Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (15-19-4) at Montreal Canadiens (16-16-5) – 04 Jan 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (15-19-4) at Montreal [](/r/habs) Canadiens (16-16-5)

#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, TSN2|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020590) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020590/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020590/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020590/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)|Josh Anderson|Sean Monahan|Jesse Ylönen|[BUF](/r/sabres)|JJ Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Jack Quinn|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Johnathan Kovacevic|Jake Evans|Brendan Gallagher|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|Zach Benson|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Mitchell Stephens|Joel Armia|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Eric Robinson|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|David Savard|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Henri Jokiharju|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Justin Barron|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Erik Johnson|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Jordan Harris|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|Connor Clifton|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|

[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)|Josh Anderson|02 Jan 2024|Leg|DTD|Anderson (leg) did not finish Tuesday’s game versus the Dallas Stars, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports.|unknown|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak|31 Dec 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Dvorak (upper body) won’t be in the lineup Tuesday against the Dallas Stars, according to coach Martin St. Louis.|unknown|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|09 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Pearson (upper body) was put on injured reserve Wednesday.|10 Jan 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Alex Newhook|30 Nov 2023|Ankle|IR|Newhook is expected to miss the next 10-12 weeks with a high-ankle sprain, per Arpon Basu of The Athletic.|17 Feb 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|16 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|17 Jan 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach|14 Oct 2023|Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman|21 Sep 2023|Back|IR|Wideman is out indefinitely because of a back injury.|17 Jan 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Kyle Okposo|02 Jan 2024|Lower Body|OUT|Okposo is considered week-to-week due to a lower-body injury.|09 Jan 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)|37|16|16|5|37|0.500|2.78|3.38|18.60|72.80|28.46|32.95|54.30|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|38|15|19|4|34|0.447|2.92|3.45|12.84|77.78|30.82|29.42|46.32|

[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|17|16|8|5|3|0|2.94|0.903|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|13|13|4|7|2|0|3.40|0.903|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|18|15|7|8|2|1|3.13|0.892|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|17|16|7|6|2|0|3.36|0.888|

[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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