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First Road Win | RECAP: MTL @ BUF

Rick Stephens

GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres: Habs, Line-up, Score, Statistics, Highlights, Post-game, Interviews, NHL, Three-Stars

FINAL | Game 8, Away Game 3 | Thursday October 27, 2022
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY

CANADIENS

Montreal

3-2

SABRES

Buffalo
Christian Dvorak, Brendan Gallagher, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Joe Hrycych/NHLI via Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki –  Mike Hoffman

Sean Monahan – Kirby Dach – Jonathan Drouin

Josh Anderson – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Evgenii Dadonov

Defence pairings

Kaiden Guhle – David Savard

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Scratches

Michael Pezzetta

Injuries

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.

Up Next

The Canadiens will be in St. Louis to face the Blues on Saturday night. Will Joel Edmundson be in the lineup to face his former team? 

Plus

▲  Brendan Gallagher, Josh Anderson, Jordan Harris, Kaiden Guhle, Cole Caufield, Christian Dvorak, Sam Montembeault

Minus

▼  Jonathan Drouin, Rem Pitlick, Chris Wideman

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Hoffman Gets a Promotion | PREVIEW: MTL @ BUF

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   SABRES
34 Shots 45
57 Face-off % 43
0-for-3 Power Play 1-for-4
8 Penalty Minutes 6
6 Hits 6
49 Corsi For 49
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (4-4-0) 1 0 2 – – 3
Sabres (4-3-0) 0 1 1 – – 2
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Caufield (5)
  • BUF: Eriksson Ek (3), Duhaime (2), Eriksson Ek (4)-EN
  • MTL: Montembeault (W) (2-1-0)
  • BUF: Comrie (L) (2-3-0)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
  1. Sam Montembeault  MTL
  2. Josh Anderson  MTL
  3. Dylan Cozens  BUF

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Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Kaiden Guhle

  • “It was like there was a void in my mind when I scored. It’s really great to have a first goal on my record.”

Josh Anderson

  • “It’s nice to be rewarded. I think our line had worked hard and spent most of the time in the offensive zone.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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