Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, March 23, 2018 · KeyBank Center

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3–0

Final

SOG 24–35

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Friday, March 23, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 35-24.

Goals came from Artturi Lehkonen, Paul Byron and Brendan Gallagher.

Antti Niemi made 35 saves on 35 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 21 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	2	3	24
BUF	0	0	0	0	35

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Artturi Lehkonen (10)Jacob de la Rose (7), Alex Galchenyuk (29)1–004:56 MTL

3rd period

Paul Byron (18)Jonathan Drouin (27), Charles Hudon (20)2–018:45 MTL · EN
Brendan Gallagher (27)Logan Shaw (7)3–019:16 MTL · EN

Team stats

MTLBUF

24Shots on goal35

50%Faceoff %50%

0/2Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes4

19Hits28

8Blocked shots6

6Giveaways11

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 15:55Kyle Okposo · slashing2 min
2nd 12:00Johan Larsson · slashing2 min
3rd 05:58Nikita Scherbak · tripping2 min
3rd 06:53Artturi Lehkonen · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Brendan GallagherR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	75	17:05
25Jacob de la RoseL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	60	15:46
27Alex GalchenyukC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	17:37
41Paul ByronL	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	17:02
49Logan ShawR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50	13:56
54Charles HudonL	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	100	15:27
62Artturi LehkonenL	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	2	–	16:35
92Jonathan DrouinL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	45	18:21
20Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:48
38Nikita ScherbakR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	16:43
42Byron FroeseC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	10:29
43Daniel CarrL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:09
8Jordie BennD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	17:15
22Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	–	21:09
26Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	24:56
28Mike ReillyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	19:23
36Brett LernoutD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	14:26
58Noah JuulsenD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	2	0	–	18:53

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Antti NiemiG	W	35	35	0	1.000	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

13Nick BaptisteR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	11:48
15Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-2	5	0	1	0	33	20:46
17Jordan NolanC	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	11:44
20Scott WilsonC	0	0	0	-2	3	7	0	0	–	16:20
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	13:40
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	100	12:53
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	–	18:52
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	–	17:36
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	15:01
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	10:08
71Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	29	11:06
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	59	20:15
4Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	13:32
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	21:42
8Casey NelsonD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	21:59
45Brendan GuhleD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	20:03
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-2	1	3	2	0	–	26:36
93Victor AntipinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	13:10

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG	L	22	21	1	.955	58:49
40Robin LehnerG		0	0	0	–	00:00