Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres

27-36-12, 10-24-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Canadiens MTL	0	1	2	3
Sabres BUF	0	0	0	0

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

23-39-12, 11-23-5 Home

Niemi stops 35 shots in Canadiens' 3-0 win over Sabres

Antti Niemi stopped 35 shots for his first shutout in 27 months, and the Montreal Canadiens snapped a seven-game road skid with a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.

Mar 24, 2018, 03:09 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	0	1	2	3
	Sabres	0	0	0	0

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			MTL	BUF
4:56		Artturi Lehkonen (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jacob De La Rose (7), Alex Galchenyuk (29)	1	0

3rd Period			MTL	BUF
18:45		Paul Byron (18) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Jonathan Drouin (27), Charles Hudon (20)	2	0
19:16		Brendan Gallagher (27) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Logan Shaw (7)	3	0

CANADIENS

SABRES

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 4-0

Canadiens
3
Sabres
2

Game 1

6/10

Sabres
1
Canadiens
2

Game 2

12/11

Sabres
0
Canadiens
3

Game 3

26/11

Canadiens
3
Sabres
0

Game 4

23/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	16	11	3	35
Tampa Bay	16	11	2	34
Boston	17	13	0	34
Montreal	15	10	3	33
Toronto	14	11	4	32
Florida	14	12	2	30
Ottawa	13	11	4	30
Buffalo	11	14	4	26

NHL projects this season's revenue to around $6.8 billion

At the NHL Board of Governor meetings on Tuesday, commissioner Gary Bettman told reporters is league projects that revenue for this season will be about $6.8 billion, which is on track with what was expected and should not change the salary cap figures.

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Penguins place veteran Evgeni Malkin on IR, upper-body injury

The Pittsburgh Penguins placed center Evgeni Malkin, 39, on injured reserve Tuesday with an upper-body injury.

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Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres

Stars of the Game

Antti NiemiG - MTL

Artturi LehkonenLW - MTL

Linus UllmarkG - BUF

Game Information

Niemi stops 35 shots in Canadiens' 3-0 win over Sabres

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 4-0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

NHL projects this season's revenue to around $6.8 billion

Meet the fantasy hockey heavy-hitters who earn their points with hits and blocks

Penguins place veteran Evgeni Malkin on IR, upper-body injury