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Goals

Taking dumb penalties is not a good thing

VO should be on top line

I choose mute

Nice penalty killing

Great!!!

Yes!!! Beautiful play!

Tuesday night will be enticing for both teams. For Buffalo, with the St. Louis Blues, New Jersey Devils, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Colorado Avalanche all looming in their next five games, the Canadiens represent arguably their best opportunity to pick up points for a long time. If they fail to do that, a nine-game losing skid could quickly spiral into a season-destroying 0-13 stretch. The Canadiens, conversely, will fly out to Columbus after the game for a rematch with the Blue Jackets on Wednesday night, making Buffalo likely their best chance of a win before American Thanksgiving. https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2022/11/22/23470895/canadiens-vs-sabres-game-preview-start-time-tale-of-the-tape-and-how-to-watch-tv-listings

**** https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/pregame-sabres-canadiens-what-you-need-to-know-november-22/c-337842468 Here's everything you need to know heading into the game: 1. The Canadiens snapped a two-game losing skid over the weekend with a thrilling 5-4 shootout victory over the Flyers. Cole Caufield scored the game-tying goal with 1.9 seconds remaining in regulation. Caufield's second tally of the night sent the fans into a frenzy, before Nick Suzuki netted the shootout-winner on a slick maneuver around goaltender Carter Hart. Christian Dvorak and Mike Matheson also scored for Montreal. Matheson was making his Canadiens debut after missing the first 17 games of the season with a strained abdominal muscle. Jake Allen turned aside 25 of 29 shots to improve to 6-6-0 on the year. Mike Hoffman didn't practice on Monday because he was undergoing a medical evaluation on a lower-body injury, so it remains to be seen if he'll be available against Buffalo. 2. Suzuki added another two assists to his resume against Philadelphia, both of which merit another look. The Habs' captain's backhand feed to Matheson from below the goal line was a thing of beauty, before he later found Caufield with a perfect cross-ice feed with time winding down. Suzuki has a team-leading 12 helpers alongside linemate Kirby Dach, four clear of Caufield and five more than Sean Monahan. 4. This is the second meeting of the season between Montreal and Buffalo. The Canadiens earned a 3-2 triumph on October 27 at KeyBank Center. Josh Anderson scored the game-winning goal with 3:46 left in the third period, blasting a slap shot past netminder Eric Comrie.

https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/hockey-inside-out/canadiens-distance-themselves-from-former-equipment-managers-book Former equipment manager Pierre Gervais worked 35 years for the Canadiens before retiring at the end of last season. Gervais worked with 13 head coaches and hundreds of players during his time with the Canadiens and certainly had lots of stories he never shared publicly during that time. But Gervais has written a new book with Mathias Brunet of La Presse titled Pierre Gervais: au coeur du vestiaire. In the book, Gervais says that former head coach Dominique Ducharme never had the respect of the players and as a result lost the locker room. Gervais added that the players had respect for assistant coach Luke Richardson, who replaced Ducharme for four games during the team’s playoff run to the Stanley Cup final in 2021 after Ducharme was sidelined with COVID-19. Gervais also says former GM Marc Bergevin’s mood swings undermined his credibility and that he let his emotions guide his decisions too often. Gervais added that Bergevin could have used an assistant GM to help him learn how to manage staff and budgets and how to talk to people, including fans. Ducharme and Bergevin were fired last season as the Canadiens were en route to finishing with the worst record in the NHL after their unexpected run to the Stanley Cup final the previous season. Richardson left the Canadiens after last season to become head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks. When current Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis was asked about Gervais’s book after practice Monday, he said the book is the former equipment manager’s perception of what happened and that other people might have different perceptions. St. Louis added that people will probably want to read the book because they will be curious about what Gervais has to say and that not everyone will like what was written, but he repeated that it’s only Gervais’s perception.

Let's go Sabres!!!!

It's different this time because in spite of the losing now the future still looks bright. The key pieces are in place in many instances, there is a deep talent pool and we have cap space

Maybe he is the next Curtis Lazar? Or something

Absolutely! And take Jeff Skinner off top PP. He stinks at passing.

Yes!

It was like he was stuck there stairing at it, UPL

No VO on pp, ok

Yes!!! Yes!!!

Nice start

Let's do this!

Originally acquired last year for forward Nico Sturm from the Colorado Avalanche, Jost was an intriguing player coming into this season. The 10th-overall pick in the 2016 draft, ahead of players like Charlie McAvoy and Jakob Chychrun, Jost has stumbled out of the gate, tallying only three points in 12 games this season for the Wild. Multiple times Jost has been a healthy scratch this season, and it’s hard to say it’s been anything but deserved. His poor offensive production and even worse defensive play have landed him in the doghouse for both head coach Dean Evason and the Wild’s management team. https://www.hockeywilderness.com/2022/11/18/23466659/minnesota-wild-place-tyson-jost-on-waivers-nhl