Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Montreal Canadiens (13-9-2, 28 points) and the Buffalo Sabres (5-19-1, 11 points) faceoff live from the First Niagara Center in Buffalo in the first of four meetings this season. The game can be live streamed here. Montreal fans can hear all of the action on TSN 690 while Buffalo fans can do the same on WGR 550.
Montreal has given up the second-fewest goals in the NHL by yielding a stingy 2.1 goals per game while Buffalo enters play with 44 goals, the fewest total in the NHL.
The Canadiens have won three games in a row and defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Saturday in their latest triumph.
"There's obviously going to be times where things don't go our way. ... We've played some good teams and had some success last week, and now we have to build on that moving forward," defenseman Josh Gorges said after practice Monday, according to NHL.com.
The Sabres are coming off of a 3-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night and they haven't been able to find the ingredients to play well.
"There's glimpses of playing well, then we collapse. We just got to learn to do it on a consistent basis and having faith in one another. Right now, I don't think we have too much faith in one another and we have to work on that. When things aren't going well, that's usually what happens," interim coach Ted Nolan told the Sabres website Monday.
The offensively strapped Sabres have been led by Matt Moulson who has 18 points off of eight goals and 10 assists while Cody Hodgson has eight tallies and nine helpers for 17 points. For the Canadiens, P.K. Subban has a team-high 20 points off of three goals and 17 assists and Alex Galchenyuk has found the twine five times and added 11 assists for 16 points and Tomas Plekanec has lit the lamp seven times and added eight helpers for 15 points.
Between the pipes, Ryan Miller is 4-14-0 with a 3.11 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage for Buffalo while Carey Price is 9-8-2 with a 2.05 GAA and a .935 save percentage in the crease for Montreal.
The Canadiens will hope to keep their low goals-against per game average steady while the Sabres will look to find some offense when the puck drops at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.
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