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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 3, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 9, 2023
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, CJ Murray
Attendance: 17123
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Montreal 0201SO3
Buffalo 00202
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
9:44 - Canadiens Johnathan Kovacevic (2) Tripping
 15:15 - Canadiens Cayden Primeau (2) Tripping
 16:40 - Canadiens Kaiden Guhle (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
12:59 - Canadiens Jayden Struble (EV) Assists: Johnathan Kovacevic
13:13 - Canadiens Nick Suzuki (PP) Assists: Mike Matheson , Sean Monahan
Penalties
3:02 - Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (2) Interference
 11:00 - Canadiens Kaiden Guhle (2) Roughing
 11:00 - Sabres Eric Robinson (5) Boarding
 11:00 - Sabres Eric Robinson (10) Game misconduct
 17:13 - Canadiens Gustav Lindstrom (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
1:06 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson
6:36 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (EV) Assists: Connor Clifton
Penalties
13:58 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Interference
 15:44 - Sabres Connor Clifton (5) Fighting
 15:44 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (5) Fighting
 18:54 - Canadiens Christian Dvorak (2) Tripping
Overtime
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
None.
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 2 0 64:37 48:12 7:00 9:25 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 E 0 2 28 29:48 18:41 4:43 6:24 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 12:52 10:10 2:42 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Mitchell Stephens C 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 7:54 5:44 0:06 2:04 0 0 - - 0 4 0
Nick Suzuki C 1 0 1 E 0 3 24 22:26 17:48 4:09 0:29 1 0 1 - 12 6 67
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 21 16:58 14:34 2:24 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 5 2 19 18:10 13:40 4:30 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 26 22:03 19:16 0:32 2:15 0 0 1 5 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 0 0 E 0 9 24 21:47 17:26 4:21 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 26 20:50 15:29 0:00 5:21 0 0 1 1 - - -
Gustav Lindstrom D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 15:09 15:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 E 2 3 24 17:21 11:30 2:28 3:23 0 0 - - 10 6 62
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 14:33 9:35 0:03 4:55 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jayden Struble D 1 0 1 E 0 1 18 14:27 12:41 0:00 1:46 0 0 3 - - - -
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 21:30 16:09 2:18 3:03 0 0 2 2 - - -
Jesse Ylonen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:44 7:20 2:13 0:11 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tanner Pearson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 6 2:50 2:33 0:00 0:17 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -1 0 24 21:21 15:44 0:00 5:37 0 0 - 1 2 3 40
Sean Monahan C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 22 18:40 13:43 4:31 0:26 0 0 - - 6 3 67
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 65:00 48:35 9:25 7:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Comrie G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 11:01 7:27 0:00 3:34 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 18:37 13:21 3:11 2:05 0 0 1 - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 25 20:46 19:50 0:33 0:23 0 0 1 - - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 12 9:03 5:34 0:00 3:29 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 11:15 8:51 0:00 2:24 0 0 1 - 4 9 31
Kyle Okposo RW 1 0 1 E 0 6 22 15:28 9:59 3:25 2:04 0 0 3 1 2 2 50
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 E 2 2 24 22:46 19:37 0:08 3:01 0 0 2 - - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 22 18:50 13:52 4:58 0:00 0 0 2 - 5 4 56
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 23:54 20:46 3:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 0 5 28 29:28 21:08 6:08 2:12 0 0 8 1 - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 +1 0 5 25 27:01 19:39 5:56 1:26 0 0 1 1 10 11 48
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 E 15 2 9 6:32 5:17 0:00 1:15 0 0 1 - - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 1 0 1 +1 0 7 23 23:25 17:29 5:56 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Isak Rosen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 6 4:12 4:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 11:36 8:05 3:31 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 28 24:03 17:09 5:43 1:11 0 0 3 - - - -
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 +1 5 1 16 13:21 8:25 0:00 4:56 0 0 1 5 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 E 0 5 22 19:42 16:08 3:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cayden Primeau W (5-5-1) 48 46 2 .958 2 64:37
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devon Levi L (9-7-2) 31 29 2 .935 0 65:00
Shootout
MON Score Score BUF
Nick Suzuki Tage Thompson
Cole Caufield Victor Olofsson
Jesse Ylonen Owen Power
Juraj Slafkovsky JJ Peterka
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