National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 4, Buffalo 3
Monday, March 3, 2025 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, March 3, 2025
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Jake Brenk, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps, CJ Murray
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 01203
Montreal 30014
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
9:42 - Canadiens Cole Caufield (PP) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Lane Hutson
11:41 - Canadiens Nick Suzuki (SH) Assists: Mike Matheson
13:42 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (PP) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Lane Hutson
Penalties
1:57 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Roughing
 8:22 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Slashing
 10:03 - Canadiens Christian Dvorak (2) Roughing
 10:03 - Canadiens Alexandre Carrier (2) Roughing
 10:03 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Roughing
 12:37 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Interference
 14:24 - Sabres JJ Peterka (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
18:07 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Dennis Gilbert
Penalties
4:10 - Canadiens Alex Newhook (2) Goaltender interference
 14:32 - Canadiens Jayden Struble (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
3:24 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Jacob Bryson
18:59 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Jiri Kulich
Penalties
9:38 - Canadiens Alex Newhook (2) Tripping
 14:42 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Interference
Overtime
Scoring
1:21 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (EV) Assists: Juraj Slafkovsky , Nick Suzuki
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:24
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 +2 2 1 24:59
Dennis Gilbert D 0 1 1 E 0 0 11:40
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 11:31
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17:05
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 0 11:14
Jiri Kulich C 0 1 1 +1 0 15:13
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 14:16
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 E 2 4 17:19
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21:10
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 +2 6 6 25:34
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12:04
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 13:08
Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 18:36
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14:45
JJ Peterka RW 0 2 2 +1 2 6 20:22
Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16:11
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 0 3 9:46
Alex Tuch RW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 21:42
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 61:03
Jakub Dobes G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Mike Matheson D 1 1 2 E 0 1 28:22
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12:56
Cole Caufield RW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 17:44
Nick Suzuki C 1 3 4 -1 0 4 20:11
Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 E 4 2 13:14
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15:28
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 1 1 2 E 0 3 17:29
Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 E 2 1 15:48
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18:51
Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 20:51
Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 E 2 0 15:18
Lane Hutson D 0 2 2 E 0 0 19:11
Emil Heineman LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13:20
David Savard D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17:05
Owen Beck C 0 0 0 E 0 0 7:49
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16:33
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 13:08
Patrik Laine RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13:03
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer L (2-7-2) 20 16 4 .800 0 60:24
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault W (22-21-3) 36 33 3 .917 0 61:03