
Game No: 745
Started: 2017-01-31 19:39:00
Ended: 2017-01-31 22:02:00
Attendance: 21,288
Three Stars by: RDS
Full Recap
| Period | Time | Team | Scorer | Shot Type | Distance (ft) | Assist | Assist | Highlight | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17:27 | MTL | Max Pacioretty | Wrist | 17 | Alexander Radulov | Phillip Danault | |
| 2 | 11:12 | MTL | David Desharnais | Wrist | 26 | Sven Andrighetto | ||
| 2 | 7:48 | MTL | Max Pacioretty | Snap | 25 | Alexander Radulov | Phillip Danault | |
| 2 | 18:38 | MTL | Paul Byron | Snap | 19 | Andrei Markov | Tomas Plekanec | |
| 3 | 3:24 | MTL | Max Pacioretty | Wrist | 11 | |||
| 3 | 16:01 | BUF | Dmitry Kulikov | Slap | 50 | Cal O'Reilly | ||
| 3 | 16:04 | BUF | Dmitry Kulikov | Slap | 50 | Cal O'Reilly | ||
| 3 | 17:48 | BUF | Brian Gionta | Wrist | 9 | Cody Franson | Evander Kane | 
#39 Evgeny Romasko
#34 Brad Meier
#59 Steve Barton
#76 Michel Cormier
| Period | Time | Team | Player | Penalty | PIM | Drawn By | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:52 | BUF | Taylor Fedun | Tripping | 2 | Torrey Mitchell | 
| 1 | 5:33 | MTL | Greg Pateryn | Holding | 2 | William Carrier | 
| 3 | 16:32 | MTL | Alexei Emelin | Cross checking | 2 | Brian Gionta | 
| 3 | 19:48 | MTL | Too many men/ice - bench | 2 | 
Coach: Dan Bylsma
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Cody Franson | D | 
| 9 | Evander Kane | L | 
| 12 | Brian Gionta | R | 
| 15 | Jack Eichel | C | 
| 19 | Cal O'Reilly | C | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | R | 
| 23 | Sam Reinhart | C | 
| 26 | Matt Moulson | L | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | C | 
| 31 | Anders Nilsson | G | 
| 38 | Taylor Fedun | D | 
| 40 | Robin Lehner | G | 
| 41 | Justin Falk | D | 
| 47 | Zach Bogosian | D | 
| 48 | William Carrier | L | 
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 
| 63 | Tyler Ennis | C | 
| 77 | Dmitry Kulikov | D | 
| 82 | Marcus Foligno | L | 
| 90 | Ryan O'Reilly | C | 
Coach: Michel Therrien
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shea Weber | D | 
| 8 | Greg Pateryn | D | 
| 14 | Tomas Plekanec | C | 
| 17 | Torrey Mitchell | C | 
| 24 | Phillip Danault | L | 
| 28 | Nathan Beaulieu | D | 
| 31 | Carey Price | G | 
| 32 | Brian Flynn | C | 
| 35 | Al Montoya | G | 
| 41 | Paul Byron | L | 
| 42 | Sven Andrighetto | R | 
| 43 | Daniel Carr | L | 
| 47 | Alexander Radulov | R | 
| 51 | David Desharnais | C | 
| 62 | Artturi Lehkonen | L | 
| 65 | Andrew Shaw | C | 
| 67 | Max Pacioretty | L | 
| 74 | Alexei Emelin | D | 
| 79 | Andrei Markov | D | 
| 89 | Nikita Nesterov | D | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Jake McCabe | D | 
| 44 | Nicolas Deslauriers | L | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Jacob De La Rose | L | 
| 26 | Jeff Petry | D | 
| 45 | Mark Barberio | D | 
| 2 | Goals | 5 | 
| 3 | Assists | 7 | 
| -20 | Plus / Minus | 20 | 
| 1 | Penalties | 3 | 
| 2 | PIM | 6 | 
| 49 | Corsi For | 48 | 
| 50.52 | Corsi % | 49.48 | 
| 39 | Fenwick For | 48 | 
| 44.83 | Fenwick % | 55.17 | 
| 39 | Shots | 35 | 
| 16 | Shots Blocked | 21 | 
| 10 | Missed Shots | 13 | 
| 31 | Hits | 16 | 
| 18 | Giveaways | 17 | 
| 2 | Takeaways | 1 | 
| 21 | Blocked Shots | 16 | 
| 26 | Faceoffs Won | 25 | 
| 25 | Faceoffs Lost | 26 | 
| 51% | Faceoff Percentage | 49% | 
| Buffalo Sabres | Montreal Canadiens | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Time With Lead | Lead | Time With Lead | 
| 1 | 10:21 | 1 | |
| 2 | 3:24 | 2 | |
| 3 | 7:26 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4:46 | 4 | |
| 5 | 12:40 | 5 | |
| 6 | 1:44 | 6 | |
| 7 | 2:12 | 7 | |
| Buffalo Sabres - Montreal Canadiens | Time With Lead | 
|---|---|
| 1 - 0 | 10:21 | 
| 2 - 0 | 3:24 | 
| 3 - 0 | 7:26 | 
| 4 - 0 | 4:46 | 
| 5 - 0 | 12:40 | 
| 6 - 0 | 1:44 | 
| 7 - 0 | 2:12 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Cody Franson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 9 | Evander Kane | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 
| 12 | Brian Gionta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 
| 15 | Jack Eichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 
| 19 | Cal O'Reilly | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 23 | Sam Reinhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 26 | Matt Moulson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 
