savard D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 19 16:54 11:44 0:00 5:10 0 0 - 5 - - -
Tanner Pearson LW 1 1 2 +2 0 6 20 13:24 8:54 1:44 2:46 1 0 4 1 - - -
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 15:29 10:54 0:13 4:22 0 0 2 - 7 4 64
Arber Xhekaj D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 22 18:48 16:55 1:53 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Sean Monahan C 0 1 1 +2 2 1 21 18:38 11:20 4:03 3:15 0 0 - - 14 6 70
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Comrie G 0 0 0 0 0 56:53 42:49 8:08 5:56 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16 13:57 9:29 0:00 4:28 0 0 1 1 - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 15:58 15:53 0:05 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 15:18 12:26 0:00 2:52 0 0 2 - - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 E 0 3 13 10:01 9:45 0:16 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 3 50
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 17 14:09 11:29 1:40 1:00 0 0 1 1 4 4 50
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 16 11:21 10:08 0:13 1:00 0 0 1 - 0 4 0
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 18:19 14:27 0:00 3:52 0 0 5 3 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 E 0 5 18 20:05 13:51 6:10 0:04 0 0 2 - 4 5 44
Owen Power D 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 20:48 17:36 1:42 1:30 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 27 26:12 19:20 6:52 0:00 0 0 5 1 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:09 9:09 0:14 2:46 0 0 1 - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 15:28 13:48 1:40 0:00 0 0 - 1 7 6 54
Jeff Skinner LW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 20 20:09 13:59 6:10 0:00 1 0 1 - - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13 11:52 10:23 1:29 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 E 0 5 22 22:16 14:09 6:15 1:52 0 0 2 - 8 4 67
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 15:52 13:48 0:00 2:04 0 0 4 2 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 16 13:28 11:08 2:20 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 21 19:49 11:59 5:34 2:16 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jake Allen W (5-10-3) 37 36 1 .973 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Eric Comrie L (1-5-0) 27 24 3 .889 0 56:53