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Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Monday, March 3, 2025 · Centre Bell

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3–4

Final/OT

SOG 36–20

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TSN2 · RDS · MSG-B

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Monday, March 3, 2025 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 36-20.

Goals came from Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský, Alex Tuch, Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin and Mike Matheson.

Samuel Montembeault made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 16 of 20.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF0120336
Montréal CanadiensMTL3001420

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNick SuzukiMTL · 1G 3A
  2. ★2nd starMike MathesonMTL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJJ PeterkaBUF · 0G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT 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+
1:59

0–2 · 1st 11:41 · Suzuki. Peterka was 1:59 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceMTL on ice

0–1 MTL

1st 9:42 · PP · Caufield

Tuch 0:45

0–2 MTL

1st 11:41 · SH · Suzuki

Stuck out there: Peterka 1:59

0–3 MTL

1st 13:42 · PP · Slafkovský

Long shift: Greenway 1:19

1–3 BUF

2nd 18:07 · Tuch

Carrier 0:43

2–3 BUF

3rd 3:24 · Thompson

Matheson 0:27

3–3 BUF

3rd 18:59 · Dahlin

Stuck out there: Matheson 1:32

3–4 MTL

OT 1:21 · Matheson

Kulich 0:35

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
36Shots on goal20
40%Faceoff %60%
0/4Power play2/5
12Penalty minutes10
37Hits20
10Blocked shots24
12Giveaways14
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 01:57Dylan Cozens · roughing2 min
  • 1st 08:22Bowen Byram · slashing2 min
  • 1st 10:03Christian Dvorak · roughing2 min
  • 1st 10:03Alexandre Carrier · roughing2 min
  • 1st 10:03Rasmus Dahlin · roughing2 min
  • 1st 12:37Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
  • 1st 14:24JJ Peterka · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 04:10Alex Newhook · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 14:32Jayden Struble · interference2 min
  • 3rd 09:38Alex Newhook · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 14:42Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min

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