MONTREAL -- Juraj Slafkovsky , Lane Hutson and Jake Evans scored in the third period, and the Montreal Canadiens held on for a 4-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Bell Centre on Monday.

Jakub Dobes made 27 saves, Oliver Kapanen scored and Alex Newhook and Nick Suzuki each had two assists for Montreal (5-2-0), which has won five of the past six games.

Suzuki has 10 points (one goal, nine assists) during a six-game point streak.

Jiri Kulich and Tyson Kozak scored for Buffalo (2-4-0), which had won consecutive games. Alex Lyon made 25 saves in his sixth straight start.

Kapanen put Montreal up 1-0 at 8:29 of the first period. He scored on a backhand between Lyon’s pads from the goalmouth after linemate Ivan Demidov was separated from the puck while driving to the net

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