BUF@MTL: Game recap

MONTREAL – The Canadiens staved off a late-game comeback from the Buffalo Sabres to leave the Bell Centre with a 4-3 win in a shootout on Tuesday. 

Martin St-Louis' men led 3-1 for the first 40 minutes of the game with goals from Lane Hutson – his first of the campaign – Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson. But the pesky Sabres found a way back into the game in the final frame to force overtime and a shootout.  
The Canadiens ultimately came out on top in the skills competition with goals from Caufield, Alexandre Texier and Zachary Bolduc.

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Roster

Montreal goals  

P1 14:28 1-[1] Hutson (Slafkovsky, Caufield) - PPG

P2 01:19 1-[2] Caufield (Slafkovsky, Suzuki)

P2 19:10 1-[3] Anderson (Hutson, Bolduc)

Buffalo goals  

P1 02:16 [1]-0 Zellweger (Samuelsson, Malenstyn) 

P3 04:24 [2]-3 Norris (Gilbert, Malenstyn) 

P3 05:25 [3]-3 Zellweger (Benson, Samuelsson) 

Shootout 

Caufield, Texier, and Bolduc scored for Montreal, while Tage Thompson was the lone scorer for Buffalo. His teammate Jack Quinn couldn’t find the back of the net. 

What’s next  

The Canadiens are back in action on Wednesday against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena at 7:30 p.m. ET.