Washington – Ottawa 5:4 (1:0 after SO) | Montreal – Buffalo 4:3 (after OT) | Florida – Tampa 2:1 (end)
Rangers – NY Islanders 4:0 (end) | Toronto – San Jose 2:3 (1:2 after SO) | Chicago – Los Angeles 5:1 (end)
final/OT
Montreal Canadiens
4:3 (3:0, 0:1, 0:2 - 1:0)
Buffalo Sabres
Tuesday 04.03.2025, 01:00 • Bell Centre, Montreal • NHL
     
    Game over. (03:47:32)
    61:21 Michael Matheson (MTL) - 4:3
     
    61:21
    Team Montreal with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is MICHAEL MATHESON. Assisted by Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
    58:59 Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) - 3:3
     
    58:59
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is RASMUS DAHLIN. Assisted by John Peterka, Jiří Kulich.
     
    54:42
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Rasmus Dahlin – 2 min., interference.
     
    49:38
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Alex Newhook – 2 min., tripping.
    43:24 Tage Thompson (BUF) - 3:2
     
    43:24
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is TAGE THOMPSON. Assisted by John Peterka, Jacob Bryson.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    38:07 Alex Tuch (BUF) - 3:1
     
    38:07
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is ALEX TUCH. Assisted by Dylan Cozens, Dennis Gilbert.
     
    34:32
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Jayden Struble – 2 min., interference.
     
    24:10
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Alex Newhook – 2 min., interference on a goaltender.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    14:24
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    John Peterka – 2 min., tripping.
    Goals and assists: 10. Caufield (N. Suzuki, Hutson), 12. N. Suzuki (Matheson), 14. Slafkovský (N. Suzuki, Hutson), 62. Matheson (Slafkovský, N. Suzuki) – 39. Tuch (Cozens, Gilbert), 44. T. Thompson (Peterka, Bryson), 59. Dahlin (Peterka, Kulich)


    Montreal Canadiens: Montembeault (Dobeš) – A. Carrier, Matheson (A), Savard, Hutson, Xhekaj, Struble – Slafkovský, N. Suzuki (C), Caufield – Laine, Beck, Newhook – Josh Anderson, Dvorak, Gallagher (A) – Armia, J. Evans, Heineman.
    Coach: M. St. Louis.

    Buffalo Sabres: Reimer (Luukkonen) – Dahlin (C), Byram, Gilbert, Power, Clifton, Bryson – T. Thompson, Kulich, Peterka – Tuch (A), Cozens (A), Greenway – Quinn, McLeod, Benson – Lafferty, Krebs, Malenstyn.
    Coach: L. Ruff.

    Referees: D. O´Rourke, J. Brenk – CJ. Murray, J. Deschamps

    Attendance: 21 105