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The Buffalo Sabres won their first game of the season, defeating the Montreal Canadiens 5-3. The Sabres' victory ended their eight-game losing streak. Victor Olofsson scored two goals for Buffalo, while Rasmus Dahlin contributed with three assists. The Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher scored two goals in the losing effort.
The Sabres get back into the win column. https://t.co/7kYuFAY8CA
The Sabres scored 4 goals on 147 shot attempts in their previous two games entering Tuesday night. "We had so many chances ... and chances we usually score on.” Confident a breakthrough would come, they erupted for 6 goals in a win over the Senators: https://t.co/KNYMvEq9gO
Marcus Foligno empty-netter. 7-4
7-4. Second empty netter.
Johansen empty netter 6-4
Tage Thompson's empty-net goal helps the Sabres survive that scare from the Senators.
Thompson with the shorthanded empty netter. 6-4 Buff.
Three goals in less than four minutes for the Senators to cut the Sabres' lead to 5-4 with just over a minute to go.
After 40 minutes it's 5-1 Buff. Shots in the second were 10-9 Sabres.
5-1 Sabres Tage Thompson's second goal of the season is a tip in front with 1:12 left in the second period.
Welcome to the hockey season, Alex Tuch. Two-point night. First goal. #Sabres
Alex Tuch's first goal of the season makes it 4-1 Sabres with 2:52 left in the second period. Deflected a Dahlin shot. Dahlin, by the way, extended his point streak to six games.
Sabres get the goal back on the power play and Tuch tips in his first of the year, 4-1 Buff.
4-1 Sabres on the power play #Sens
Travis Hamonic caught holding Jeff Skinner behind Ottawa's net. Sabres to the power play leading 3-1 with 3:10 left in the second period. Chance to get a goal back and quiet a crowd that's really gotten into the game since the Chychrun goal.
The Senators cut the Sabres' lead to 3-1 with a goal by Jakob Chychrun. Initial shot went off crossbar and the puck went right over to Chychrun, who took advantage of UPL still being out of position.
Backcheck by Jordan Greenway and stick work by Henri Henri Jokiharju helps the Sabres prevent a 2-on-1 after Owen Power's backhand shot went through the Senators' crease. Still 3-0 Buffalo with 9:47 left in the second period.
3-0 Sabres Jeff Skinner's second goal of the game and fifth of the season comes shortly after Buffalo killed a 5-on-3. Connor Clifton kept the puck from going the other way. Mittelstadt and Cozens with the assists.
The Sabres again have bodies around the net and Skinner banks in his second of the night and fifth of the season off Forsberg, 3-0 Buff.
Sabres scored first for only the third time in seven games. They were 0-4 when allowing the first goal, so that was a big one. Get to play with the lead, but they need to stay on it. The Senators have plenty of firepower.
Nylander gets behind Jensen and lifts puck in over Kuemper's left shoulder to make it 3-0 at 6:29
2-0 Sabres Girgensons' redirect of a Clifton shot beats Forsberg with 8:40 left in the first period.
Tuch finds Skinner as they work the 2-on-1 perfectly, 1-0 Buff.
1-0 Sabres Jeff Skinner collects the 2-on-1 pass from Alex Tuch and scores his fourth of the season with a shot from the left circle.