Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, October 5, 2017 · KeyBank Center
TSN2 · RDS · MSG-B
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a shootout on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 45-40.
Jason Pominville scored twice. Max Pacioretty and Phillip Danault also scored.
Carey Price made 43 saves on 45 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 38 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jason Pominville (1)Seth Griffith (1)0–108:30 BUF · PPG
Max Pacioretty (1)Jonathan Drouin (1), Brendan Gallagher (1)1–117:56 MTL
2nd period
- Jason Pominville (2)Jack Eichel (1), Evander Kane (1)1–200:22 BUF
3rd period
Phillip Danault (1)Shea Weber (1), Karl Alzner (1)2–208:01 MTL · SHG
SO period
Jonathan DrouinUnassisted3–200:00 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
40Shots on goal45
50%Faceoff %50%
0/4Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes8
17Hits20
8Blocked shots15
7Giveaways5
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:29
Bench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min - 1st 04:48
Ales Hemsky · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 06:48Tomas Plekanec · slashing2 min
- 2nd 06:09Evander Kane · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:56Ales Hemsky · slashing2 min
- 2nd 11:39Max Pacioretty · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:56Jack Eichel · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:19Andrew Shaw · interference2 min
- 3rd 14:20Seth Griffith · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 22:37 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:05 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 29:30 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:25 |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:52 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:37 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:39 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 45 | 43 | 2 | .956 | 65:00 |
| 35Al MontoyaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 11 | 18:42 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:22 |
| 25Seth GriffithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:51 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12:24 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:03 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:27 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:11 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26:58 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 23:29 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | O | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 64:49 |