Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, October 14, 2021 · KeyBank Center
TSN2 · RDS · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-1 on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 36-31.
Goals came from Kyle Okposo, Zemgus Girgensons, Chris Wideman, Victor Olofsson, Anders Bjork and Tage Thompson.
Craig Anderson made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 31 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kyle Okposo (1)Jacob Bryson (1), Colin Miller (1)0–106:40 BUF · PPG
Zemgus Girgensons (1)Colin Miller (2), Cody Eakin (1)0–217:35 BUF
2nd period
Chris Wideman (1)Joel Armia (1), Mathieu Perreault (1)1–209:33 MTL
Victor Olofsson (1)Jacob Bryson (2), Jeff Skinner (1)1–317:05 BUF · PPG
Anders Bjork (1)Zemgus Girgensons (1), Vinnie Hinostroza (1)1–419:04 BUF
3rd period
Tage Thompson (1)Jeff Skinner (2), Victor Olofsson (1)1–504:29 BUF · PPG
Team stats
MTLBUF
31Shots on goal36
48%Faceoff %52%
0/4Power play3/6
12Penalty minutes8
18Hits9
9Blocked shots16
4Giveaways9
6Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:24
Cedric Paquette · high sticking2 min - 1st 08:27
Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min - 1st 18:07Chris Wideman · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:47Henri Jokiharju · holding2 min
- 2nd 04:21Cody Eakin · tripping2 min
- 2nd 10:24Jonathan Drouin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:41Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 15:54Ben Chiarot · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:29Robert Hagg · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 03:25Ben Chiarot · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:34 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:59 |
| 20Chris WidemanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:12 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:13 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 28Christian DvorakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:02 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:13 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:37 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:43 |
| 27Alexander RomanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:20 |
| 77Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | L | 36 | 31 | 5 | .861 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 71Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15:29 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 18:29 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:50 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:53 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:05 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:30 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:07 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:20 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:41 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 59:57 |