🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 26-36-12
3–0
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 23-38-12
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🇨🇦 MTL 0123
⚔️ BUF 0000

Canadiens at Sabres

Canadiens beat Sabres 3–0 at KeyBank Center on March 23, 2018.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2017-18 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 4–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Paul Byron
1 G
4 shots · 17:02 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brendan Gallagher
1 G
3 shots · 17:05 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Antti Niemi
35 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Artturi Lehkonen Go-ahead 2nd · 04:56
Assists: Jacob de la Rose, Alex Galchenyuk · beat Linus Ullmark
1–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Paul Byron Empty net 3rd · 18:45
Assists: Jonathan Drouin, Charles Hudon
2–0
🇨🇦 Brendan Gallagher Empty net 3rd · 19:16
Assists: Logan Shaw
3–0

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Drouin · Galchenyuk · Gallagher 17:37
L2 Byron · Lehkonen · Scherbak 16:43
L3 de la Rose · Hudon · Shaw 15:27
L4 Carr · Deslauriers · Froese 10:29
D1 Petry · Alzner 23:02
D2 Reilly · Juulsen 19:08
D3 Benn · Lernout 15:50
⚔️Sabres
L1 Eichel · O'Reilly · Reinhart 20:15
L2 Girgensons · Wilson · Pominville 16:20
L3 Larsson · Okposo · Baptiste 12:53
L4 Pouliot · Nolan · Rodrigues 11:06
D1 Ristolainen · Nelson 24:18
D2 Scandella · Guhle 20:52
D3 Gorges · Antipin 13:21

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
24 Shots on goal 35
19 Hits 28
8 Blocked shots 6
4 Takeaways 4
6 Giveaways 11
4 Penalty minutes 4
MTL shooting 12.5% (3/24) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Antti Niemi Shutout
35/35
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Linus Ullmark
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 58:49 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Artturi Lehkonen · 2nd 04:56 · 1–0 Paul Byron · 3rd 18:45 · 2–0 Brendan Gallagher · 3rd 19:16 · 3–0
MTL BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 13-16-9 (34% win rate, 38 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 10-11-5 (38% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-1-4 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-13-1 (18% win rate, 17 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 4–0
Nov 252017 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–3 Nov 112017 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2 OT Oct 52017 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 SO Apr 52017 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 Jan 312017 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5
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Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on March 23, 2018?

Canadiens won 3–0. The final score was Canadiens 3, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Artturi Lehkonen, Brendan Gallagher, Paul Byron.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 35 saves on 35 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 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 4–0 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 21 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 3–5 AfterMar 24 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 21 🌵ARI @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 AfterMar 24 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 1–5
Also on March 23
😈NJD 4–3 🐧PIT 🐋VAN 1–4 🎵STL 🦆ANA 2–3 ✈️WPG 🐻BOS 3–2 ⭐DAL
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