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RECAP | Sabres – Canadiens: Domi, Gallagher Lead Habs to Win

Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens Game Recap: Line-up, Score, Statistics, Highlights, Post-game, Three-Stars

FINAL | Game 75, Home Game 38 | Saturday March 23, 2019
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

7-4

SABRES

Buffalo

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Tomas Tatar – Phillip Danault – Brendan Gallagher

Artturi Lehkonen – Max Domi – Andrew Shaw

Jonathan Drouin – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Joel Armia

Paul Byron – Nate Thompson – Jordan Weal

Defense pairings

Victor Mete – Shea Weber

Brett Kulak – Jeff Petry

Jordie Benn – Christian Folin

Goaltenders

Carey Price – Antti Niemi

Scratches

Charles Hudon, Nicolas Deslauriers, Dale Weise, Matthew Peca, Mike Reilly, Charlie Lindgren

Injuries

none

Game Report

Post-game, Claude Julien acknowledged that the Sabres gave his club trouble this season. Yes, indeed. After taking a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes, the Sabres were dreaming about a season sweep over the Canadiens.

But the Canadiens scored four times in the second period. The momentum turned Montreal’s way with an incredible effort by Artturi Lehkonen driving to the Sabres net. Pretty passing from linemates Max Domi and Andrew Shaw set up the opening goal.

Buffalo head coach Phil Housley was disappointed that his team made critical mistakes that handed the Habs a win.

Don’t let the goal total fool you. Carey Price delivered another strong effort in earning his 32nd win of the season. A reckless double minor by Andrew Shaw, some selfish play from Jonathan Drouin and suspect defensive play from the pairing of Brett Kulak and Jeff Petry resulted in the Sabres’ goals.

It wasn’t pretty but the Canadiens fought hard and carved out another win. The victory put the Habs three points up over Columbus and two points behind Carolina. The two teams each hold a game in hand over Montreal.

Plus / Minus

▲  Carey Price, Max Domi, Artturi Lehkonen, Brendan Gallagher, Shea Weber

▼  Jonathan Drouin, Brett Kulak, Andrew Shaw

The Numbers

 Game Statistics 
CANADIENS   SABRES
44 Shots 27
59 Face-off % 41
1-for-2 Power Play 1-for-4
8 Penalty Minutes 4
30 Hits 16
59 Corsi For 40
 Scoring Summary
 FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
 Canadiens (40-28-7) 0 4 3 7
 Sabres (31-34-9) 1 2 1 4
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Lehkonen (9), Gallagher (32), Shaw (18), Byron (14), Gallagher (33), Domi (26)-PPG, Tatar (23)-ENG
  • BUF: Reinhart (19), Nylander (2)-PPG, Scandella (5), Eichel (26)
  • MTL: Price (W) 32-22-5
  • BUF: Hutton (L) 17-22-5

Stars of the Game

 NHL Official Three Stars
  1. Max Domi  MTL
  2. Brendan Gallagher  MTL
  3. Jack Eichel  BUF

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What Did They Say?

 Post-game Quotes
Claude Julien  
  • “.”
Brendan Gallagher
  • “We’ve been through this long enough. Obviously, we would’ve liked to get off to a bit of a better start, but it’s nice to have Pricey [Carey Price] in there to bail us out at times. We responded the right way.”
Max Domi
  • “It’s a huge win. As a team, I think we stayed focused, we stayed grounded, we found a way to execute and we buried our chances. We had everyone going tonight. It was a great effort. We can enjoy it, but the best part about the League is you play so much and we have a huge game against Carolina tomorrow.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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