Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

· National Hockey League

Montreal Canadiens

31-17-7

Final
4 - 2

Buffalo Sabres

31-18-5

Cole Caufield scores twice, leads Canadiens to 4-2 win over Sabres

Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

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.

Up next Canadiens: Continue a three-game road trip at Minnesota on Monday.

Sabres: Visit Florida on Monday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 11:20	Juraj Slafkovský Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (45), Cole Caufield (25)
Goal	2nd Period 7:36	Owen Power Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (28), Rasmus Dahlin (33)
Goal	2nd Period 18:58	Noah Ostlund Goal (10) Slap Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (25), Bowen Byram (17)
Goal	3rd Period 4:14	Cole Caufield Goal (31) Tip-In, assists: Noah Dobson (24), Lane Hutson (47)
Goal	3rd Period 10:13	Cole Caufield Goal (32) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (46), Kirby Dach (4)
Goal	3rd Period 19:12	Oliver Kapanen Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (25)

Statistics

MTL		BUF
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
Jordan Greenway, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Zach Benson, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G	Injured Reserve	Feb 3
Josh Norris, C	Injured Reserve	Feb 2
Justin Danforth, RW	Injured Reserve	Jan 26