Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, April 5, 2017 · KeyBank Center
SN · RDS · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 2-1 on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at KeyBank Center. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 32-30.
Goals came from Rasmus Ristolainen, Tyler Ennis and Tomas Plekanec.
Robin Lehner made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 28 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rasmus Ristolainen (6)Josh Gorges (5), Jack Eichel (33)0–106:01 BUF
2nd period
Tyler Ennis (5)Evander Kane (15), Ryan O'Reilly (34)0–211:35 BUF
3rd period
Tomas Plekanec (10)Alexander Radulov (36), Paul Byron (20)1–200:46 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
32Shots on goal30
64%Faceoff %36%
0/1Power play0/0
0Penalty minutes2
9Hits26
8Blocked shots5
15Giveaways9
2Takeaways6
Penalties
- 3rd 10:11
Rasmus Ristolainen · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:29 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:01 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 21Dwight KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 32Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:26 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:35 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:52 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:08 |
| 88Brandon DavidsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 89Nikita NesterovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 58:48 |
| 40Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:06 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:03 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:24 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 70Alex NylanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:25 |
| 6Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:38 |
| 77Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |