Sabres 0 - 2 Canadiens
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Canadiens aim to continue recent offensive surge

Nov 5, 2007 - 3:23 PM Buffalo (5-6-1) at Montreal (7-3-3) 7:30 pm EST

MONTREAL (Ticker) - The Montreal Canadiens struggled on offense until they met the Buffalo Sabres for the first time this season. They hope another meeting with the Sabres doesn't stop their newfound rhythm.

The Canadiens end their four-game homestand when they welcome Buffalo into the Bell Centre on Monday.

Montreal was unable to score more than three goals in any of its first six games until they recorded a 4-2 victory over Buffalo on October 20. Since that game, the Canadiens have reeled off 29 goals over the next seven games, scoring four or more goals four times.

One of the few times lately that Montreal did not score at least four goals recently was Saturday's 3-2 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs - the Canadiens' lone loss in regulation in the last seven games.

The loss was the second setback by that same score - they dropped Tuesday's contest to Atlanta Thrashers in overtime - during a four-game stretch of home games. The Canadiens' lone win was a 5-2 triumph over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.

Four goals has also been the magic number for the Sabres lately, allowing that number of goals in each of their two losses after scoring four in two previous wins. Friday's 4-2 loss to the Florida Panthers was the most recent example of that phenomenon for Buffalo, which has lost five of its last seven contests.

However, in a bit of good news, the Sabres did welcome back goaltender - and ex-Canadien - Jocelyn Thibault, who posted 20 saves in just his second start of the season and first action in nearly three weeks.








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    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    BUFFALO 0 0 0 0
    MONTREAL 0 1 1 2 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    2ND PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 4 (ANDREI KOSTITSYN, ANDREI MARKOV)
    13:06
    3RD PRD: MON - (EN) BRYAN SMOLINSKI 2 (ANDREI MARKOV) 19:38
    POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: BUF - 0 OF 2, MON - 0 OF 2.
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST

    Nov 5 10:00 PM


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    END OF THE 3RD 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    BUFFALO 0 0 0 0
    MONTREAL 0 1 1 2 END OF THE 3RD
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    2ND PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 4 (ANDREI KOSTITSYN, ANDREI MARKOV)
    13:06
    3RD PRD: MON - (EN) BRYAN SMOLINSKI 2 (ANDREI MARKOV) 19:38
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    BU

    Nov 5 9:58 PM


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    BUFFALO 0
    MONTREAL 2
    3RD PRD: MON - (EN) BRYAN SMOLINSKI 2 (ANDREI MARKOV) 19:38

    Sabres vs. CanadiensNov 5 9:56 PM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    BUFFALO 0 0 0
    MONTREAL 0 1 1 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    2ND PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 4 (ANDREI KOSTITSYN, ANDREI MARKOV)
    13:06
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    BUF 16 4 20
    MON 8 9 17
    GOALIES: B

    Nov 5 9:03 PM


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    BUFFALO 0
    MONTREAL 1
    2ND PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 4 (ANDREI KOSTITSYN, ANDREI MARKOV)
    13:06

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    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    BUFFALO 0 0
    MONTREAL 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    BUF 16 16
    MON 8 8
    GOALIES: BUF - RYAN MILLER
    MON - CRISTOBAL HUET

    Nov 5 8:12 PM
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