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Buffalo Ices Montreal 5-3 - Recap

Jeff Skinner sniped 4 goals in leading Buffalo to a 5-3 win over Montreal on Sunday at Bell Centre.

Buffalo was favored by -108 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Jeff Skinner(4), and Tage Thompson each scored for the Sabres in the victory. Skinner opened the scoring for Buffalo.

Craig Anderson stopped 29 of 32 Montreal shots in the victory.

Joel Armia, Jeff Petry, and Mike Hoffman scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Craig Anderson.

Montreal got a 27-stop effort from Sam Montembeault in the loss.

Buffalo scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Montreal outshot Buffalo 32-32 in the game.

Buffalo heads into a battle against the Islanders. Montreal, meanwhile, will have their next action against St. Louis.