🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 6-3-0
4–5
Final / SO
⚔️ Home Sabres 3-6-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🇨🇦 MTL 12104
⚔️ BUF 11215

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 5–4 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on February 7, 2013.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2012-13 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Tyler Ennis
1 G, 2 A
6 shots · 22:14 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
2 G
8 shots · 23:56 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Steve Ott
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:27 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec Go-ahead 1st · 04:11
Assists: Rene Bourque, Alexei Emelin · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
⚔️ Steve Ott Tying 1st · 04:26
Assists: Jochen Hecht · beat Peter Budaj
1–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Brendan Gallagher Go-ahead 2nd · 12:31
Assists: Brandon Prust, Raphael Diaz · beat Ryan Miller
2–1
⚔️ Tyler Ennis Tying 2nd · 13:06
Assists: Marcus Foligno · beat Peter Budaj
2–2
🇨🇦 P.K. Subban PP Go-ahead 2nd · 18:32
Assists: Andrei Markov, Max Pacioretty · beat Ryan Miller
3–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec 3rd · 00:45
Assists: Brian Gionta, Rene Bourque · beat Ryan Miller
4–2
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP 3rd · 07:57
Assists: Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno · beat Peter Budaj
4–3
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Tying 3rd · 19:58
Assists: Steve Ott, Tyler Ennis · beat Peter Budaj
4–4
Shootout
⚔️ Jason Pominville Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Peter Budaj
4–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Plekanec · Bourque · Gionta 19:33
L2 Pacioretty · Desharnais · Eller 16:10
L3 Prust · Cole · Armstrong 14:01
L4 Galchenyuk · White · Gallagher 8:44
D1 Markov · Diaz 24:18
D2 Subban · Bouillon 20:57
D3 Gorges · Emelin 19:46
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Pominville · Ennis 22:30
L2 Foligno · Hodgson · Stafford 20:02
L3 Ott · Hecht · Grigorenko 16:23
L4 Scott · Gerbe · McCormick 7:14
D1 Ehrhoff · Leopold 25:32
D2 Myers · Weber 19:34
D3 Sulzer · Brennan 16:24

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
32 Shots on goal 40
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
20 Hits 15
12 Blocked shots 11
5 Takeaways 3
6 Giveaways 8
16 Penalty minutes 10
MTL shooting 12.5% (4/32) BUF shooting 12.5% (5/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Peter Budaj
36/40
.900 SV% · 4 GA · 64:50 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 63:31 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 9 goals located
Tomas Plekanec · 1st 04:11 · 1–0 Steve Ott · 1st 04:26 · 1–1 Brendan Gallagher · 2nd 12:31 · 2–1 Tyler Ennis · 2nd 13:06 · 2–2 P.K. Subban · 2nd 18:32 · 3–2 Tomas Plekanec · 3rd 00:45 · 4–2 Thomas Vanek · 3rd 07:57 · 4–3 Thomas Vanek · 3rd 19:58 · 4–4
MTL BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 1-3-1 (20% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Feb 22013 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–6 Mar 212012 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 0–3 Mar 122012 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 OT Feb 172012 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 SO Jan 312012 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1
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❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on February 7, 2013?

Sabres won 5–4 in a shootout. The final score was Canadiens 4, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Tomas Plekanec (2), Brendan Gallagher, P.K. Subban.

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek (2), Steve Ott, Tyler Ennis.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 36 saves on 40 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Sabres season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeFeb 6 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–1 AfterFeb 9 🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–0
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeFeb 5 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 3–4 AfterFeb 9 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 3–2
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