Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, January 31, 2017 · Centre Bell
SNE · RDS · MSG-B
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 39-35.
Max Pacioretty scored a hat trick. David Desharnais, Paul Byron, Dmitry Kulikov and Brian Gionta also scored.
Carey Price made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 30 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Max Pacioretty (22)Alexander Radulov (26), Phillip Danault (16)0–117:27 MTL
2nd period
- Max Pacioretty (23)Alexander Radulov (27), Phillip Danault (17)0–207:48 MTL
David Desharnais (4)Sven Andrighetto (6)0–311:12 MTL
Paul Byron (14)Andrei Markov (20), Tomas Plekanec (16)0–418:38 MTL
3rd period
- Max Pacioretty (24)Unassisted0–503:24 MTL
Dmitry Kulikov (1)Cal O'Reilly (1)1–516:04 BUF
Brian Gionta (12)Cody Franson (12), Evander Kane (10)2–517:48 BUF · PPG
Team stats
BUFMTL
39Shots on goal35
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
31Hits16
21Blocked shots16
18Giveaways17
2Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 02:52
Taylor Fedun · tripping2 min - 1st 05:33
Greg Pateryn · holding2 min - 3rd 16:32Alexei Emelin · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 19:48Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 17:55 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 19Cal O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 06:10 |
| 6Cody FransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 19:50 |
| 77Dmitry KulikovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:47 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 19:03 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:53 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:26 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:04 |
| 38Taylor FedunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 17:34 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 35 | 30 | 5 | .857 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:33 |
| 42Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:49 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:37 |
| 32Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 43Daniel CarrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:26 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:38 |
| 8Greg PaterynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 18:43 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:50 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:59 |
| 89Nikita NesterovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 14:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 39 | 37 | 2 | .949 | 60:00 |
| 35Al MontoyaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |