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0 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Zachary Bolduc scored the shootout winner as the Montreal Canadiens prevailed 4-3 over the Buffalo Sabres after blowing a two-goal lead Tuesday night.
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Canadiens → score → lead
Lane Hutson and Cole Caufield tallied a goal and an assist each as Montreal (3-2-1) won its second straight game.
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Montreal → tally → game
Josh Anderson also scored, and Juraj Slafkovsky added two assists.
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Slafkovsky → score → assists
Jacob Fowler made 14 saves in his third consecutive start after stopping 30 shots in Saturday’s 1-0 shutout victory over the Detroit Red Wings.
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Fowler → make → Wings
Olen Zellweger had two goals and Josh Norris also scored for Buffalo (3-3-1) as the teams met for the first time since the Canadiens eliminated the Sabres in the second round of last spring’s playoffs.
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Canadiens → have → playoffs
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 35 shots while Beck Malenstyn and Mattias Samuelsson provided two assists apiece.
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Malenstyn → stop → assists
The Sabres scored twice in 61 seconds to erase a two-goal lead and tie the score 3-3 at 5:25 in the third period.
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Sabres → score → period
Norris bounced a point shot off Canadiens defenceman Adam Engstrom before Zellweger converted his second with a wrist shot through a crowd.
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Zellweger → bounce → crowd
Zellweger had opened the scoring on the game’s first shot when his point attempt hit Engstrom and bounced into the net 2:16 into the first period.
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attempt → open → period
Hutson answered with a wrist shot past a screened Luukkonen on a five-on-three power play to tie the game at 14:28 of the first period.
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Hutson → answer → period
Caufield then one-timed a pass from Slafkovsky to give Montreal a 2-1 lead 1:19 into the second.
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Caufield → time → second
Hutson showcased his awe-inspiring skill again late in the second, stickhandling in from the blue line before sliding a no-look backhand pass to Anderson, who fired into the gaping net with 50 seconds remaining in the period.
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seconds → showcase → period
Fowler, 21, got the start ahead of Jakub Dobes, who opened the season as Montreal’s No. 1 goaltender but struggled to a 1-1-1 record, a 4.43 goals-against average and an .857 save percentage.
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who → get → record
Dobes, 25, is expected to return to the crease Wednesday in Washington.
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Dobes → expect → Washington
The Canadiens played without defenceman Mike Matheson (lower body, day-to-day).
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Canadiens → play → day
Captain Rasmus Dahlin did not travel to Montreal after appearing to hurt his lower back in Monday’s 5-3 win over Florida.
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Dahlin → travel → Florida
Zellweger, a 23-year-old from Calgary, stepped into Buffalo’s top pairing and scored his first goals since being acquired by the Sabres last summer.
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Zellweger → step → Sabres
KEY MOMENT
Luukkonen denied Canadiens centre Phillip Danault on the doorstep with 3.2 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime.
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Luukkonen → deny → overtime
KEY STAT
Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki has registered a point in nine consecutive games against the Sabres.
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Suzuki → register → Sabres
UP NEXT
Sabres: Visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.
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Sabres → visit → Thursday
Canadiens: Visit the Capitals on Wednesday.
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Canadiens → visit → Wednesday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 13, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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