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October 20, 2011, Thursday
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BUFFALO goaltender Ryan Miller backstopped the Sabres to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Center in Montreal on Tuesday.
Montreal dominated play from the opening faceoff, outshooting Buffalo 41-23 overall, but Miller was brilliant, particularly in the first half of the game in keeping the score at 1-1.
"Ryan basically stole us this one," Sabres captain Jason Pominville told reporters. "He played great. He's been playing great for a while now and you get to know what to expect out of him.
"He comes in to battle, he never gives up on any shot. He made a couple of big saves to keep us in there."
Elsewhere in the National Hockey League, it was: Rangers 4, Canucks 0; Penguins 4, Wild 2; Capitals 3, Panthers 0; Blackhawks 5, Coyotes 2; Hurricanes 4, Bruins 1; Kings 5, Blues 0; Flyers 7, Senators 2; Stars 3, Blue Jackets 2; and Flames 2, Oilers 1.
In Montreal, Canadiens defenseman Raphael Diaz scored his first NHL goal, showing great poise moving around Miller before launching a shot into the open net early in the second period. Jordan Leopold responded for the Sabres firing a rebound past Carey Price.
The game turned for the Sabres on a goal by Thomas Vanek with less than three seconds remaining in the second generated by a perfectly executed play from an offensive zone faceoff.
"To me, we played the game the way we needed to play," Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said. "We put pucks behind their D (defense), we forechecked, we created chances. But sometimes you don't control the result."
Christian Ehrhoff sealed the victory with an insurance goal with 29 seconds left in the third period.
In Vancouver, New York broke open a scoreless game with four goals in the third period to beat Vancouver for its first victory of the season.
Mike Rupp started the scoring 2:22 into in the third, and goalie Henrik Lundqvist did the rest just as he did in the first two periods in keeping the Rangers in the game, making 40 saves.
Ryan McDonagh and Brian Boyle scored 93 seconds apart midway through the final frame, and Marian Gaborik added the last goal with 2:21 left as the injury-depleted and road-weary Rangers won despite being outshot 40-19.
In St Paul, Minnesota, Pittsburgh's Pascal Dupuis had a short-handed goal and an assist as the depleted Penguins beat the Wild.
James Neal scored for the sixth time this season while Chris Kunitz and Jordan Staal also got goals for the Penguins, who were winless in their previous three games. They have already played eight times in the first 13 days of the season, improving to 4-2-2.
Cal Clutterbuck had a short-handed goal for Minnesota and Guillaume Latendresse scored for the first time in almost an entire calendar year, but the Wild could not add to its four-game winning streak against the Penguins.
In Washington, Tomas Vokoun blanked his former team with a 20-save performance, and Washington beat Florida to improve to 5-0, the best start in franchise history.
Montreal dominated play from the opening faceoff, outshooting Buffalo 41-23 overall, but Miller was brilliant, particularly in the first half of the game in keeping the score at 1-1.
"Ryan basically stole us this one," Sabres captain Jason Pominville told reporters. "He played great. He's been playing great for a while now and you get to know what to expect out of him.
"He comes in to battle, he never gives up on any shot. He made a couple of big saves to keep us in there."
Elsewhere in the National Hockey League, it was: Rangers 4, Canucks 0; Penguins 4, Wild 2; Capitals 3, Panthers 0; Blackhawks 5, Coyotes 2; Hurricanes 4, Bruins 1; Kings 5, Blues 0; Flyers 7, Senators 2; Stars 3, Blue Jackets 2; and Flames 2, Oilers 1.
In Montreal, Canadiens defenseman Raphael Diaz scored his first NHL goal, showing great poise moving around Miller before launching a shot into the open net early in the second period. Jordan Leopold responded for the Sabres firing a rebound past Carey Price.
The game turned for the Sabres on a goal by Thomas Vanek with less than three seconds remaining in the second generated by a perfectly executed play from an offensive zone faceoff.
"To me, we played the game the way we needed to play," Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said. "We put pucks behind their D (defense), we forechecked, we created chances. But sometimes you don't control the result."
Christian Ehrhoff sealed the victory with an insurance goal with 29 seconds left in the third period.
In Vancouver, New York broke open a scoreless game with four goals in the third period to beat Vancouver for its first victory of the season.
Mike Rupp started the scoring 2:22 into in the third, and goalie Henrik Lundqvist did the rest just as he did in the first two periods in keeping the Rangers in the game, making 40 saves.
Ryan McDonagh and Brian Boyle scored 93 seconds apart midway through the final frame, and Marian Gaborik added the last goal with 2:21 left as the injury-depleted and road-weary Rangers won despite being outshot 40-19.
In St Paul, Minnesota, Pittsburgh's Pascal Dupuis had a short-handed goal and an assist as the depleted Penguins beat the Wild.
James Neal scored for the sixth time this season while Chris Kunitz and Jordan Staal also got goals for the Penguins, who were winless in their previous three games. They have already played eight times in the first 13 days of the season, improving to 4-2-2.
Cal Clutterbuck had a short-handed goal for Minnesota and Guillaume Latendresse scored for the first time in almost an entire calendar year, but the Wild could not add to its four-game winning streak against the Penguins.
In Washington, Tomas Vokoun blanked his former team with a 20-save performance, and Washington beat Florida to improve to 5-0, the best start in franchise history.
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