(3-1-0) Buffalo Sabres 5-3 Montreal Canadiens (3-3-0)
Final
Last night in Montreal, it was Gionta's first game wearing the "c" but unfortunately for him and his teammates they didn't get the win as they would lose 5-3 to the Sabres. In the first period the Sabres got on the board quickly with a powerplay goal by Vanek. Now lets go to the second , just 2 minutes in Adams beat Alex Auld on the rap around to give Buffalo a 2 goal lead. Just 15 seconds after that Montreal would respond with a rap around goal of there own from 38 year old Mathieu Darche. 2 minutes after that Ryan O'Byrne takes a shot from a bad angle and Montadore tips it into his own net to tie the game at 2-2.
Buffalo would go onto get 2 more goals in the second by Connolly and Adems and 1 goal in the third from Schiestelto make it 5-2. But Montreal wasn't done as Tom Pyatt would add a goal to put them within 2. Then Andrei Kostitsyn scored which should have put them within one but it was waived off because the official said it was kicked in. But the reaplay shows that it was a good goal but due to lack of video review in Pre-season the goal would not count as the Habs lose 5-3.
In the lose, the Habs didn't get a single powerplay goal as they went 0-6."We have to be better, but at the same time we never had our two units competing against each other and that was our strength last year,"Martin said. "Once we get our people back I think that'll help our performance on the power play." Alex Auld made 32 saves for Montreal in the lose. After every time he gave up a goal the Fans would chant "Carey, Carey,Carey." It's only preseason they shouldn't be tauting there own goaltender is what I believe anyway. The Habs next game will be on Saturday night against the Islanders in Quebec city on RDS.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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