Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, October 23, 2015 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-2 on Friday, October 23, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 36-26.
Dale Weise scored twice and Brendan Gallagher scored twice. Matt Moulson, Ryan O'Reilly, Torrey Mitchell, Andrei Markov and Max Pacioretty also scored.
Mike Condon made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 19 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dale Weise (2)P.K. Subban (6), Tomas Fleischmann (2)1–014:35 MTL
2nd period
Brendan Gallagher (2)Tomas Plekanec (2), P.K. Subban (7)2–000:45 MTL
Matt Moulson (2)Sam Reinhart (2), Cody Franson (1)2–104:49 BUF
Ryan O'Reilly (2)Cody Franson (2)2–211:04 BUF · PPG
Torrey Mitchell (3)P.K. Subban (8), Andrei Markov (5)3–213:31 MTL
Andrei Markov (1)Tomas Plekanec (3)4–218:22 MTL · PPG
3rd period
- Brendan Gallagher (3)Max Pacioretty (3), Andrei Markov (6)5–200:27 MTL · PPG
Max Pacioretty (6)Andrei Markov (7), Tomas Plekanec (4)6–211:11 MTL- Dale Weise (3)Andrei Markov (8), David Desharnais (5)7–215:23 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
26Shots on goal36
59%Faceoff %41%
2/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
11Hits20
14Blocked shots14
4Giveaways9
0Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 05:03
Alexander Semin · slashing2 min - 2nd 10:59Tomas Fleischmann · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:18
Tyler Ennis · roughing2 min - 2nd 19:11Josh Gorges · interference2 min
- 3rd 02:54P.K. Subban · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:40Cody Franson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:33Nathan Beaulieu · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 1 | 4 | 5 | +4 | 3 | 23:16 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | 23:23 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 15Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:58 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 13Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 21Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 32Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:55 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Mike CondonG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 59:48 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:40 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:28 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 17:49 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:36 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 08:56 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 09:49 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:00 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 26 | 19 | 7 | .731 | 59:58 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |