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Sabres Fall 4-2 Against Montreal - Game Recap

The Canadiens beat Buffalo 4-2 on Saturday, earning a victory backstopped by Jakub Dobes's 23 saves.

Montreal was an underdog by +130 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Montreal got goals from Josh Anderson, Cole Caufield, Alex Newhook, and Jake Evans in the victory. Caufield opened the scoring at 1:13 of the second period.

Jakub Dobes turned in a 23-save effort for the Canadiens.

Alex Tuch, and Jiri Kulich scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Jakub Dobes.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 25 of 28 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Montreal scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Buffalo went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 29-25.