- Final SOSO0MTL
BUF4
54
5 - Final1TB
NJ2
42
4 - Final2NYI
NYR1
41
4 - Final SOSO3FLA
PHI3
23
2 - Final4WSH
PIT2
52
5 - Final OTOT5CGY
CBJ4
34
3 - Final OTOT6CAR
OTT3
23
2 - Final7TOR
WPG3
23
2 - Final8DET
STL5
15
1 - Final9LA
NSH0
30
3 - Final10VAN
MIN4
14
1 - Final11CHI
PHX6
26
2
Final SO
Buffalo leads 3-2
| Game 1: Saturday, February 2nd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sabres | 1 | Final |
| Canadiens | 6 | |
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| Game 2: Thursday, February 7th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Canadiens | 4 | Final SO |
| Sabres | 5 | |
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| Game 3: Tuesday, March 19th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sabres | 3 | Final OT |
| Canadiens | 2 | |
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| Game 4: Saturday, March 23rd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sabres | 2 | Final |
| Canadiens | 1 | |
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| Game 5: Thursday, April 11th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Canadiens | 5 | Final |
| Sabres | 1 | |
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7:00 PM ET, February 7, 2013
First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
| 1 | 2 | 3 | SO | T | |
| MTL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| BUF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | M Pacioretty 39 | M Pacioretty 15 | P Subban 27 |
| BUF | T Vanek 41 | T Vanek 20 | T Ennis 21 |
T. Vanek (Sabres - LW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0

T. Ennis (Sabres - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 2


M. Foligno (Sabres - LW): Goals: 0, Assists: 2
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
1st Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Buffalo | Start of 1st period |
| 0:00 | Buffalo | Tyler Ennis won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 0:13 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Tyler Myers in defensive zone |
| 0:38 | Buffalo | Marcus Foligno shot blocked by Raphael Diaz |
| 0:51 | Montreal | Giveaway by Tomas Plekanec in defensive zone |
| 1:09 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Cody Hodgson saved by Peter Budaj(Slapshot 50 ft) |
| 1:11 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 1:11 | Montreal | David Desharnais won faceoff against Jason Pominville in defensive zone |
| 1:26 | Montreal | Shot missed by Max Pacioretty, Wide of Net(Slapshot 46 ft) |
| 1:28 | Buffalo | Jordan Leopold credited with hit on Max Pacioretty in defensive zone |
| 1:37 | Montreal | Alexei Emelin shot blocked by Jordan Leopold |
| 1:48 | Montreal | Erik Cole credited with hit on Jason Pominville in offensive zone |
| 1:52 | Montreal | Max Pacioretty credited with hit on Jordan Leopold in defensive zone |
| 2:13 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Francis Bouillon saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 65 ft) |
| 2:14 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 2:14 | Montreal | Alex Galchenyuk won faceoff against Jochen Hecht in offensive zone |
| 2:36 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Icing |
| 2:36 | Montreal | Alex Galchenyuk won faceoff against Tyler Ennis in defensive zone |
| 3:32 | Montreal | Shot missed by Colby Armstrong, Wide of Net(Slapshot 48 ft) |
| 3:44 | Montreal | Giveaway by Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 3:56 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Rene Bourque saved by Ryan Miller(Backhand 22 ft) |
| 4:09 | Buffalo | Mike Weber credited with hit on Rene Bourque in defensive zone |
| 4:11 | Montreal | Goal scored by Tomas Plekanec(Snap 28 ft) assisted by Rene Bourque and Alexei Emelin |
| 4:11 | Buffalo | Mikhail Grigorenko won faceoff against David Desharnais in neutral zone |
| 4:23 | Montreal | Giveaway by David Desharnais in defensive zone |
| 4:26 | Buffalo | Goal scored by Steve Ott(Wristshot 20 ft) assisted by Jochen Hecht |
| 4:26 | Buffalo | Cody McCormick won faceoff against Alex Galchenyuk in neutral zone |
| 4:46 | Buffalo | Cody McCormick credited with hit on Josh Gorges in neutral zone |
| 5:03 | Montreal | Brandon Prust credited with hit on Cody McCormick in offensive zone |
| 5:17 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Christian Ehrhoff saved by Peter Budaj(Wristshot 45 ft) |
| 5:19 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 5:19 | Montreal | Ryan White won faceoff against Tyler Ennis in defensive zone |
| 5:25 | Buffalo | Drew Stafford shot blocked by Francis Bouillon |
| 5:26 | Montreal | Giveaway by Lars Eller in defensive zone |
| 5:41 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 60 ft) |
| 5:56 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Christian Ehrhoff in defensive zone |
| 6:05 | Montreal | Lars Eller credited with hit on Jordan Leopold in offensive zone |
| 6:05 | Montreal | Takeaway by Lars Eller in offensive zone |
| 6:32 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Drew Stafford in defensive zone |
| 6:36 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Brian Gionta saved by Ryan Miller(Slapshot 53 ft) |
| 6:37 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 6:37 | Buffalo | Cody Hodgson won faceoff against Erik Cole in defensive zone |
| 6:53 | Montreal | Erik Cole credited with hit on Jason Pominville in defensive zone |
| 7:04 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Jason Pominville saved by Peter Budaj(Slapshot 58 ft) |
| 7:15 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Icing |
| 7:15 | Buffalo | penalty to Thomas Vanek 2 minutes for Interference David Desharnais |
| 7:15 | Montreal | Power play - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Jochen Hecht in neutral zone |
| 7:35 | Buffalo | Shorthanded - Giveaway by Mike Weber in defensive zone |
| 8:02 | Buffalo | Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Cody Hodgson saved by Peter Budaj(Snap 36 ft) |
| 8:03 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 8:03 | Montreal | Power play - Lars Eller won faceoff against Drew Stafford in defensive zone |
| 8:28 | Montreal | Power play - Shot on goal by Raphael Diaz saved by Ryan Miller(Slapshot 57 ft) |
| 8:43 | Montreal | Power play - Giveaway by Alex Galchenyuk in offensive zone |
| 8:59 | Buffalo | Shorthanded - Mike Weber credited with hit on P.K. Subban in defensive zone |
| 9:56 | Montreal | Ryan White credited with hit on Alexander Sulzer in neutral zone |
| 10:13 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Colby Armstrong saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 14 ft) |
| 10:46 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Brian Gionta saved by Ryan Miller(Tip-In 14 ft) |
| 10:47 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 10:47 | Buffalo | Tyler Ennis won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in defensive zone |
| 10:58 | Buffalo | Tyler Ennis credited with hit on Josh Gorges in offensive zone |
| 11:04 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Tyler Ennis, Wide of Net(Wristshot 18 ft) |
| 11:13 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Icing |
| 11:13 | Buffalo | Mikhail Grigorenko won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in offensive zone |
| 12:35 | Buffalo | Giveaway by T.J. Brennan in neutral zone |
| 12:55 | Montreal | Erik Cole shot blocked by Cody McCormick |
| 13:00 | Montreal | Andrei Markov shot blocked by Cody McCormick |
| 13:12 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Max Pacioretty saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 22 ft) |
| 13:39 | Montreal | P.K. Subban credited with hit on Thomas Vanek in defensive zone |
| 13:49 | Buffalo | Thomas Vanek credited with hit on P.K. Subban in offensive zone |
| 14:02 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Colby Armstrong saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 23 ft) |
| 14:32 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout |
| 14:32 | Montreal | Lars Eller won faceoff against Jochen Hecht in neutral zone |
| 14:48 | Buffalo | penalty to T.J. Brennan 2 minutes for Roughing Brendan Gallagher |
| 14:48 | Montreal | penalty to Brendan Gallagher 2 minutes for Boarding T.J. Brennan |
| 14:48 | Montreal | penalty to Brendan Gallagher 2 minutes for Roughing T.J. Brennan(served by Erik Cole) |
| 14:48 | Montreal | Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Jason Pominville in defensive zone |
| 15:23 | Buffalo | Power play - Marcus Foligno credited with hit on Andrei Markov in offensive zone |
| 15:34 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Offside |
| 15:34 | Montreal | Shorthanded - Ryan White won faceoff against Cody Hodgson in neutral zone |
| 15:52 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Offside |
| 15:52 | Buffalo | Power play - Cody Hodgson won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 16:03 | Buffalo | Power play - Shot on goal by Steve Ott saved by Peter Budaj(Slapshot 53 ft) |
| 16:09 | Buffalo | Power play - Shot on goal by Jordan Leopold saved by Peter Budaj(Wristshot 20 ft) |
| 16:10 | Buffalo | Stoppage - High Stick |
| 16:10 | Buffalo | Power play - Cody Hodgson won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone |
| 16:16 | Buffalo | Power play - Shot on goal by Drew Stafford saved by Peter Budaj(Wristshot 40 ft) |
| 16:16 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 16:16 | Buffalo | Power play - Cody Hodgson won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone |
| 16:20 | Buffalo | Power play - Tyler Myers shot blocked by Lars Eller |
| 17:03 | Montreal | Francis Bouillon credited with hit on Jochen Hecht in defensive zone |
| 17:14 | Buffalo | Jochen Hecht shot blocked by Francis Bouillon |
| 17:31 | Buffalo | Takeaway by Thomas Vanek in offensive zone |
| 17:57 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Drew Stafford, Over Net(Wristshot 43 ft) |
| 18:03 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Christian Ehrhoff, Wide of Net(Wristshot 51 ft) |
| 18:14 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Christian Ehrhoff saved by Peter Budaj(Slapshot 53 ft) |
| 18:15 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 18:15 | Buffalo | Tyler Ennis won faceoff against Alex Galchenyuk in offensive zone |
| 18:22 | Buffalo | T.J. Brennan shot blocked by Alexei Emelin |
| 18:30 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Colby Armstrong saved by Ryan Miller(Tip-In 18 ft) |
| 18:43 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Drew Stafford saved by Peter Budaj(Wristshot 27 ft) |
| 18:44 | Buffalo | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 18:44 | Buffalo | Cody Hodgson won faceoff against David Desharnais in offensive zone |
| 18:47 | Buffalo | Jason Pominville shot blocked by Max Pacioretty |
| 18:57 | Montreal | Shot missed by Max Pacioretty, Wide of Net(Wristshot 54 ft) |
| 18:58 | Montreal | Erik Cole credited with hit on Jason Pominville in offensive zone |
| 18:58 | Montreal | Shot missed by Max Pacioretty, Wide of Net(Wristshot 32 ft) |
| 19:05 | Montreal | Shot on goal by David Desharnais saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 70 ft) |
| 19:17 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Cody Hodgson in neutral zone |
| 19:34 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Tomas Plekanec saved by Ryan Miller(Slapshot 65 ft) |
| 20:00 | Buffalo | End of 1st period |




