Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens
On the ice
BUF shoots leftMTL shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 8 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| MTL | 9 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
In net
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen29/31 SV, .935
Sam Montembeault20/23 SV, .870| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MTL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Who won: Sabres 3-2
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 2-2. The Sabres outscored the Canadiens 3-1 in the 2nd period. Zemgus Girgensons led the Sabres in goals (1). Arber Xhekaj led the Canadiens in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh AndersonRW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:43 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 13:14 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Joel ArmiaRW | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13:37 | 0:00 | 3:05 | 10:32 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole CaufieldRW | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:50 | 4:55 | 0:01 | 15:54 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake EvansC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 | 0:04 | 3:04 | 11:57 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan GallagherRW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 | 1:10 | 0:00 | 12:29 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon GignacC | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:58 | 0:21 | 0:27 | 10:10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex NewhookC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:10 | 5:14 | 0:00 | 12:56 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner PearsonLW | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12:58 | 1:05 | 0:56 | 10:57 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua RoyRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:27 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 9:36 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj SlafkovskyLW | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 21:30 | 5:19 | 0:00 | 16:11 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 22:12 | 5:16 | 0:35 | 16:21 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse YlonenRW | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiden GuhleD | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:45 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 18:06 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 | 0:00 | 1:27 | 14:01 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike MathesonD | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 25:13 | 5:26 | 1:49 | 17:58 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| David SavardD | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18:13 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 16:28 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden StrubleD | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 14:07 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber XhekajD | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18:52 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 17:54 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam MontembeaultG | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .870 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 58:15 | 0 | 0 |
