Montreal Canadiens (2-1-1, sixth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (2-3, eighth in the Atlantic Division)
Buffalo, New York; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Montreal Canadiens visit the Buffalo Sabres after the Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in overtime.
Buffalo went 42-33-7 overall and 12-12-2 in division play last season. The Sabres scored 63 power-play goals last season on 269 chances for a 23.4% success rate.
Montreal had a 31-45-6 record overall while going 6-19-1 against opponents from the Atlantic Division last season. The Canadiens gave up 3.7 goals per game while scoring 2.8 last season.
INJURIES: Sabres: Zach Benson: day to day (lower body), Jack Quinn: out (achilles), Devon Levi: day to day (lower body), Matthew Savoie: out (shoulder).
Canadiens: Kaiden Guhle: day to day (upper-body), Kirby Dach: out for season (knee), Chris Wideman: out (back), Carey Price: out (knee), Christian Dvorak: out (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
