National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 3, Buffalo 2
Saturday, December 9, 2023 7:00 PM
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
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Cayden Primeau G 0 0 0 2 0 64:37
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 E 0 2 29:48
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12:52
Mitchell Stephens C 0 0 0 E 0 0 7:54
Nick Suzuki C 1 0 1 E 0 3 22:26
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 16:58
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 5 2 18:10
Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 22:03
Cole Caufield RW 0 0 0 E 0 9 21:47
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 20:50
Gustav Lindstrom D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 15:09
Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 E 2 3 17:21
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:33
Jayden Struble D 1 0 1 E 0 1 14:27
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21:30
Jesse Ylonen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9:44
Tanner Pearson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 2:50
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -1 0 21:21
Sean Monahan C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 18:40
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 65:00
Eric Comrie G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 11:01
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18:37
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 20:46
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 9:03
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 11:15
Kyle Okposo RW 1 0 1 E 0 6 15:28
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 E 2 2 22:46
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18:50
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23:54
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 0 5 29:28
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 +1 0 5 27:01
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 E 15 2 6:32
Jeff Skinner LW 1 0 1 +1 0 7 23:25
Isak Rosen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 4:12
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 11:36
Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 24:03
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 +1 5 1 13:21
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 E 0 5 19:42
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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