Buffalo Sabres 3, Montreal Canadiens 4: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 3 to Montreal Canadiens 4, on Monday, March 3, 2025 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLMonday, March 3, 2025
DateMar 3, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance21,105
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
24-29-6Record30-26-5
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Atlantic Division
4-5Road record / home record5-5
LLLWLLast 5WLWWL
L3StreakW1
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
Chris Kreider LW · Lower Body
OutIvan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:31 | 1:14 | 0:04 | 10:13 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 | 0:00 | 5:29 | 11:36 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 10:48 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:13 | 1:23 | 0:04 | 13:46 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9:46 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 9:42 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:04 | 0:02 | 3:14 | 8:48 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 | 0:00 | 5:04 | 8:04 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:22 | 6:29 | 0:00 | 13:53 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:16 | 6:38 | 0:00 | 7:38 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:36 | 6:00 | 0:05 | 12:31 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:42 | 6:45 | 2:49 | 12:08 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 | 0:00 | 3:47 | 12:24 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:59 | 1:20 | 3:42 | 19:57 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor Clifton | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14:45 | 0:00 | 5:13 | 9:32 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25:34 | 4:58 | 1:23 | 19:13 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 9:50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 21:10 | 2:41 | 0:56 | 17:33 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reimer | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .800 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 60:24 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 | 0:00 | 4:00 | 11:28 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Armia | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 18:51 | 2:52 | 3:56 | 12:03 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Beck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 17:44 | 5:30 | 0:00 | 12:14 | 19 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:48 | 0:02 | 3:09 | 12:37 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Evans | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 16:33 | 0:03 | 3:51 | 12:39 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 | 2:51 | 0:00 | 10:05 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:20 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 10:30 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrik Laine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 | 5:31 | 0:00 | 7:32 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 10:24 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 | 5:33 | 0:02 | 11:54 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:11 | 5:30 | 1:02 | 13:39 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 44.4 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 5 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:51 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 19:41 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:11 | 5:39 | 0:00 | 13:32 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28:22 | 2:46 | 7:56 | 17:40 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Savard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:05 | 0:00 | 5:58 | 11:07 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:18 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 15:10 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:08 | 0:00 | 0:56 | 12:12 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Montembeault | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .917 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 61:03 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
MTL wins series 4-0
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Mar 1, 2025MTL 4, BUF 2
Dec 17, 2024BUF 1, MTL 6
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens?
Montreal Canadiens won, 4-3, on Monday, March 3, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens?
Buffalo Sabres 3, Montreal Canadiens 4.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin (1 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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