Montembeault’s 43 saves lead Canadiens to first road win of season

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Josh Anderson scored on a shot from the purpose with 3:46 to play within the third interval and Sam Montembeault made 43 saves to steer the Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres Thursday on the KeyBank Heart.

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Dylan Cozens scored on the forty second shot towards Montembeault to tie the sport 2-2 at 12:54 of the third interval.

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Sam Montembeault made 49 saves in an extra time win over Las Vegas on Jan. 20 and turned apart 48 pictures in his earlier begin in Dallas.

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Rookie defenceman Kaiden Guhle scored his first NHL objective to present the Canadiens a 2-1 lead at 6:52 of the third interval. Guhle beat Eric Comrie with a shot from the precise faceoff circle.

The objective was scored shortly after a wild energy play. Rookie defenceman Owen Energy went off for tripping Rem Pitlick. The Sabres’ penalty-killers outshot Montreal 3-2 and Montembeault got here up with two saves on breakaways by Casey Mittlestadt.

There have been 34 seconds remaining in a hooking penalty to Kirby Dach when the second interval began and veteran Jeff Skinner scored on the 31-second mark to carry the Sabres right into a 1-1 tie. Skinner eluded Guhle to go one-on-one with Montembeault and used a hesitation transfer to freeze the goaltender after which scored excessive on the glove aspect.

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The Canadiens have given up 11 of their 23 goals-against within the second interval and the Sabres utilized the strain, outshooting Montreal 12-3 at one level earlier than ending the interval with a 13-9 edge. Montembeault appeared snug within the internet and weathered two extra energy performs.

Brendan Gallagher bought the bounce to open the scoring at 13:31 of the primary interval. Comrie stopped Gallagher’s shot from the precise wall however the rebound went in off Energy’s stick.

The Canadiens had two energy performs within the first 5 minutes of the sport however managed just one shot on objective on every of them. On the primary benefit, they arrange Cole Caufield for 3 pictures from the left faceoff circle however he shot broad of the web on every of them.

Montembeault was stored busy through the Sabres’ solely energy play within the first interval. He made 5 stops and obtained assist from Jake Evans who cleared a free puck from the crease.

This was the primary cease on a four-game highway journey for the Canadiens. They’re in St. Louis Saturday and play Tuesday in Minnesota and Thursday in Winnipeg.

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