SABRES LOSE 7TH STRAIGHT HOME GAME DUE TO THE HABS 3RD LINE

(8-4-1) Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Buffalo Sabres (3-9-2)
                                           Final

Last night in Buffalo, the Habs third line put on quite a show. As the Canadiens third line scored all 3 goals foor Montreal in a 3-2 victory over Buffalo. Back in the first period, Buffalo got off to a great start by opening the scoring with a goal from Grier. But the Habs would answer with a centering pass from Darche to Halpern that would end up in the net that's Halpern's 4th of the year. But the Sabres would get it back in the second with a Slap shot from the point that was taken by Leopold that made it 2-1 Buffalo.

But as the great Maurice "Rocket" Richard said never give up.  They didn't. As Pouliot recieved a pass from Darche and Pouliot put it in on his backhand to tie the game. Then with 2 minutes to go in the second Pouliot skated in over the blue line and took a slapshot and he scored that was his second of the night and 4th of the year as the Habs would go on to take it 3-2 is your final.

In the lose, Lalime made 29 saves but it wasn't enough to win. As for the winning goalie of this game (Carey Price), he played outstanding as he made 29 saves."He was phenomenal," Halpern said. "His rebound control was excellent, and he smothered the puck when he had to. He's giving us a chance to win every night." With this Sabres lose, they have now lost 7 straight games on home ice. So what's going on to the defending Northeast Divison Champs?

"It's frustrating when you're losing games," Grier said. "You're in it to win, and we all take pride in being professionals. We think we're a good team, but right now we're shooting ourselves in the foot." The Sabres next game is tonight against Toronto at 7pm on CBC-T and CBC-M and the Habs next game is tonight as well against Ottawa on CBC-O.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo