Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki –  Mike Hoffman

Sean Monahan – Kirby Dach – Jonathan Drouin

Josh Anderson – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Evgenii Dadonov

Kaiden Guhle – David Savard

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj – Chris Wideman

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Michael Pezzetta

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Joel Edmundson (back), Logan Mailloux (shoulder), Emil Heineman (finger), Mike Matheson (abdominal strain), Joel Armia (upper-body), Juraj Slafkovsky (upper-body)

Game Report

Two youthful lineups faced off at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Thursday night. The game was filled with good opportunities and plenty of mistakes on both sides in the type of match you might expect given the inexperience.

It was a mostly back and forth affair. The Canadiens led after the opening 20 minutes with Brendan Gallagher scoring his second goal of the season. Buffalo dominated most of the middle frame with the Canadiens coming to life in the last two minutes of the period.

And the third was a wide open track meet with the teams combining for 32 shots. Kaiden Guhle scored his first career NHL goal. And Josh Anderson scored the game-winner with less than four minutes left.

Montreal picked up their first win on the road for the 2022-’23 season.

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