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2011-12 regular season

Sabres at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on October 18, 2011.

BUF – MTL
23–41
Shots on goal
18–27
Hits
23–16
Blocked shots
3–9
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
2 A
16:16 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Christian Ehrhoff
1 G
3 shots · 24:27 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
40 saves
0.976 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Raphael Diaz Go-ahead 2nd · 02:08
Assists: Max Pacioretty, Andrei Kostitsyn · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
⚔️ Jordan Leopold Tying 2nd · 12:11
Assists: Drew Stafford, Derek Roy · beat Carey Price
1–1
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Go-ahead 2nd · 19:57
Assists: Jason Pominville, Marc-Andre Gragnani · beat Carey Price
2–1
3rd period
⚔️ Christian Ehrhoff Empty net 3rd · 19:31
Assists: Derek Roy
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Gaustad · Pominville · Stafford 17:09
L2 Vanek · Roy · Gerbe 16:16
L3 Adam · Kaleta · Ennis 15:00
L4 Leino · McCormick · Boyes 9:40
D1 Ehrhoff · Myers 23:26
D2 Leopold · Regehr 21:06
D3 Sekera · Gragnani 15:27
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Pacioretty · Desharnais · Gionta 19:51
L2 Cole · Gomez · Plekanec 19:08
L3 Kostitsyn · Moen · Eller 14:56
L4 Darche · Engqvist · Palushaj 6:04
D1 Subban · Weber 23:31
D2 Diaz · Gorges 19:28
D3 Emelin · Gill 14:57

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
23 Shots on goal 41
18 Hits 27
23 Blocked shots 16
3 Takeaways 9
15 Giveaways 11
15 Penalty minutes 7
BUF shooting 13.0% (3/23) MTL shooting 2.4% (1/41)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
40/41
.976 SV% · 1 GA · 59:47 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:14 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Raphael Diaz · 2nd 02:08 · 0–1 Jordan Leopold · 2nd 12:11 · 1–1 Thomas Vanek · 2nd 19:57 · 2–1 Christian Ehrhoff · 3rd 19:31 · 3–1
BUF MTL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 222011 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–0 Feb 152011 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 SO Jan 182011 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 OT Nov 272010 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3 Nov 52010 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2
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Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on October 18, 2011?

Sabres won 3–1. The final score was Sabres 3, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Christian Ehrhoff, Jordan Leopold, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Raphael Diaz.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 40 saves on 41 shots (.976 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Canadiens season series?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 15 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–2 AfterOct 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 3–0
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 15 🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–5 AfterOct 20 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 1–3
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