Buffalo Sabres – Montreal Canadiens
3/3/25 – 7pm EST at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Record
Buffalo – 24-29-5 | 53 points – 8th place in the Atlantic Division
Montreal – 29-26-5 | 63 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division
Special Teams
Buffalo
Power Play – 16.8% (27th)
Penalty Kill – 77.1% (T-19th)
Montreal
Power Play – 21.5% (18th)
Penalty Kill – 82.0% (7th)
Top Scorers
Buffalo
Tage Thompson: 52 GP, 28 G, 23 A, 51 PTS
Rasmus Dahlin: 50 GP, 9 G, 38 A, 47 PTS
Alex Tuch: 58 GP, 22 G, 24 A, 46 PTS
Montreal
Nick Suzuki: 60 GP, 18 G, 43 A, 61 PTS
Cole Caufield: 60 GP, 29 G, 25 A, 54 PTS
Lane Hutson: 60 GP, 4 G, 42 A, 46 PTS
Starting Goalies
Buffalo – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (20-17-4, 3.01 GAA, .894 save %)
Montreal – Samuel Montembeault (21-21-3, 2.90 GAA, .899 save %)
Line Combinations and Pairings
Forwards
JJ Peterka - Ryan McLeod – Tage Thompson
Jordan Greenway - Dylan Cozens - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson – Jiri Kulich - Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn – Peyton Krebs - Sam Lafferty
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson - Owen Power
Dennis Gilbert - Connor Clifton
Ex. - Jacob Bryson, Henri Jokiharju
Goaltenders
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Notes
The Sabres have earned a win in three of their last four road contests against the Canadiens and they have outscored Montreal 17-11 in that span. In the three wins in that span, Buffalo did not allow a single power-play goal.
Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 25 assists in his last 24 games and he has registered 16 points (3+13) in his last 13 games. Dahlin’s 25 assists in that span is tied for first among all NHL skaters.
JJ Peterka has tallied 13 points (7+6) in his last 12 games and he is riding a four-game point streak (2+2). A point in tonight’s game would mark Peterka’s third point streak of five or more games this season.
Alex Tuch has collected 11 points (6+5) in his last eight games, including six goals in his last six games. Tuch has registered one goal in three consecutive games and he would match the longest goal streak of his career with a goal in tonight’s game.
Tage Thompson has posted 26 points (12+14) in his last 23 games, including 11 points (6+5) in his last eight.
In his last 21 games, Jason Zucker has recorded 23 points (10+13), including 11 points (3+8) in his last nine games
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