MONTREAL CANADIENS NOTES:
À SURVEILLER CE SOIR / KEEP AN EYE ON…
- Les Canadiens et les Sabres s’affrontent ce soir pour la 290e fois en saison régulière. En ajoutant les matchs de séries, ce sera la 325e confrontation entre les deux équipes.
- The Canadiens and Sabres are facing each other for the 290th time in regular season. Including the playoffs, this will be the 325th match-up between the two teams.
DERNIER MATCH / LAST GAME – MIN 3 @ MTL 1 (@ CENTRE BELL)
Buts MTL Goals – Caufield
Buts MIN Goals – Eriksson Ek, Duhaime, Eriksson Ek
Gardien MTL Goalie – Allen (28-30)
Gardien MIN Goalie – Fleury (26-27)
Avantage numérique MTL Powerplay – 0/3
Avantage numérique MIN Powerplay – 0/3
Meneurs MTL Leaders – TOI (Harris – 25:39) ; S (Dvorak – 5) ; HT (Anderson, Harris, Hoffman, Pitlick – 7) ; BS (Harris – 7)
MATCHS À VENIR / UPCOMING GAMES
29 OCT. @ ST. LOUIS 19 h / 7 p.m.
1 NOV. @ MINNESOTA 20 h / 8 p.m.
3 NOV. @ WINNIPEG 20 h / 8 p.m.
5 NOV. VS. VEGAS 19 h / 7 p.m.
8 NOV. @ DETROIT 19h30 / 7:30 p.m.
RÉAFFECTATIONS, SIGNATURES ET TRANSACTIONS / ROSTER MOVES, SIGNINGS AND TRANSACTIONS
Les Canadiens ont cédé le défenseur Corey Schueneman au Rocket de Laval (26/10)
The Canadiens have loaned defenseman Corey Schueneman to the Laval Rocket (10/26)
Les Canadiens ont cédé le gardien Cayden Primeau au Rocket de Laval et ont rappelé le défenseur Corey Schueneman (18/10)
The Canadiens have loaned goaltender Cayden Primeau to the Laval Rocket and recalled defenseman Corey Schueneman (10/18)
Les Canadiens ont cédé le défenseur Corey Schueneman au Rocket de Laval et ont rappelé le gardien Cayden Primeau (17/10)
The Canadiens have loaned defenseman Corey Schueneman to the Laval Rocket and recalled goaltender Cayden Primeau (10/17)
Les Canadiens ont rappelé le défenseur Corey Schueneman du Rocket de Laval (13/10)
The Canadiens have recalled defenseman Corey Schueneman from the Laval Rocket (10/13)
Les Canadiens ont rappelé le défenseur Arber Xhekaj du Rocket de Laval (11/10)
The Canadiens have recalled defenseman Arber Xhekaj from the Laval Rocket (10/11)
LES CANADIENS CONTRE CHAQUE DIVISION CETTE SAISON / THE HABS VS. EVERY DIVISION THIS SEASON
Division Fiche
Record
PTS Buts pour
Goals for
Buts contre
Goals against
Atlantique 1-1-0 2 4 6
Centrale 1-2-0 2 9 10
Métropolitaine 1-1-0 2 4 5
Pacifique – – – –
Total 3-4-0 6 17 21
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals
MARTIN ST-LOUIS EN CHIFFRES / MARTIN ST. LOUIS’ NUMBERS…
Matchs/Games : 44
Victoires/Wins : 17
Fiche : 17-23-4
Points de classement/Standing points : 38
CANADIENS VS. BUFFALO
À vie / All-Time
CANADIENS vs. BUF 125-114-31-19 (289 PJ / GP)
Dom. / Home 76-46-12-10 (144 PJ / GP)
Étr. / Away 49-68-19-9 (145 PJ / GP)
Dern. Match / Last game:
V 4-0 W @ MTL (23/02/22)
S. Montembeault 0-32 | C. Anderson 3-28
BG / WG: N. Suzuki
10 DERNIERS MATCHS CONTRE BUFFALO / LAST 10 GAMES VS. BUFFALO:
23/02/22 – BUF 0 @ MTL 4
13/02/22 – BUF 5 @ MTL 3
26/11/21 – MTL 1 @ BUF 4
14/10/21 – MTL 1 @ BUF 5
30/01/20 – MTL 3 @ BUF 1
09/10/19 – MTL 4 @ BUF 5 (P/OT)
23/03/19 – BUF 4 @ MTL 7
23/11/18 – MTL 2 @ BUF 3 (P/OT)
08/11/18 – BUF 6 @ MTL 5 (P/OT)
25/10/18 – MTL 3 @ BUF 4
CETTE SAISON CONTRE BUFFALO / THIS SEASON VS. BUFFALO
Match #1: 27/10/2022 @ BUF
Match #2: 22/11/2022 @ MTL
Match #3: 27/03/2022 @ BUF
MEILLEURS BUTEURS CONTRE BUFFALO / LEADING GOAL SCORERS VS. BUFFALO:
1) Brendan Gallagher (15-3-18, 32 pj/gp)
2) Mike Hoffman (8-11-19, 26 pj/gp)
3) Sean Monahan (7-11-18, 16 pj/gp)
MEILLEURS POINTEURS CONTRE BUFFALO / LEADING SCORERS VS. BUFFALO:
1) Mike Hoffman (8-11-19, 26 pj/gp)
2) Sean Monahan (7-11-18, 16 pj/gp)
3) Evgenii Dadonov (7-11-18, 17 pj/gp)
