Juraj Slafkovsky scored his third goal of the season in a 4-2 win for the Montreal Canadiens over the Buffalo Sabres at the Bell Centre on Monday night. Article content
The Habs close their homestand with a 3-1 record. They begin a four-game western road trip on Wednesday in Calgary. Article content Article content
Lane Hutson and Jake Evans scored their first goals of the campaign. Jakub Dobes started in goal and made 30 saves, including a few big ones with the Sabres pressing to tie it late.
Oliver Kapanen opened the scoring at 8:29 of the first period with his fourth of the season. Ivan Demidov and Alex Newhook drew assists. Alexandre Carrier kickstarted the play, literally, by kicking the puck from along the boards. Article content
They didn’t score on the play, but Demidov an