| 31 | Anders Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 38 | Taylor Fedun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 40 | Robin Lehner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 41 | Justin Falk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 47 | Zach Bogosian | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 48 | William Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 63 | Tyler Ennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 77 | Dmitry Kulikov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 82 | Marcus Foligno | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 90 | Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shea Weber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 8 | Greg Pateryn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 14 | Tomas Plekanec | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 
| 17 | Torrey Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 
| 24 | Phillip Danault | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 
| 28 | Nathan Beaulieu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 31 | Carey Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 32 | Brian Flynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 35 | Al Montoya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 41 | Paul Byron | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 42 | Sven Andrighetto | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 43 | Daniel Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 47 | Alexander Radulov | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 51 | David Desharnais | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 
| 62 | Artturi Lehkonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 65 | Andrew Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 
| 67 | Max Pacioretty | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 
| 74 | Alexei Emelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 79 | Andrei Markov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 89 | Nikita Nesterov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 6 | Cody Franson | 24 | 00:49 | 19:50 | 01:00 | 00:53 | 17:57 | 
| 9 | Evander Kane | 21 | 00:51 | 17:55 | 01:00 | 00:35 | 16:20 | 
| 12 | Brian Gionta | 19 | 00:47 | 14:53 | 01:00 | 00:49 | 13:04 | 
| 15 | Jack Eichel | 20 | 00:57 | 19:03 | 02:28 | 00:07 | 16:28 | 
| 19 | Cal O'Reilly | 10 | 00:37 | 06:10 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 06:10 | 
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | 20 | 00:54 | 18:17 | 02:28 | 00:00 | 15:49 | 
| 23 | Sam Reinhart | 19 | 00:55 | 17:35 | 02:28 | 00:07 | 15:00 | 
| 26 | Matt Moulson | 13 | 00:41 | 08:53 | 01:00 | 00:00 | 07:53 | 
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | 20 | 00:49 | 16:26 | 00:00 | 00:35 | 15:51 | 
| 38 | Taylor Fedun | 20 | 00:46 | 15:27 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 15:27 | 
| 41 | Justin Falk | 18 | 00:49 | 14:48 | 00:00 | 00:07 | 14:41 | 
| 47 | Zach Bogosian | 23 | 00:45 | 17:34 | 00:00 | 00:42 | 16:52 | 
| 48 | William Carrier | 14 | 00:42 | 09:59 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 09:59 | 
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 28 | 00:55 | 26:02 | 02:28 | 01:00 | 22:34 | 
| 63 | Tyler Ennis | 16 | 01:00 | 16:05 | 01:00 | 00:00 | 15:05 | 
| 77 | Dmitry Kulikov | 26 | 00:52 | 22:47 | 00:00 | 01:18 | 21:29 | 
| 82 | Marcus Foligno | 17 | 00:53 | 15:12 | 00:00 | 00:29 | 14:43 | 
| 90 | Ryan O'Reilly | 25 | 00:50 | 21:04 | 02:28 | 01:18 | 17:18 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 6 | Shea Weber | 26 | 00:56 | 24:38 | 01:20 | 02:02 | 21:16 | 
| 8 | Greg Pateryn | 22 | 00:51 | 18:43 | 00:00 | 00:35 | 18:08 | 
| 14 | Tomas Plekanec | 21 | 00:43 | 15:05 | 00:07 | 01:29 | 13:29 | 
| 17 | Torrey Mitchell | 21 | 00:38 | 13:37 | 00:00 | 01:50 | 11:47 | 
| 24 | Phillip Danault | 25 | 00:40 | 16:56 | 01:03 | 00:09 | 15:44 | 
| 28 | Nathan Beaulieu | 24 | 00:57 | 22:50 | 01:53 | 01:26 | 19:31 | 
| 32 | Brian Flynn | 18 | 00:39 | 11:57 | 00:00 | 01:18 | 10:39 | 
| 41 | Paul Byron | 21 | 00:41 | 14:33 | 00:07 | 01:44 | 12:42 | 
| 42 | Sven Andrighetto | 19 | 00:49 | 15:49 | 00:50 | 00:00 | 14:59 | 
| 43 | Daniel Carr | 16 | 00:42 | 11:26 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 11:26 | 
| 47 | Alexander Radulov | 26 | 00:41 | 17:58 | 01:03 | 00:00 | 16:55 | 
| 51 | David Desharnais | 20 | 00:44 | 14:59 | 00:50 | 00:00 | 14:09 | 
| 62 | Artturi Lehkonen | 19 | 00:41 | 13:08 | 00:07 | 00:26 | 12:35 | 
| 65 | Andrew Shaw | 20 | 00:44 | 14:45 | 00:50 | 00:00 | 13:55 | 
| 67 | Max Pacioretty | 24 | 00:40 | 16:17 | 01:03 | 00:00 | 15:14 | 
| 74 | Alexei Emelin | 25 | 00:52 | 21:59 | 00:00 | 01:21 | 20:38 | 
| 79 | Andrei Markov | 23 | 00:46 | 17:43 | 00:40 | 01:32 | 15:31 | 
| 89 | Nikita Nesterov | 20 | 00:43 | 14:21 | 00:07 | 00:00 | 14:14 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Robin Lehner | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0.941 | 
| 2 | 3 | 13 | 0.769 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.8 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Carey Price | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 
| 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 18 | 0.889 |