Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 9, 2023 · KeyBank Center
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, December 9, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 48-31.
Goals came from Jayden Struble, Nick Suzuki, Jeff Skinner and Kyle Okposo.
Cayden Primeau made 46 saves on 48 shots for the win; Devon Levi stopped 29 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Jayden Struble (1)Johnathan Kovacevic (1)1–012:59 MTL
Nick Suzuki (8)Mike Matheson (14), Sean Monahan (8)2–013:13 MTL · PPG
3rd period
Jeff Skinner (12)Tage Thompson (8)2–101:06 BUF
Kyle Okposo (4)Connor Clifton (4)2–206:36 BUF
SO period
Juraj SlafkovskýUnassisted3–200:00 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
31Shots on goal48
57%Faceoff %43%
1/4Power play0/5
17Penalty minutes24
16Hits25
15Blocked shots9
3Giveaways7
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 09:44
Johnathan Kovacevic · tripping2 min - 1st 15:15Cayden Primeau · tripping2 min
- 1st 16:40Kaiden Guhle · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:02
Mattias Samuelsson · interference2 min - 2nd 11:00Kaiden Guhle · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:00Eric Robinson · boarding5 min
- 2nd 11:00Eric Robinson · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 17:13Gustav Lindstrom · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:58Tage Thompson · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:44Juraj Slafkovský · fighting5 min
- 3rd 15:44Connor Clifton · fighting5 min
- 3rd 18:54Christian Dvorak · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:26 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29:48 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 13Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:54 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:58 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21:47 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:50 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:21 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 27Gustav LindstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | W | 48 | 46 | 2 | .958 | 64:37 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15:28 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 23:25 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:03 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:03 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:50 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 27:01 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:32 |
| 63Isak RosenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:12 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:36 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:42 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:46 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:46 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:54 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 29:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Devon LeviG | O | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 65:00 |
| 31Eric ComrieG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |