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Canadiens vs Sabres Game Recap: Beating Buffalo at their own game

This season hasn't gone as the Montreal Canadiens had hoped. In fact, it has probably gone exactly how the team didn't want it to go. A combination of questionable coaching, mounting injuries, and bad luck have cratered a once promising year. And armed with the knowledge that no changes will be made in the foreseeable future, watching the Montreal Canadiens play out their remaining games has been an exercise in futility. But this match was different.

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The game got off to a slow start, with both teams exchanging offsides instead of putting shots on net.