Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, February 21, 2024 · Centre Bell
SN · RDS · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 31-23.
Goals came from Arber Xhekaj, Zemgus Girgensons, Jayden Struble, Jeff Skinner and Alex Tuch.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Arber Xhekaj (3)Joshua Roy (3), David Savard (9)0–112:41 MTL
2nd period
Zemgus Girgensons (5)Henri Jokiharju (10), Rasmus Dahlin (29)1–104:20 BUF
Jayden Struble (3)Joshua Roy (4), Alex Newhook (8)1–206:35 MTL
Jeff Skinner (18)Dylan Cozens (23), Tage Thompson (17)2–209:28 BUF · PPG
Alex Tuch (16)Unassisted3–218:08 BUF · SHG
Team stats
BUFMTL
23Shots on goal31
35%Faceoff %65%
1/3Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes10
21Hits16
15Blocked shots19
9Giveaways12
9Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 04:10
Casey Mittelstadt · tripping2 min - 1st 05:26
Mike Matheson · boarding2 min - 1st 05:26Jordan Greenway · roughing2 min
- 1st 05:26Josh Anderson · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:10Henri Jokiharju · slashing2 min
- 2nd 08:40Juraj Slafkovský · holding2 min
- 2nd 12:11Juraj Slafkovský · holding2 min
- 2nd 16:56Tage Thompson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:26Tage Thompson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:34Juraj Slafkovský · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:02 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:47 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:47 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 29:10 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:36 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |
| 31Eric ComrieG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 89Joshua RoyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:27 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:10 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:52 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 22:12 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 14:43 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 20:50 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:16 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 74Brandon GignacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 25:13 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 58:15 |