1 2 3 OT SO T BUF 1 0 2 0 0 3 MTL 1 2 0 0 1 4
Final Canadiens edge Sabres 4-3 in a shootout The Montreal Canadiens held off the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday at Bell Centre.
The second period made the difference: the Canadiens outscored the Sabres 2-0.
The Canadiens had 38 shots to 16.
For the Canadiens, Lane Hutson (D): 1. For the Sabres, Olen Zellweger (D): 2.
The Canadiens improve to 3-2-1. The Sabres fall to 3-3-1.
Attendance: 20,962.
Full recap at ESPN: Zachary Bolduc scores decisive goal in shootout for 2nd straight game as Canadiens beat Sabres 4-3 Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
Top performers #8 BUF · Goals Olen Zellweger D 2
#29 BUF · Assists Beck Malenstyn LW 2
#8 BUF · Points Olen Zellweger D 2
#48 MTL · Goals Lane Hutson D 1
#20 MTL · Assists Juraj Slafkovsky LW 2
#13 MTL · Points Cole Caufield RW 2
Box score Team stats Scoring Matchup
Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Z. Benson LW 1 3 0 0 19:36 5:18 1:27 12:51 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 J. Danforth RW 1 0 0 2 9:58 0:03 1:01 8:54 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 50.0 0 1 2 J. Doan RW 1 1 0 0 17:23 2:19 0:00 15:04 22 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 0 0 K. Helenius C 0 2 0 -1 14:15 1:44 0:00 12:31 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 P. Krebs C 0 1 0 0 13:12 0:00 0:26 12:46 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 2 J. Kulich C 0 1 0 -1 16:51 2:29 0:00 14:22 24 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 B. Malenstyn LW 1 5 0 2 11:55 0:05 3:01 8:49 16 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 100.0 1 0 0 R. McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 14:22 1:06 1:43 11:33 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 7 66.7 0 0 0 J. Norris C 0 2 0 2 11:51 2:28 0:09 9:14 17 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 60.0 0 0 0 N. Ostlund C 0 1 0 -1 19:40 5:16 0:36 13:48 22 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 5 37.5 0 0 0 J. Quinn RW 0 2 0 0 19:01 5:40 0:00 13:21 20 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 100.0 2 0 0 T. Thompson C 1 0 1 1 22:26 5:54 0:00 16:32 25 0 4 0 1 2 0 5 11 31.3 1 0 0
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM L. Crevier D 0 1 0 0 12:43 0:04 1:51 10:48 20 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 D. Gilbert D 0 1 0 1 8:41 0:00 0:42 7:59 13 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Z. Metsa D 0 0 0 0 14:58 0:00 1:32 13:26 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 O. Power D 0 0 1 -1 28:22 5:54 2:01 20:27 28 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 M. Samuelsson D 1 3 2 1 26:38 0:08 3:12 23:18 36 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 O. Zellweger D 1 1 0 1 25:49 2:14 0:00 23:35 34 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM U. Luukkonen G 3 38 0 0 35 .921 27 5 3 65:00 0 0
Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM J. Anderson RW 0 0 0 1 14:21 0:00 2:43 11:38 21 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 O. Beck C 1 2 0 -1 6:59 0:00 0:00 6:59 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Z. Bolduc RW 0 2 0 0 14:58 1:15 0:00 13:43 20 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 0 0 C. Caufield RW 0 1 0 0 19:46 3:07 0:00 16:39 25 1 3 1 5 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 K. Dach C 1 2 0 -1 9:40 1:30 1:04 7:06 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 P. Danault C 0 1 0 0 17:25 0:06 4:00 13:19 27 0 0 0 3 1 0 12 8 60.0 0 0 0 J. Evans C 1 1 2 -1 13:42 0:00 4:44 8:58 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 11 35.3 1 0 0 C. Kreider LW 1 2 0 0 13:50 3:17 0:00 10:33 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 100.0 0 1 2 A. Newhook C 1 0 0 0 15:19 1:31 2:34 11:14 22 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 44.4 1 1 2 J. Slafkovsky LW 1 0 0 0 19:41 3:09 0:00 16:32 23 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0.0 2 1 2 N. Suzuki C 2 1 0 0 23:32 3:07 0:50 19:35 24 0 4 1 5 3 0 9 8 52.9 2 0 0 A. Texier LW 0 2 0 -1 14:36 1:32 0:00 13:04 21 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM A. Carrier D 3 1 0 0 21:55 0:00 4:56 16:59 29 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 N. Dobson D 1 5 0 0 18:56 0:47 3:20 14:49 28 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 A. Engstrom D 0 1 0 -1 13:22 0:29 0:00 12:53 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 K. Guhle D 0 1 1 0 25:25 0:01 5:03 20:21 30 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 L. Hutson D 1 0 0 1 27:07 3:24 0:00 23:43 28 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 A. Xhekaj D 2 0 0 -2 14:26 0:00 3:13 11:13 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM J. Fowler G 3 16 0 0 13 .813 10 3 0 65:00 0 0
MTL 5 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
50.8 Faceoff Win Percent 49.2
First period Goal · 2:16 Olen Zellweger Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Mattias Samuelsson (2), Beck Malenstyn (1)
1-0 Goal · 14:28 Lane Hutson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (1), Cole Caufield (1)
1-1 Second period Goal · 1:19 Cole Caufield Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (2), Nick Suzuki (5)
1-2 Goal · 19:10 Josh Anderson Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (5), Zachary Bolduc (1)
1-3 Third period Goal · 4:24 Josh Norris Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Dennis Gilbert (1), Beck Malenstyn (2)
2-3 Goal · 5:25 Olen Zellweger Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Benson (3), Mattias Samuelsson (3)
3-3 Overtime Goal · 0:00 Cole Caufield Goal Snap Shot
1-3 Goal · 0:00 Tage Thompson Goal Snap Shot
1-3 Goal · 0:00 Alexandre Texier Goal Snap Shot
1-3 Goal · 0:00 Zachary Bolduc Goal Backhand
1-3 Canadiens Line MTL -155 (DraftKings) Over/under 6.5 Season series MTL leads series 1-0 Sabres injuries Konsta Helenius C Injured Reserve, Upper Body Justin Danforth RW Injured Reserve, Upper Body Matt Grzelcyk D Injured Reserve, Lower Body Canadiens injuries Mike Matheson D Out, Lower Body Chris Kreider LW Out, Lower Body Ivan Demidov RW Injured Reserve, Ankle Sam Montembeault G Injured Reserve, Lower Body Bryce Pickford D Injured Reserve, Undisclosed 
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