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Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 2024 · Centre Bell

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

1–6

Final

SOG 21–27

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

TSN2 · RDS · MSG-B

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-1 on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 27-21.

Patrik Laine scored a hat trick. Joel Armia, Dylan Cozens, Juraj Slafkovský and Josh Anderson also scored.

Samuel Montembeault made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 15 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF010121
Montréal CanadiensMTL240627

Three stars

  1. ★1st starPatrik LaineMTL · 3G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJosh AndersonMTL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:29

1–6 · 2nd 19:15 · Anderson. Samuelsson was 1:29 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceMTL on ice

0–1 MTL

1st 0:19 · Armia

Aube-Kubel 0:19

0–2 MTL

1st 6:26 · PP · Laine

Clifton 0:20

1–2 BUF

2nd 3:43 · Cozens

Long shift: Savard 1:02

1–3 MTL

2nd 5:54 · Slafkovský

Long shift: Byram 1:03

1–4 MTL

2nd 9:45 · PP · Laine

McLeod 0:21

1–5 MTL

2nd 10:55 · PP · Laine

Long shift: Clifton 1:10

1–6 MTL

2nd 19:15 · Anderson

Long shift: Samuelsson 1:29

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFMTL
21Shots on goal27
52%Faceoff %48%
0/5Power play3/6
12Penalty minutes10
26Hits7
13Blocked shots23
11Giveaways10
8Takeaways8

Penalties

  • 1st 06:06Zach Benson · holding2 min
  • 1st 09:35Mattias Samuelsson · interference2 min
  • 1st 12:16David Savard · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 08:02Bowen Byram · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 09:30Alex Tuch · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 10:11Dylan Cozens · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 11:47Alex Newhook · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 03:26Lane Hutson · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 04:34Joel Armia · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 16:34Dennis Gilbert · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 19:20Joel Armia · high sticking2 min

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