MENEURS MINUTES DE PÉNALITÉ CONTRE BUFFALO / MOST PENALTY MINUTES VS. BUFFALO:
1) David Savard (16, 22 pj/gp)
2) Brendan Gallagher (18, 32 pj/gp)
3) Mike Hoffman (10, 26 pj/gp)
LIENS MONTRÉAL – BUFFALO CONNECTIONS
- Christian Dvorak a joué avec Vinnie Hinostroza (2018 à 2020) et Ilya Lyubushkin (2018 à 2021) en Arizona.
- Mike Hoffman (2011 à 2018) et Chris Wideman (2015 à 2019) ont évolué avec Craig Anderson à Ottawa.
- Jake Allen et Joel Edmundson ont côtoyé Tage Thompson avec les Blues en 2017-2018.
- Evgenii Dadonov et Riley Sheahan ont joué ensemble en Floride en 2018-2019.
- Joel Armia a évolué avec Eric Comrie entre 2016 et 2018 à Winnipeg.
- Armia a disputé 1 match avec les Sabres en 2014-2015.
- Christian Dvorak played with Vinnie Hinostroza (2018 to 2020) and Ilya Lyubyushkin (2018 to 2021) in Arizona.
- Mike Hoffman (2011 to 2018) and Chris Wideman (2015 to 2019) played with Craig Anderson in Ottawa.
- Jake Allen and Joel Edmundson skated alongside Tage Thompson with the St Louis Blues in 2017-18.
- Evgenii Dadonov and Riley Sheahan played together in Florida in 2018-19.
- Joel Armia played with Eric Comrie from 2016 to 2018 in Winnipeg.
- Armia played 1 game with the Sabres in 2014-15.
JOUEURS AVEC LE PLUS DE MATCHS AVEC LES CANADIENS / PLAYERS WITH THE MOST GAMES WITH THE CANADIENS
Rang/Rank – Joueurs/Players – Matchs/Games
31 – Craig Rivest – 653
32 – Brendan Gallagher – 645
33 – Bobby Rousseau – 643
MEILLEURS MARQUEURS DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS’ ALL-TIME TOP SCORERS
Rang/Rank – Joueurs/Players – Buts/Goals
25 – Larry Robinson – 197
26 – Brendan Gallagher – 195
27 – Pierre Mondou – 194
MEILLEURS PASSEURS DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS’ ALL-TIME ASSIST LEADERS
Rang/Rank – Joueurs/Players – Aides/Assists
45 – Petr Svoboda – 190
46 – Brendan Gallagher – 187
47 – Doug Risebrough – 185
MEILLEURS POINTEURS DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS’ ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS
Rang/Rank – Joueurs/Players – Points/Points
37 – Bert Olmstead – 383
38 – Brendan Gallagher – 382
39 – Patrice Brisebois – 371
GARDIENS AVEC LE PLUS DE VICTOIRES AVEC LES CANADIENS / GOALTENDERS WITH THE MOST WINS IN CANADIENS HISTORY
Rang/Rank – Gardiens/Netminders – Victoires/Wins
1 – Carey Price – 361
2 – Jacques Plante – 314
3 – Patrick Roy – 289
GARDIENS AVEC LE PLUS DE JEUX BLANCS AVEC LES CANADIENS / GOALTENDERS WITH THE MOST SHUTOUTS IN CANADIENS HISTORY
Rang/Rank – Gardiens/Netminders – Blanchissages/Shutouts
1 – George Hainsworth – 75
2 – Jacques Plante – 58
3 – Carey Price – 49
BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Buffalo 1 at Seattle 5
Goal: Cozens
Goalie: Comrie (19 saves/24 shots)
PP: 0/4; PK: 1/3; Shots: Seattle 24 – Buffalo 16
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 6)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Henri Jokiharju (Upper body, Oct. 22; IR) – 2 games
Mattias Samuelsson (Lower body, Oct. 25; IR) – 1 game
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
10/21: Recalled D Lawrence Pilut from the Rochester Americans (AHL); Placed D Henri Jokiharju on injured reserve
10/23: Recalled D Kale Clague from the Rochester Americans (AHL); Placed D Mattias Samuelsson on injured reserve
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Oct. 29: Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 31: Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 2: Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 4: Buffalo at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 5: Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
CANADIENS at SABRES
• This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Canadiens this season.
