Habs 5 points away from 1st

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 at the HSBC Centre in Buffalo. After giving up a quick goal, the Habs scored 3 unanswered goals in the 1st period. The power play is now ranked Number 1 in the NHL... and again tonight it looked like it.

Chris Higgins in his 2nd game back from injury scored 2 goals ,one on the power play, rookie Maxim Lapierre scored his 3rd goal in his last 3 games and Alex Kovalev scored on the power play. Christobal Huet winning again, was solid in net yesterday.

With this win Montreal is only 5 points behind Buffalo and the 1st place of the Eastern conference.