Jhonas Enroth made 25 saves in place of injured starter Ryan Miller to improve to 6-0 this season. Miller sustained a concussion Saturday night in a collision with Boston forward Milan Lucic in the Sabres' 6-2 loss to Boston.
Jason Pominville and Derek Roy scored in regulation for Buffalo, which overcame a 2-0 deficit in the third period for its fourth victory in five games. Vanek had an assist on Roy's goal.
Max Pacioretty and Erik Cole scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price made 30 saves.
Montreal opened the scoring at 3:58 of the second. Defenseman P.K. Subban sent pass over to Cole, who ripped a slap shot from the left faceoff circle for his fourth of the season.
Pacioretty made it 2-0 with 5:43 left in the period when his shot just trickled past Enroth.
Pominville scored 53 seconds into the third period when he was left alone in the slot to beat Price.
The Sabres took advantage of Subban's turnover to it it with 7:30 left in regulation. Vanek picked up the loose puck and sent it to Roy, who converted his sixth of the season on a delayed penalty against Montreal.
NOTES: Montreal's Jaroslav Spacek left in the second period with an unspecified injury, leaving the Canadiens with just five defensemen. The Canadiens also lost center Andreas Engqvist to injury in the second period. The 23-year-old was called up earlier in the day from Hamilton of the AHL. ... The Sabres were without Miller and forwards Jochen Hecht (concussion) and Tyler Ennis (ankle).
Source: http://network.yardbarker.com/nhl/article_external/sabres_3_canadiens_2_so/8097400
No comments:
Post a Comment