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Canadiens vs. Sabres second period thread

Habs and Sabres games involve a lot of skating back and forth with very little action. By the midway point of the first period, shots were only five to three for the Sabres, even though both teams had combined for 15 shot attempts.

The Sabres are after their eleventh game in a row on the road with at least a point (7-0-3). They started the game the more aggressive of the two teams, leading in possession and shots on net for most of the period.

The Habs had a powerplay late in the first that couldn’t get anything going, then another after Evander Kane got an unsportsmanlike penalty in an altercation after the whistle involving Mike Brown. As a result, the Habs will have 1:15 of powerplay time to play with to start the second period.

Scoring Summary

1ST PERIOD
No Scoring

Penalty Summary

1ST PERIOD
16:26 BUF Josh Gorges Tripping against Sven Andrighetto

19:14 BUF Evander Kane Unsportsmanlike conduct

Shots

PERIOD BUF MTL
1st 12 9
Total 12 9

Team Stats

CATEGORY BUF MTL
Power Plays 0/0 0/2
Hits 19 20
Faceoff Win % 48% 52%
Giveaways 4 3
Takeaways 1 2
Blocked Shots 6 2
Penalty Minutes 4 0

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