Montreal Canadiens defeat Buffalo Sabres, 3-1

That brings us to the end of a first period — Buffalo Sabres 1, Montreal Canadiens 1. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 8-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Tim Washe opened the scoring for Montreal Canadiens at 3:15, then Mackie Samoskevich tied it for Buffalo Sabres at 5:56.

Linus Ullmark was under siege with 7 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Buffalo Sabres went 0-for-1.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Buffalo Sabres 0, Montreal Canadiens 1. Montreal Canadiens edged the shot clock 8-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Connor Clifton put Montreal Canadiens in front at 11:54.

Jordan Binnington was under siege with 7 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Buffalo Sabres went 0-for-2 while Montreal Canadiens went 0-for-1.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Buffalo Sabres 0, Montreal Canadiens 1. Montreal Canadiens edged the shot clock 13-8, while Buffalo Sabres still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Nick Suzuki extended the lead for Montreal Canadiens at 6:10.

Jordan Binnington was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Buffalo Sabres went 0-for-2 while Montreal Canadiens went 0-for-1.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.