Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 23, 2019 · Centre Bell
SNE · TVAS · CITY · MSG-B
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–4 on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 44–27.
Brendan Gallagher scored twice. Sam Reinhart, Artturi Lehkonen, Andrew Shaw, Alex Nylander, Marco Scandella, Paul Byron, Jack Eichel, Max Domi and Tomas Tatar also scored.
Carey Price made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 37 of 43.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sam Reinhart (19)Casey Mittelstadt (12), Brandon Montour (25)1–012:26 BUF
2nd period
Artturi Lehkonen (9)Andrew Shaw (22), Max Domi (40)1–105:09 MTL
Brendan Gallagher (32)Phillip Danault (36)1–209:12 MTL
Andrew Shaw (18)Max Domi (41), Brett Kulak (8)1–314:23 MTL
Alex Nylander (2)Rasmus Dahlin (32), Jack Eichel (49)2–314:53 BUF · 
Marco Scandella (5)Johan Larsson (7)3–316:08 BUF
Paul Byron (14)Jordan Weal (10), Nate Thompson (7)3–418:03 MTL
3rd period
- Brendan Gallagher (33)Shea Weber (18), Tomas Tatar (30)3–508:35 MTL
Jack Eichel (26)Unassisted4–513:13 BUF
Max Domi (26)Jeff Petry (31), Tomas Tatar (31)4–615:30 MTL · 
Tomas Tatar (23)Brendan Gallagher (17), Phillip Danault (37)4–717:47 MTL ·
Team stats
BUFMTL
2744
41%59%
1/41/2
48
1630
119
2022
38
Penalties
- 12:42 into the first period
Kyle Okposo · slashing2 min - 16:09 into the first period
Artturi Lehkonen · holding2 min - 14:43 into the second periodChristian Folin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodAndrew Shaw · charging2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodAndrew Shaw · roughing2 min
- 14:26 into the third periodZemgus Girgensons · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 3 | 19:19 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 92Alex NylanderL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 21:38 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:40 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 16:05 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:41 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 21:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | L | 43 | 6 | .860 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 9 | 15:31 |
| 13Max DomiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 14:34 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12:27 |
| 21Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 43Jordan WealC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 22:45 |
| 17Brett KulakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:30 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:29 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 32Christian FolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 17:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | – |