Yet the recipe was simple

Last night, the Canadiens beat the Sabres. Was it easy? No. Buffalo is a good team, and at times, the Habs were their own worst enemy. One example that comes to mind is Adam Engstrom's deflected shots into his own net.
But the 4-3 shootout win was well-deserved.
It would have been better to win in regulation because regulation wins count as a tiebreaker at the end of the season… but we'll worry about that in March and April. And two points in a shootout are better than a loss.
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