Score: Sabres 5 | Canadiens 1

Shots: BUF 36 | MTL 31

Buffalo Sabres Goals: Kyle Okposo; Zemgus Girgensons; Victor Olofsson; Anders Bjork; Tage Thompson

Montreal Canadiens Goals: Chris Wideman

Plus 1 | Is This Real Life?

There were only 8,467 fans in attendance at Thursday night’s Sabres game, but they certainly got a treat. I don’t think anyone expected Buffalo to come out of the gate swinging like that, or pull off such a performance.