nhl Game Recap
Buffalo Falls 4-3 to Canadiens - Recap
Montreal skated to a 4-3 victory over Buffalo on Monday in NHL action at Bell Centre.
Montreal was favored by -125 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Montreal got goals from Mike Matheson, Juraj Slafkovsky, Cole Caufield, and Nick Suzuki in the victory. Caufield opened the scoring at 9:42 of the first period.
Sam Montembeault turned in a 33-save effort for the Canadiens.
Buffalo got goals from Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin, and Tage Thompson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
James Reimer stopped 16 of 20 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Montreal scored 2 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Buffalo went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Buffalo by a margin of 36-20.
Montreal heads into a battle against the Oilers. Buffalo, meanwhile, will have their next action against San Jose.