The Montreal Canadiens dropped a 4–2 decision to the Buffalo Sabres at the Bell Centre, digging themselves too deep of a hole early before pushing back late.
Buffalo jumped out to a 3–0 lead, capitalizing on early momentum and a costly shorthanded goal that put Montreal on its heels. The Canadiens responded in the second half of the game with goals from Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki, showing some push and urgency, but they couldn’t fully erase the deficit.
Despite Montreal carrying large stretches of play and generating chances, Buffalo’s structure and goaltending held up. The early-game breakdowns and special teams issues ultimately decided the night.
A frustrating loss for the Habs — not for lack of effort, but because of how the game started.
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This was an interesting one, for a few reasons 🤔 watch the video to find out what I thought about it but…
I kind of think this was actually a good game for the Habs to have 🧠🏒. It puts things into perspective and might even give management some clearer ideas about what needs to be done going forward 👀📋.
Thanks for watching as always, everyone 🙏 I really appreciate you ❤
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Thanks for the intro, a reminder of why i will NOT watch this recap
See you Thursday!
It’s disgusting how Marty forgives Matheson warts and all, while Struble, Xhekaj continue to get short changed. Deplorable development and coaching.
What’s worse Hugo must be agreeing with Marty’s handling of these players.
We need toughness and size in the playoffs. Matheson is big but plays soft. He is a give away machine, backs up too much, takes unnecessary risks, creates screens for the opposition by not clearing the crease, and himself being a screen as well. Why can’t the powers to never this?
Could you imagine Arber in Boston, Ottawa or Toronto? Scary thoughts. It’s takes many elements to build a Cup winner and this team is too soft and the toughness we do have is being pissed away by the coach. Hugo where are you?
Its very interesting that it happens a lot to canadian teams expect if you are Mcdavid…
Monty, Struble, Dach, and Laine..wrap them up in a package for a useful return. You don't have to walk on eggshells calling Laine a "nice guy", I'm sure he is but the experiment failed and his days of being effective are essentially over. Like Nilan says.."bye bye"!
No, the reffs are betting on every game they work, no matter where they are. Betting is an addiction at that point, and the ghosts at the head of the league are treating reffs like India treat their sacred cows. They have that much power ? Scary.
WAH WAH WAH..😢Another referee video? He slashed #26..and they called off a clear elbow on Benson. how do you say 'whine like a little girl' in French?
Could we see more of the footage and less of your face?
Can't say to much bad about your analysis. Good job.
How about Dobson on goal number two. Lazy and weak.
Well, next game it's Boston. I am pretty sure Xhekaj will be dressed for that one. They really need to get emotional and physical for that one.
Buffalo are on a tear, Canadiens came out flat and slow.
The game was over after 10.
As far as why they started playing better in the 2nd, St-Louis said they adjusted how they did the forecheck. They were covering space instead of going after the man. They reversed that and it started going better.
Play Xhekaj FFS!
I feel like we are seeing the birth of a rivalry right in front of our eyes. Two young up and coming teams who play each other a lot and may even match up in the playoffs. The only thing Montreal has to do is maybe win against them
I can't even watch hockey anymore, I can't afford to televisions
on the first goal, Struble needs to play Zucker and let goalie handle the puck handler.
'Dach doesnt make it back in time' (on the first goal)
Dach wasnt anywhere on time last night. He is painfully slow, and maybe he'll get his legs back, but I was not impressed. If he doesnt show some physicality or some playmaking or some hustle, he is not going to have a place on the team. I think the team should explore him as a trade chip because I am not optimistic. This is coming from someone who truly believed in him getting 60pts one day only 2 years ago. These injuries suck man.
I think the habs should kick the tires on another high-end defenseman. We need some more stability back there. We need a big body who can block shots and play responsably. We have Laine, Struble, Dach, Beck. Roy, Anderson, etc. as trade pieces, I think Went Wughes could probably find something.
Imagine Hamilton or Faulk added to the defensive core.
Guhle – Hutson
Dobson – Matheson
Hamilton/Faulk – Carrier
+Xhekaj
It would be a wall and I think exactly what this team is missing (experience and stability), we cant get by on offense alone.
I want to see a stat how many times Monty has given up the first goal in the first 2 shots of the game compared to the rest of the league cuz this is just unreal
Trade P.L to Vancouver for Kane. Add some toughness
I also feel like I’m getting ragebaited by watching Gallagher play in the final 5 mins of the game every night we are down by a goal. That line does ZERO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Play slaf LINE, play Suzuki line. BUT NOT GALLY LINE
The penalties the last 2 games is something elae
Guess we still have that goalie issue after all
We needed Arby last night, too much chippy crap from Buffalo. We can do the 2 goals down thing but never 3 down.