• Last meeting: Montreal defeated Buffalo 4-0 in Montreal on Feb. 23, 2022.
• Next meeting: Tuesday, Nov. 22 in Montreal
• The Sabres are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games against the Canadiens; 6-3-1 at home.
• This is the 290th game all-time between Buffalo and Montreal; Buffalo has a 133-115-41 series record.
• The Sabres are 77-41-27 at home against the Canadiens all-time.
THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY
• The Sabres are 13-6-3 all-time on October 27.
• October 27, 1970: Randy Wyrozub records the first two-goal game in franchise history.
• October 27, 1991: Pat LaFontaine plays in his first game as a member of the Sabres.
• October 27, 2011: Thomas Vanek becomes the 12th player in team history to score 400 career points with a season-high three assists vs. Columbus.
• October 27, 2018: Tage Thompson records his first point as a Sabre against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Jeff Skinner has recorded 17 points (9+8) in 10 games played with the Sabres against Montreal in his career.
• He recorded six multi-point games and tallied nine points (4+5) in four matchups against the Canadiens in 2021-22.
• Craig Anderson has appeared in 34 games against Montreal in his career, tied for the most games against any single team in his career (Buffalo).
• Rasmus Dahlin has been on the ice for 14 of the 23 goals the Sabres have scored this season (60.87 percent).
• A win tonight would give the Sabres wins in six of their last seven meetings with the Canadiens.
• The last time Buffalo defeated Montreal at least six times in seven matchups between the two teams was from Dec. 26, 2001 to March 24, 2004, when the Sabres won seven straight games against Montreal.
• Buffalo has scored four or more goals in seven of their last 10 games against Montreal.
• Tage Thompson recorded four goals in four games against the Canadiens in 2021-22.
SKINNER, SKINNER, CHICKEN DINNER
• The Sabres have won seven of their ten games against Montreal with Jeff Skinner in the lineup.
• Buffalo has never lost a game against Montreal in which Skinner records a goal.
• Skinner has scored a total of seven goals in 12 career games against Montreal goaltenders Jake Allen and Sam Montembeault.
• He has recorded five goals in five career games against Montembeault.
• Since 2018-19, his first season with Buffalo, Skinner leads all 145 NHL skaters who have played at least 10 games against
Montreal in 5-on-5 goals per 60 minutes (2.81) against the Canadiens.
DAHLIN WITH IT, ROCK WITH IT
• Rasmus Dahlin enters tonight’s game riding a season-opening six-game point streak (5+4), the longest ever season-opening point streak by a Sabres defenseman.
• With a point in tonight’s game, Dahlin would move into a tie with Pat LaFontaine and Gilbert Perreault for the fifth-longest season-opening point streak in Sabres history.
• Since entering the league in 2018-19, Dahlin ranks second among NHL defensemen in power-play points against the
Canadiens (6).
• Dahlin leads all Buffalo defensemen with nine game-winning goals since 2018-19.
• In that span, he also leads all Sabres skaters in games played (283), assists (133) and power-play points (73).
MY COZEN(S) VINNIE…AND JJ
• Despite just 29.17 percent of faceoffs taking place in Buffalo’s offensive zone with Dylan Cozens, Vinnie Hinostroza and JJ Peterka on the ice together, the trio has created eight high danger scoring chances and owns an expected goals for percentage of 55.77.
• Hinostroza leads all Sabres skaters in assists (5), and he has assisted on both of Cozens’ goals this season.
• Among Sabres skaters, Peterka (+8) is tied for first and Cozens (+6) is ranked third in shot attempts close differential (within one goal) at 5-on-5.
• Cozens has won 69.2 percent of the offensive zone faceoffs he has taken in 2022-23, the second-highest percentage among NHL skaters who have taken at least 20 offensive zone draws (Erik Haula, 71.1 percent) entering play Wednesday.
