The Montreal Canadiens served as slump busters for the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night, losing 7-2 and permitting the visitors to end their eight-game slide. It was ugly right from the opening puck drop, and the Habs found themselves facing a three-goal deficit less than three minutes into the hockey game.
Giving up three goals that quickly was a problem, but going scoreless on six power plays from there out was worse.
In the end, six more goals was what they’d have needed to win that game, and to ask for a 100% success rate would be a tad ambitious.