Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (24-27-4) at Montreal Canadiens (22-25-8) – 21 Feb 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (24-27-4) at Montreal [](/r/habs) Canadiens (22-25-8)

#Centre Bell

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, RDS, SN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020884) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020884/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020884/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020884/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Juraj Slafkovsky|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Joshua Roy|Alex Newhook|Josh Anderson|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|Dylan Cozens|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Joel Armia|Jake Evans|Brendan Gallagher|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Peyton Krebs|JJ Peterka|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Brandon Gignac|Tanner Pearson|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Robinson|Zemgus Girgensons|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|David Savard|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Henri Jokiharju|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Kaiden Guhle|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jacob Bryson|Connor Clifton|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|Johnathan Kovacevic|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Kale Clague|Erik Johnson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|10 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Harvey-Pinard (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Sunday, per the NHL media site.|12 Mar 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach||Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak||Pectoral|IR|Surgery|16 Sep 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman||Back|IR||29 Feb 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Victor Olofsson|20 Feb 2024|Illness|OUT|Olofsson (illness) won’t accompany the Buffalo Sabres on the team’s upcoming two-game road trip, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports.|25 Feb 2024|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|12 Feb 2024|Hand|IR|Power (hand) was placed on injured reserve Monday, per the NHL media site.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|15 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Quinn (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.|27 Mar 2024|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|06 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Samuelsson (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.|15 Sep 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/montreal-canadiens/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|55|22|25|8|52|0.473|2.78|3.53|20.11|73.96|28.33|33.75|52.61|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|55|24|27|4|52|0.473|2.93|3.07|14.56|79.76|31.80|29.07|46.65|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|26|25|12|9|4|0|3.21|0.903|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|19|19|5|11|3|0|3.66|0.894|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|31|28|14|14|2|4|2.54|0.910|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|20|19|9|7|2|0|3.30|0.891|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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