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2016-17 regular season

Sabres at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1

Canadiens beat Sabres 5–2 at Bell Centre on January 31, 2017.

BUF – MTL
39–35
Shots on goal
1/3–0/1
Power play
31–16
Hits
21–16
Blocked shots
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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 🇨🇦 MTL
Max Pacioretty
3 G
3 shots · 16:17 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alexander Radulov
2 A
1 shots · 17:58 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
37 saves
0.949 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty Go-ahead 1st · 17:27
Assists: Alexander Radulov, Phillip Danault · beat Robin Lehner
0–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty 2nd · 07:48
Assists: Alexander Radulov, Phillip Danault · beat Robin Lehner
0–2
🇨🇦 David Desharnais 2nd · 11:12
Assists: Sven Andrighetto · beat Robin Lehner
0–3
🇨🇦 Paul Byron 2nd · 18:38
Assists: Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec · beat Robin Lehner
0–4
3rd period
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty 3rd · 03:24
Unassisted · beat Robin Lehner
0–5
⚔️ Dmitry Kulikov 3rd · 16:04
Assists: Cal O'Reilly · beat Carey Price
1–5
⚔️ Brian Gionta PP 3rd · 17:48
Assists: Cody Franson, Evander Kane · beat Carey Price
2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 O'Reilly · Eichel · Okposo 19:03
L2 Kane · Reinhart · Girgensons 17:35
L3 Foligno · Ennis · Gionta 15:12
L4 Carrier · Moulson · O'Reilly 8:53
D1 Ristolainen · Kulikov 24:24
D2 Franson · Bogosian 18:42
D3 Fedun · Falk 15:08
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Pacioretty · Danault · Radulov 16:56
L2 Plekanec · Desharnais · Andrighetto 15:05
L3 Byron · Mitchell · Shaw 14:33
L4 Lehkonen · Carr · Flynn 11:57
D1 Weber · Beaulieu 23:44
D2 Emelin · Pateryn 20:21
D3 Markov · Nesterov 16:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
39 Shots on goal 35
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
31 Hits 16
21 Blocked shots 16
2 Takeaways 1
18 Giveaways 17
2 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 5.1% (2/39) MTL shooting 14.3% (5/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
30/35
.857 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
37/39
.949 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Max Pacioretty · 1st 17:27 · 0–1 Max Pacioretty · 2nd 07:48 · 0–2 David Desharnais · 2nd 11:12 · 0–3 Paul Byron · 2nd 18:38 · 0–4 Max Pacioretty · 3rd 03:24 · 0–5 Dmitry Kulikov · 3rd 16:04 · 1–5 Brian Gionta · 3rd 17:48 · 2–5
BUF MTL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-8-2 (33% win rate, 15 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-0-3 (77% win rate, 13 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
Jan 212017 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 OT Oct 132016 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Mar 162016 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 OT Mar 102016 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 Feb 122016 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–6
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Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on January 31, 2017?

Canadiens won 5–2. The final score was Sabres 2, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Brian Gionta, Dmitry Kulikov.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Max Pacioretty (3), David Desharnais, Paul Byron.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 30 saves on 35 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 37 saves on 39 shots (.949 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?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 26 ⚔️BUF @ ⭐DAL 3–4 AfterFeb 2 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 2–1
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeJan 26 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 1–3 AfterFeb 2 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI 1–3
Also on January 31
🧥CBJ 6–4 🗽NYR 🐯NSH 2–4 🐧PIT 🔔PHI 1–5 🌪️CAR 🦅WSH 2–3 🏝️NYI 🐻BOS 4–3 ⚡TBL 🏛️OTT 5–6 🐆FLA 😈NJD 4–3 🐙DET ✈️WPG 5–3 🎵STL
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