Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (2-1-1) at Buffalo Sabres (2-3-0) – 23 Oct 2023 – 7:00PM EDT

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# Montreal [](/r/habs) Canadiens (2-1-1) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (2-3-0)

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##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|11:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, RDS, SN, NHLN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020082) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020082/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020082/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020082/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Tage Thompson|Dylan Cozens|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Casey Mittelstadt|Alex Tuch|[MTL](/r/habs)|Josh Anderson|Alex Newhook|Juraj Slafkovsky|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|John Jason Peterka|Peyton Krebs|Victor Olofsson|[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|Sean Monahan|Brendan Gallagher|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Tyson Jost|Kyle Okposo|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jesse Ylonen|Jake Evans|Michael Pezzetta|

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

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|

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

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|21 Oct 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Levi (lower body) was back at practice Saturday, Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News reports.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|20 Oct 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald, Benson (lower-body) returned to practice Saturday.|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Matthew Savoie|19 Sep 2023|Shoulder|IR-NR|Savoie (shoulder) was sent to AHL Rochester on Sunday for a conditioning assignment.|29 Oct 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|29 Oct 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|17 Oct 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Guhle (upper body) is expected to miss Saturday’s game against the Washington Capitals, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports.|unknown|
|[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.|30 Oct 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak|20 Sep 2023|Knee|IR-LT|Dvorak (knee) won’t be available before November, per Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports.|04 Nov 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|

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

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|4|4|1|3|0|0|3.26|0.892|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|1|1|1|0|0|0|1.00|0.960|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|2|2|1|0|1|0|3.34|0.907|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|2|2|1|1|0|0|3.55|0.892|

[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), [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)

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