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2017-18 regular season

Canadiens at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Canadiens beat Sabres 3–2 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on October 5, 2017.

MTL – BUF
40–45
Shots on goal
0/4–1/5
Power play
17–20
Hits
8–15
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 ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
2 G
3 shots · 16:21 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Max Pacioretty
1 G
6 shots · 22:37 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
43 saves
0.956 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jason Pominville PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:30
Assists: Seth Griffith · beat Carey Price
0–1
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty Tying 1st · 17:56
Assists: Jonathan Drouin, Brendan Gallagher · beat Robin Lehner
1–1
2nd period
⚔️ Jason Pominville Go-ahead 2nd · 00:22
Assists: Jack Eichel, Evander Kane · beat Carey Price
1–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Phillip Danault SH Tying 3rd · 08:01
Assists: Shea Weber, Karl Alzner · beat Robin Lehner
2–2
Shootout
🇨🇦 Jonathan Drouin Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
3–2

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Pacioretty · Drouin · Galchenyuk 20:05
L2 Danault · Gallagher · Shaw 17:19
L3 Lehkonen · Hudon · Byron 13:52
L4 de la Rose · Plekanec · Hemsky 10:37
D1 Weber · Alzner 25:29
D2 Petry · Mete 18:48
D3 Benn · Streit 15:03
⚔️Sabres
L1 O'Reilly · Eichel · Okposo 19:58
L2 Kane · Reinhart · Pominville 16:21
L3 Pouliot · Griffith · Josefson 13:51
L4 Larsson · Girgensons · Nolan 12:00
D1 Ristolainen · Beaulieu 25:14
D2 Scandella · Tennyson 19:20
D3 McCabe · Antipin 15:34

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
40 Shots on goal 45
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
17 Hits 20
8 Blocked shots 15
3 Takeaways 5
7 Giveaways 5
10 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 7.5% (3/40) BUF shooting 4.4% (2/45)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
43/45
.956 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
38/40
.950 SV% · 2 GA · 64:49 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located
Jason Pominville · 1st 08:30 · 0–1 Max Pacioretty · 1st 17:56 · 1–1 Jason Pominville · 2nd 00:22 · 1–2 Phillip Danault · 3rd 08:01 · 2–2
MTL BUF
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Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Apr 52017 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 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
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Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on October 5, 2017?

Canadiens won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Canadiens 3, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Max Pacioretty, Phillip Danault.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville (2).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 43 saves on 45 shots (.956 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 38 saves on 40 shots (.950 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 22 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 1–3 AfterOct 7 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 1–6
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 9 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 2–4 AfterOct 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 3–6
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