Oct 18, 2025; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens ahead Juraj Slafkovsky (20) celebrates with teammates after scoring a purpose towards the New York Rangers in the course of the first interval on the Bell Centre. Obligatory Credit score: Eric Bolte-Imagn Photographs Juraj Slafkovsky broke a tie within the third interval to assist the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-2 win towards the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Monday.
Oliver Kapanen, Lane Hutson and Jake Evans scored for the Canadiens, who’ve received 5 of six. Jakub Dobes made 29 saves.
Jiri Kulich and Tyson Kozak scored, and Alex Lyon made 27 saves for the Sabres, who had received two in a row.
Slafkovsky put Montreal forward 2-1 at 2:57 of the third. Nick Suzuki noticed Noah Dobson leaping up from the blue line, and Dobson took it to under the purpose line, drawing Lyon to him. With the goalie out of place, he slid a feed to Slafkovsky on the doorstep in entrance for the tap-in into the open internet.
Hutson made it 3-1 at 11:38 when he took a go from Alex Newhook within the slot and fired a wrist shot that trickled via Lyon.
Kozak was on the again door to obtain a feed from Jack Quinn and deposit it into the web, slicing it to 3-2 at 12:30.
Evans scored an empty-net purpose at 19:29 for the ultimate margin.
Kapanen gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead at 8:29 of the primary interval. Buffalo struggled to get the puck out of the zone on the blue line by their bench, and Alexandre Service kicked it over to Alex Newhook, who shortly dished to Ivan Demidov. The rookie then slipped a backhand feed into the slot, and Kapanen collected it and slid a backhand underneath Lyon’s pads.
The Sabres struggled to get via lively sticks by the Canadiens, who stored the strain on and outshot Buffalo 14-6 within the opening body.
However the guests obtained again on observe and pushed within the second as they outshot Montreal 11-4.
Kulich tied it 1-1 at 6:51 of the second. He received a puck battle alongside the wall and chipped it ahead for himself earlier than sending it over to Zach Benson, who then left a brief drop go for Kulich within the left circle. Kulich kicked the rolling puck to his stick, minimize to the slot and put a backhand previous Dobes’ glove.
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