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Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres: score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and the HabsMetrics prediction made before puck drop, from the NHL’s official data. Analytics for educational purposes only — not gambling advice.
Game analysis
Canadiens beat Sabres 4–2
- A. Newhook scored the game-winner at 19:57 of the second.
- A back-and-forth game: the lead changed hands 2 times.
- An empty-net goal sealed it late.
- J. Dobes stopped 23 of 25 shots (.920) for the win.
- Power play: MTL 1/4, BUF 0/2.
- C. Dvorak led all scorers with 0 goals and 2 assists.
Three stars
- 1st starA. Newhook
MTL · 1G 0A
- 2nd starL. Hutson
MTL · 0G 2A
- 3rd starA. Tuch
BUF · 1G 0A
Scoring summary
1st
No scoring
2nd
- 1:13MTLC. CaufieldPPVideoAssists: P. Laine, N. Suzuki1–0
- 6:04BUFA. TuchVideoAssists: J. Bryson1–1
- 7:33BUFJ.KulichVideoAssists: R. Dahlin, J. Peterka1–2
- 13:33MTLJ. AndersonVideoAssists: C. Dvorak, L. Hutson2–2
- 19:57MTLA. NewhookVideoAssists: M. Matheson, L. Hutson3–2
Period by Period
Stats not yet available
Team Stats
MTLBUF
| Shots | -- | -- |
| Hits | 27 | 28 |
| Blocked | 28 | 17 |
| Power Play | 1/4 | 0/2 |
| Faceoff % | 58.2 | 41.8 |
| Corsi % | 45.6 | 54.4 |
| xG | 3.57 | 2.19 |
| Giveaways | 20 | 27 |
| Takeaways | 6 | 5 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:39 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:01 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:22 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 24:44 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:18 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:51 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:44 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:35 | |
| -- | -- | 34/38 | -- | .895 | 58:41 | |
| -- | -- | 25/29 | -- | .862 | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:27 | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:58 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:29 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:41 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:41 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:14 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 26:34 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:58 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:58 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 | |
| -- | -- | 37/39 | -- | .949 | 60:00 | |
| -- | -- | 23/25 | -- | .920 | 00:00 |
Lineups
MTL
Actual (from shift data)Injured / Scratched
- Bryce Pickfordinjured-reserve · Undisclosed
- Lucas Condottainjured-reserve · Undisclosed
- Ivan Demidovinjured-reserve · Right Ankle (Fracture)
BUF
Actual (from shift data)Injured / Scratched
- Justin Danforthinjured-reserve · Upper Body
- Konsta Heleniusother · Upper Body
- Matt Grzelcykinjured-reserve · Lower Body
- Alex Lyoninjured-reserve · Upper Body
HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Lines are inferred from shared five-skater ice time in NHL shift data; projections are estimates.
For educational/analytics purposes only — not gambling advice