Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Monday, October 23, 2023 · KeyBank Center
NHLN · SN · RDS · MSG-B
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Monday, October 23, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 37-27.
Goals came from Justin Barron, Jeff Skinner, Brendan Gallagher and Tanner Pearson.
Jake Allen made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Eric Comrie stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Justin Barron (1)Arber Xhekaj (2), Sean Monahan (3)1–002:56 MTL
Jeff Skinner (3)Dylan Cozens (3), Rasmus Dahlin (6)1–107:13 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Brendan Gallagher (2)David Savard (2), Tanner Pearson (2)2–103:31 MTL
Tanner Pearson (3)Brendan Gallagher (1), Alex Newhook (1)3–116:53 MTL · PPG
Team stats
MTLBUF
27Shots on goal37
53%Faceoff %47%
1/3Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes6
34Hits26
17Blocked shots10
2Giveaways4
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 07:05
Brendan Gallagher · tripping2 min - 1st 14:51
Peyton Krebs · boarding2 min - 1st 17:06Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 05:42Arber Xhekaj · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:47Kyle Okposo · slashing2 min
- 2nd 19:04Justin Barron · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 10:16Sean Monahan · tripping2 min
- 3rd 14:57Alex Tuch · cross checking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 11:14 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 13:24 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:03 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 49Rafael Harvey-PinardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:38 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:56 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:06 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | W | 37 | 36 | 1 | .973 | 60:00 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:05 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:09 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 26:12 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:01 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:52 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22:16 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 13:28 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:49 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:57 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Eric ComrieG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 56:53 |