Buffalo Sabres @ Montreal Canadiens

2-4-0, 0-2-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Sabres BUF	0	1	1	2
Canadiens MTL	1	0	3	4

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

5-2-0, 3-1-0 Home


Shots	32	31
Hits	15	22
Faceoffs Won	24	31
Faceoff Win Percent	43.6	56.4
Power Play Opportunities	1	1
Power Play Goals	0	0
Power Play Percentage	0.0	0.0
Short Handed Goals	0	0
Total Penalties	3	3
Penalty Minutes	6	6
Blocked Shots	9	21
Takeaways	6	3
Giveaways	15	11

Regular Season Series

MTL leads 1-0

Sabres
2
Canadiens
4

Game 1

10/20

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 2

1/15

Sabres
Canadiens

Game 3

1/22

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 4

1/31

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	5	1	0	10
Montreal	5	2	0	10
Toronto	3	2	1	7
Florida	3	4	0	6
Boston	3	4	0	6
Buffalo	2	4	0	4
Ottawa	2	4	0	4
Tampa Bay	1	3	2	4

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Buffalo Sabres @ Montreal Canadiens

Stars of the Game

Juraj SlafkovskyLW - MTL

Jake EvansC - MTL

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Regular Season Series

MTL leads 1-0

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