Montreal-Buffalo: Sabres Rally Late to Beat Habs 3-2 in Shootout

Posted: 25th March 2010 by Kamal Panesar in NHL
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They say that a 2-0 lead is the worst lead in hockey and the most difficult to defend. Last night, the Montreal Canadiens proved that theory right.

The Canadiens took a 2-0 lead into the final two minutes of the game—on two goals by Andrei Kostitsyn, his first in 14 games—but couldn't hold off the Sabres onslaught.

On the powerplay and with Ryan Miller on the bench for the extra attacker, the Sabres made it a one goal game with 1:59 to play and tied is with 46 seconds left to send it to overtime.

Overtime solved nothing and Thomas Vanek sealed the deal for the Sabres in the shootout.

Many people will save that the Habs lost this game in the last two minutes but the story of the game was the Habs inability to score a third goal on Buffalo's fo ...

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