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01/31 20:59 CST Cole Caufield scores twice, leads Canadiens to 4-2 win over
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Cole Caufield scores twice, leads Canadiens to 4-2 win over Sabres
By JOE YERDON
Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) --- Cole Caufield scored twice to help give the Montreal
Canadiens a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Saturday night.
Caufield scored his 31st and 32nd goals of the season in the third period to
help Montreal overcome a 2-1 deficit for their third straight win.
Juraj Slafkovsky and Oliver Kapanen also scored for the Canadiens and Jakub
Dobes made 36 saves.
Owen Power and Noah Ostlund scored for the Sabres who had a five-game win
streak snapped. Alex Lyon made 27 saves.
Slafkovsky scored a power-play goal that opened the scoring with 8:40 left in
the first period.
Power tied the game about 7 1/2 minutes into the second period with a slap shot
with the extra man during a delayed penalty. Ostlund gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead
with a power-play goal with 1:02 left in the second.
Caufield made it 2-2 with 15:46 to play when he redirected a shot by Noah
Dobson and capped the scoring with 10:13 left.
Kapanen scored an empty-net goal with 47 seconds left to make it 4-2.
Up next
Canadiens: Continue a three-game road trip at Minnesota on Monday.
Sabres: Visit Florida on Monday.
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