Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
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Caufield scores his second goal in OT to lift Canadiens over Sabres 4-3
Caufield had a breakaway after Josh Norris missed his shot on a 3-on-1 rush. He ripped a shot into the top-left corner, extending his franchise record with his 14th regular-season overtime goal.
Zachary Bolduc and Alexandre Texier also scored while Montreal built a two-goal lead before Buffalo stormed back. Juraj Slafkovsky and Alexandre Carrier added two assists each.
Jacob Fowler stopped 23 shots in his fourth start in five games.
Jack Quinn, Tage Thompson and Norris scored for Buffalo, which fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Canadiens on Tuesday. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 30 saves.
Thompson tied it at 3 with 9:48 remaining in the third period after Josh Doan found him alone at the side of the net to eventually force overtime.
The Sabres went on the power play with 2:17 remaining in regulation after Slafkovsky tripped Jiri Kulich but couldn’t capitalize despite spending the majority of the time in Montreal’s zone.
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Regular Season SeriesMTL leads series 2-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 8:21 | Josh Norris Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Konsta Helenius (1) |
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Goal | 1st Period 11:45 | Zachary Bolduc Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Nick Suzuki (6), Juraj Slafkovský (3) |
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Goal | 1st Period 14:01 | Cole Caufield Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovský (4), Alexandre Carrier (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 7:39 | Alexandre Texier Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Kaiden Guhle (1), Alexandre Carrier (3) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 9:52 | Jack Quinn Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Benson (6), Mattias Samuelsson (5) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 10:12 | Tage Thompson Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Doan (1), Jiri Kulich (2) |
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Goal | 4th Period 0:54 | Cole Caufield Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: none |
Statistics
 BUF |
 MTL |
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|---|---|---|
| 17 | Blocked Shots | 13 |
| 18 | Hits | 20 |
| 7 | Takeaways | 3 |
| 26 | Shots | 34 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 4 | Power Play Opportunities | 5 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 20.0 |
| 1 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 21 | Faceoffs Won | 36 |
| 36.8 | Faceoff Win Percent | 63.2 |
| 19 | Giveaways | 9 |
| 5 | Total Penalties | 4 |
| 10 | Penalty Minutes | 8 |
Montreal Canadiens Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Matheson, D | Out | Oct 17 |
| Florian Xhekaj, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 17 |
| Sam Montembeault, G | Injured Reserve | Oct 10 |
| Ivan Demidov, RW | Injured Reserve | Oct 6 |
| Bryce Pickford, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
Buffalo Sabres Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin, D | Out | Oct 16 |
| Alex Lyon, G | Injured Reserve | Oct 15 |
| Matt Grzelcyk, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 13 |
| Jason Zucker, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 6 |
| Conor Timmins, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
