MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
L
W
OT
L
W
L
W
W
L
L
Final/SO
3—2
2023-12-09 · KeyBank Center
BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
W
L
L
L
L
W
L
W
OT
W
BUF controlled xG 4.7 to 3.2 but MTL won on execution · Decided in a shootout

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
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MTL xG
3.20
ACTUAL
3 — 2
BUF xG
4.73

Scoring Timeline

0.09
MED xG
MTL2P 12:594 on 4
Jayden Struble
47
Jayden Struble(1)
D · MTL · #47
Johnathan Kovacevic (1)
MTL 1 - 0 BUF
0.06
MED xG
MTL2P 13:13Power Play
Nick Suzuki
14
Nick Suzuki(8)
C · MTL · #14
Mike Matheson (14), Sean Monahan (8)
MTL 2 - 0 BUF
0.23
HIGH xG
BUF3P 01:06Even Strength
Jeff Skinner
53
Jeff Skinner(12)
C · BUF · #53
Tage Thompson (8)
MTL 2 - 1 BUF
0.10
HIGH xG
BUF3P 06:36Even Strength
Kyle Okposo
8
Kyle Okposo(4)
R · BUF · #8
Connor Clifton (4)
MTL 2 - 2 BUF

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Cayden Primeau
30
Cayden Primeau
G · MTL · #30
46/48 saves, .958 SV%, +3.0 GSAx
★2
Devon Levi
27
Devon Levi
G · BUF · #27
29/31 saves, .935 SV%, +0.8 GSAx
★3
Kyle Okposo
8
Kyle Okposo
R · BUF · #8
1G, 6 SOG, 3 HIT

Team Stats

MTLBUF
31Shots48
3.19xGF4.72
39.1CF%60.9
56.6FO%43.4
1/4PP0/5
16Hits25
15Blocks9
3Giveaways7
3Takeaways6
17PIM24

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGBUF SOGMTL xGBUF xG
1st7170.881.94
2nd13121.410.73
3rd8140.901.59
OT130.010.47
Total29463.204.73

Penalties

12 TOTAL
1P 09:44
MTL
Johnathan Kovacevictripping (2 min)
Drawn by Isak Rosen
1P 15:15
MTL
Cayden Primeautripping (2 min)
Drawn by Tage Thompson
1P 16:40
MTL
Kaiden Guhletripping (2 min)
Drawn by JJ Peterka
2P 03:02
BUF
Mattias Samuelssoninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Cole Caufield
2P 11:00
MTL
Kaiden Guhleroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Eric Robinson
2P 11:00
BUF
Eric Robinsongame-misconduct (10 min)
2P 11:00
BUF
Eric Robinsonboarding (5 min)
Drawn by Justin Barron
2P 17:13
MTL
Gustav Lindstromholding (2 min)
Drawn by Tage Thompson
3P 13:58
BUF
Tage Thompsoninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Christian Dvorak
3P 15:44
MTL
Juraj Slafkovskýfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Connor Clifton
3P 15:44
BUF
Connor Cliftonfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Juraj Slafkovský
3P 18:54
MTL
Christian Dvoraktripping (2 min)
Drawn by Jeff Skinner