Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres
· National Hockey League
Cole Caufield scores twice, leads Canadiens to 4-2 win over Sabres
Caufield scored his 31st and 32nd goals of the season in the third period to help Montreal overcome a 2-1 deficit for their third straight win.
Juraj Slafkovsky and Oliver Kapanen also scored for the Canadiens and Jakub Dobes made 36 saves.
Owen Power and Noah Ostlund scored for the Sabres who had a five-game win streak snapped. Alex Lyon made 27 saves.
Slafkovsky scored a power-play goal that opened the scoring with 8:40 left in the first period.
Power tied the game about 7 1/2 minutes into the second period with a slap shot with the extra man during a delayed penalty. Ostlund gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal with 1:02 left in the second.
Caufield made it 2-2 with 15:46 to play when he redirected a shot by Noah Dobson and capped the scoring with 10:13 left.
Kapanen scored an empty-net goal with 47 seconds left to make it 4-2.
Sabres: Visit Florida on Monday.
Regular Season SeriesSeries tied 2-2
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 11:20 | Juraj Slafkovský Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (45), Cole Caufield (25) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 7:36 | Owen Power Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (28), Rasmus Dahlin (33) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 18:58 | Noah Ostlund Goal (10) Slap Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (25), Bowen Byram (17) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 4:14 | Cole Caufield Goal (31) Tip-In, assists: Noah Dobson (24), Lane Hutson (47) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 10:13 | Cole Caufield Goal (32) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (46), Kirby Dach (4) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 19:12 | Oliver Kapanen Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (25) |
Statistics
 MTL |
 BUF |
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|---|---|---|
| 20 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 29 | Hits | 24 |
| 5 | Takeaways | 4 |
| 31 | Shots | 38 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 3 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 |
| 33.3 | Power Play Percentage | 25.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 40 | Faceoffs Won | 17 |
| 70.2 | Faceoff Win Percent | 29.8 |
| 13 | Giveaways | 16 |
| 4 | Total Penalties | 3 |
| 8 | Penalty Minutes | 6 |
Buffalo Sabres Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Olen Zellweger, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 1 |
| Conor Timmins, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Alex Lyon, G | Day-To-Day | Sep 29 |
| Topias Leinonen, G | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
| Jack Rathbone, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
Montreal Canadiens Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Kapanen, C | Day-To-Day | Sep 30 |
| Bryce Pickford, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Lucas Condotta, LW | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Kaiden Guhle, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
