NHL Recaps: Monday, Oct 23, 2023

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Montreal Canadiens

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at BUF. Tanner Pearson (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:09 together.

•Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:14.
•Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 13:24.
•BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:09 together.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Tanner Pearson for MTL @ BUF, 63.8 mph. Full game report →

Tanner Pearson (MTL @ BUF): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 63.8 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tanner Pearson MTL	at BUF	1	1	2	6	4	1	13:24	—
Brendan Gallagher MTL	at BUF	1	1	2	2	3	0	11:14	—
Mattias Samuelsson BUF	vs MTL	0	0	0	0	5	3	18:19	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jake Allen MTL	at BUF	W	37	1	.973
Eric Comrie BUF	vs MTL	L	27	3	.889

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.