Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, January 30, 2020 · KeyBank Center

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3–1

30–21

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at KeyBank Center. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 30–21.

Goals came from Jack Eichel, Ilya Kovalchuk, Brendan Gallagher and Tomas Tatar.

Carey Price made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 27 of 29.

Goals
MTL	0	2	1	3	30
BUF	1	0	0	1	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jack Eichel (30)Rasmus Dahlin (26), Marcus Johansson (16)0–107:11 BUF ·

2nd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (8)Nick Suzuki (20), Joel Armia (10)1–100:44 MTL
Brendan Gallagher (16)Tomas Tatar (28), Phillip Danault (25)2–103:05 MTL

3rd period

Tomas Tatar (18)Nick Suzuki (21), Joel Armia (11)3–118:13 MTL ·

Team stats

MTLBUF

3021

46%54%

0/11/3

62

2019

1011

88

47

Penalties

6:49 into the first periodJoel Armia · tripping2 min
16:13 into the first periodConor Sheary · holding2 min
16:55 into the second periodArtturi Lehkonen · holding2 min
13:02 into the third periodPhillip Danault · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Nick SuzukiC	0	2	2	+2	3	0	2	0	36	0	1	23	17:50
40Joel ArmiaR	0	2	2	+2	3	0	1	2	–	0	0	25	18:01
90Tomas TatarL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	23	16:23
11Brendan GallagherR	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	23	17:05
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	2	0	22	16:54
24Phillip DanaultL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	2	54	0	1	28	16:55
13Max DomiC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	27	0	1	20	15:53
21Nick CousinsC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	2	0	17	13:16
22Dale WeiseR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	0	0	16	09:36
25Ryan PoehlingC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	14	08:33
44Nate ThompsonC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	56	0	0	20	13:14
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	20	13:44
6Shea WeberD	0	0	0	+2	1	3	2	0	–	2	0	25	23:37
8Ben ChiarotD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	0	–	0	0	23	22:38
26Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	0	0	25	24:04
28Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	0	1	18	14:48
53Victor MeteD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	12:01
77Brett KulakD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	1	0	23	21:11

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG	W	21	20	1	.952	59:55
39Charlie LindgrenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Jack EichelC	1	0	1	−2	3	0	0	0	71	0	1	27	23:54
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	−2	2	0	1	0	50	1	2	22	18:49
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	−1	3	1	0	0	–	2	1	21	20:30
13Jimmy VeseyL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	18	12:00
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	5	03:47
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	0	67	2	0	20	16:08
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	25	22:34
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	18	0	1	18	11:01
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	–	0	0	18	13:31
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	18	10:58
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	75	0	0	25	20:08
67Michael FrolikR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	17	12:57
71Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	3	0	–	0	0	20	15:08
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	–	0	1	23	17:28
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	0	1	23	16:41
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	21	19:35
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	−2	1	4	0	0	–	0	0	24	20:25
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	23	23:31

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
34Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Carter HuttonG	L	29	27	2	.931	58:55