🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 46-24-9
1–2
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 32-35-12
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🇨🇦 MTL 0011
⚔️ BUF 1102

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 2–1 at KeyBank Center on April 5, 2017.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2016-17 🔁 Season series tied 2–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Rasmus Ristolainen
1 G
3 shots · 23:03 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Tyler Ennis
1 G
3 shots · 13:06 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Robin Lehner
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Rasmus Ristolainen Go-ahead 1st · 06:01
Assists: Josh Gorges, Jack Eichel · beat Carey Price
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Tyler Ennis 2nd · 11:35
Assists: Evander Kane, Ryan O'Reilly · beat Carey Price
0–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec 3rd · 00:46
Assists: Alexander Radulov, Paul Byron · beat Robin Lehner
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Pacioretty · Radulov · Shaw 19:26
L2 Galchenyuk · Danault · Gallagher 15:55
L3 Flynn · Plekanec · Mitchell 13:12
L4 King · Lehkonen · Byron 13:03
D1 Beaulieu · Petry 23:44
D2 Markov · Nesterov 20:34
D3 Davidson · Emelin 15:43
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · O'Reilly · Gionta 17:55
L2 Eichel · Reinhart · Rodrigues 14:48
L3 Moulson · Deslauriers · Girgensons 13:51
L4 Nylander · Foligno · Ennis 11:28
D1 Ristolainen · Kulikov 22:53
D2 Gorges · Bogosian 21:24
D3 Franson · Falk 15:46

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
32 Shots on goal 30
9 Hits 26
8 Blocked shots 5
2 Takeaways 6
15 Giveaways 9
0 Penalty minutes 2
MTL shooting 3.1% (1/32) BUF shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 58:48 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Rasmus Ristolainen · 1st 06:01 · 0–1 Tyler Ennis · 2nd 11:35 · 0–2 Tomas Plekanec · 3rd 00:46 · 1–2
MTL BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-11-2 (32% win rate, 19 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-4-5 (44% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 10-1 (91% win rate, 11 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 2–2
Jan 312017 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5 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
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Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on April 5, 2017?

Sabres won 2–1. The final score was Canadiens 1, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Tomas Plekanec.

Who scored for Sabres?

Rasmus Ristolainen, Tyler Ennis.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 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 2–2 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 3 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 4–1 AfterApr 7 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 3 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterApr 8 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 0–3
Also on April 5
🗽NYR 0–2 🦅WSH
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