Buffalo Sabres 1, Montreal Canadiens 6: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 1 to Montreal Canadiens 6, on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLTuesday, December 17, 2024
DateDec 17, 2024
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance21,105
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
11-17-4Record12-16-3
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Atlantic Division
4-6Road record / home record5-6
LLLLWLast 5LWLWW
L4StreakL1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresMontreal Canadiens
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveMontreal Canadiens
Mike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutChris Kreider LW · Lower Body
OutIvan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 11:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Benson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:14 | 4:43 | 1:06 | 11:25 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16:48 | 2:38 | 2:11 | 11:59 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:59 | 0:00 | 2:31 | 11:28 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 | 2:32 | 0:00 | 11:22 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12:00 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 9:31 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12:53 | 0:00 | 3:06 | 9:47 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 64.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:55 | 5:43 | 0:00 | 12:12 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:19 | 5:36 | 1:11 | 10:32 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 | 5:26 | 0:00 | 11:42 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:34 | 1:10 | 2:35 | 10:49 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:35 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 10:51 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:11 | 4:23 | 2:55 | 16:53 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor Clifton | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14:18 | 0:00 | 4:47 | 9:31 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 9:55 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:19 | 0:01 | 0:01 | 18:17 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:39 | 3:04 | 3:11 | 17:24 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 20:39 | 0:00 | 3:18 | 17:21 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .714 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 40:00 | 0 | 0 |
| James Reimer | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 | 0:55 | 3:20 | 12:02 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Armia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:50 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 10:08 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:13 | 3:40 | 0:00 | 10:33 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:02 | 3:30 | 0:00 | 10:32 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Dvorak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:57 | 1:01 | 4:55 | 12:01 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 31.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:54 | 0:54 | 3:23 | 11:37 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:13 | 3:26 | 0:00 | 11:47 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 | 3:24 | 0:00 | 11:04 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrik Laine | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 13:12 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 9:34 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:47 | 3:30 | 0:01 | 12:16 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 | 3:41 | 0:00 | 10:54 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:32 | 3:40 | 0:26 | 10:26 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 58.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Barron | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 | 0:38 | 0:29 | 12:20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:15 | 0:05 | 3:51 | 16:19 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 | 3:38 | 0:05 | 14:47 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Matheson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:40 | 3:49 | 4:20 | 16:31 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Savard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 | 0:00 | 3:06 | 13:04 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:18 | 0:56 | 3:06 | 16:16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Montembeault | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .952 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens?
Montreal Canadiens won, 6-1, on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens?
Buffalo Sabres 1, Montreal Canadiens 6.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Dylan Cozens (1 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Patrik Laine (3 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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