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Buffalo 6, Montreal 1

When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 4, 2024
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Beau Halkidis, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 21105

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	T
Buffalo	0	2	4	6
Montreal	0	1	0	1

Scoring/Penalty Summary

1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
13:16 - Canadiens Joel Armia (2) Hooking 15:19 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
2nd Period
Scoring
5:33 - Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (PP) Assists: Jeff Skinner , Rasmus Dahlin 6:59 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (PP) Assists: Alex Tuch , Tage Thompson 13:19 - Canadiens Joel Armia (SH) Unassisted
Penalties
5:00 - Canadiens David Savard (2) Slashing 6:14 - Canadiens Mitchell Stephens (2) Interference 12:14 - Canadiens Michael Pezzetta (2) Tripping 17:59 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
6:45 - Sabres Jack Quinn (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Connor Clifton 8:35 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Jeff Skinner , Alex Tuch 14:31 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) (EN) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson , Casey Mittelstadt 18:32 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Jeff Skinner , Jack Quinn
Penalties
13:19 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Roughing 13:19 - Canadiens David Savard (2) Roughing 13:19 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (2) Roughing 13:19 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Roughing 14:43 - Sabres Zach Benson (2) Delay of game

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	-	-	-	-	-
Devon Levi	G	0	0	0		0	0		60:00	48:42	5:18	6:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	E	0	0	24	17:54	13:42	0:00	4:12	0	0	5	1	-	-	-
Zach Benson	LW	0	0	0	E	2	2	20	17:09	14:09	2:18	0:42	0	0	1	1	1	1	50
Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	22	17:07	17:07	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	3	-	-	-
Jordan Greenway	LW	0	0	0	+1	0	1	20	18:39	14:45	0:00	3:54	0	0	3	1	1	1	50
Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	E	0	1	17	11:52	11:21	0:00	0:31	0	0	2	-	7	1	88
Jack Quinn	RW	1	1	2	+2	0	3	21	13:26	10:07	2:17	1:02	0	0	-	1	0	1	0
Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	5	24	21:32	17:13	0:00	4:19	0	0	5	-	-	-	-
Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	+1	6	2	21	14:40	11:09	2:09	1:22	0	0	2	2	1	9	10
Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	22	17:38	15:21	2:17	0:00	0	0	-	1	-	-	-
Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	1	2	E	0	4	31	21:17	16:19	3:09	1:49	0	0	2	2	-	-	-
Zemgus Girgensons	LW	0	0	0	E	0	1	17	11:58	10:58	0:00	1:00	0	0	3	-	1	0	100
Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	24	17:46	14:50	2:55	0:01	1	0	1	1	13	10	57
Jeff Skinner	LW	1	3	4	+1	0	4	20	15:57	12:55	3:02	0:00	1	0	-	-	1	3	25
Victor Olofsson	LW	0	0	0	E	0	1	16	12:16	12:16	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Tage Thompson	C	2	1	3	+1	0	4	22	17:28	12:14	3:06	2:08	0	0	1	1	4	6	40
Connor Clifton	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	26	19:32	17:52	0:00	1:40	0	0	4	3	-	-	-
JJ Peterka	RW	0	1	1	E	0	3	18	11:28	9:10	2:18	0:00	0	0	-	-	0	1	0
Alex Tuch	RW	0	2	2	+1	0	1	21	16:23	12:03	3:00	1:20	0	0	1	-	0	1	0

Montreal Canadiens

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Cayden Primeau	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Jake Allen	G	0	0	0		0	0		59:26	48:08	6:00	5:18	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	E	2	3	20	19:57	12:48	3:32	3:37	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Brendan Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	-2	0	2	19	15:32	13:04	2:28	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Mitchell Stephens	C	0	0	0	E	2	0	17	11:04	9:30	0:00	1:34	0	0	1	-	6	6	50
Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	25	23:18	17:15	5:05	0:58	0	0	-	-	10	9	53
Josh Anderson	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	3	20	17:05	14:37	2:28	0:00	0	0	-	1	-	-	-
Juraj Slafkovsky	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	2	24	19:46	16:14	3:32	0:00	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	20	18:54	17:27	0:00	1:27	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
Cole Caufield	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	2	23	20:28	16:56	3:32	0:00	0	0	1	-	1	0	100
Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	E	0	0	7	8:07	6:56	0:00	1:11	0	0	1	4	-	-	-
Joel Armia	RW	1	0	1	E	2	3	21	15:12	12:58	0:00	2:14	0	1	1	-	-	-	-
Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	17	17:45	17:32	0:00	0:13	0	0	3	-	-	-	-
Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	18	16:47	14:13	2:28	0:06	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Jordan Harris	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	16	15:34	14:33	0:00	1:01	0	0	-	1	-	-	-
Michael Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	-1	2	2	14	10:04	10:04	0:00	0:00	0	0	7	-	-	-	-
Jesse Ylonen	RW	0	0	0	-2	0	5	16	13:28	11:00	2:28	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
David Savard	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	19	16:45	13:42	0:00	3:03	0	0	2	5	-	-	-
Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	20	16:30	11:51	0:55	3:44	0	0	2	1	7	6	54
Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	23	19:00	13:24	3:32	2:04	0	0	1	-	10	8	56

Goaltending

Buffalo
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Devon Levi W (9-7-2)	33	32	1	.970	0	60:00

Montreal
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Jake Allen L (5-10-3)	37	32	5	.865	0	59:26