Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, January 4, 2024 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-1 on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 38-33.
Tage Thompson scored twice. Casey Mittelstadt, Jeff Skinner, Joel Armia, Jack Quinn and Rasmus Dahlin also scored.
Devon Levi made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 32 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Casey Mittelstadt (11)Jeff Skinner (13), Rasmus Dahlin (20)1–005:33 BUF · PPG
Jeff Skinner (16)Alex Tuch (16), Tage Thompson (12)2–006:59 BUF · PPG
Joel Armia (5)Unassisted2–113:19 MTL · SHG
3rd period
Jack Quinn (4)JJ Peterka (14), Connor Clifton (10)3–106:45 BUF
Tage Thompson (11)Jeff Skinner (14), Alex Tuch (17)4–108:35 BUF
Rasmus Dahlin (11)Mattias Samuelsson (5), Casey Mittelstadt (22)5–114:31 BUF · EN- Tage Thompson (12)Jeff Skinner (15), Jack Quinn (1)6–118:32 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
38Shots on goal33
46%Faceoff %54%
2/4Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes12
31Hits26
17Blocked shots14
11Giveaways14
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 13:16
Joel Armia · hooking2 min - 1st 15:19
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2nd 05:00David Savard · slashing2 min
- 2nd 06:14Mitchell Stephens · interference2 min
- 2nd 12:14Michael Pezzetta · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:59Dylan Cozens · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:19Dylan Cozens · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:19David Savard · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:19Mike Matheson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:19Dylan Cozens · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:43Zach Benson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 15:57 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 17:28 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:26 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:46 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:17 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:28 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 21:32 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:40 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 27Devon LeviG | W | 33 | 32 | 1 | .970 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:12 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 13Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:18 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:05 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:04 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 13:28 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:00 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:57 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:47 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | .865 | 59:26 |