Buffalo 4, Montreal 2. Backup goaltender has a save percentage of .939.

It might be early in the season, but we’re noticing a trend here. Article content

When Jakub Dobes is in net, the Canadiens win. When Sam Montembeault plays, it’s a 50/50 proposition. Article content Article content

Montembeault, the veteran, remains the Canadiens’ first-string netminder but Dobes, at the very least, is providing head coach Martin St. Louis with food for thought . Maybe. Only he knows for sure.

Dobes, 24, improved his record to 3-0 this season in Montreal’s hard-fought 4-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres Monday night at the Bell Centre, concluding the team’s four-game homestand.

At 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, Dobes provides little shooting room for opposing players. And while his style, at time

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