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MONTREAL - There was just enough left in the Montreal Canadiens legs after rousing wins in Toronto and Boston to face the lowly Buffalo Sabres. Max Pacioretty broke a scoreless tie with his 100th career goal midway through the third period and former Sabre Daniel Briere added another as the Canadiens downed last-place Buffalo 2-0 on Tuesday night. "Mentally, the emotional high to come back and get motivated for a game against the Buffalo Sabres was the toughest part," said Briere. "We were a little sloppy in the first period, no doubt about it, but it got better as the game went on." Carey Price made 24 saves for the shutout as the Canadiens (41-26-7) posted a third win in a row and the sixth in seven games — a stretch that included a 2-0 win in Buffalo on March 16. The Sabres (20-44-8) have one win in their last 10 games. They played their fourth game of a five-game road trip that ends Thursday in Nashville. Their top player was goalie Matt Hackett, who made 33 saves in his second start of the season. "You have the give the kid credit. He played well," said Buffalo head coach Ted Nolan of Hackett. "He looks like hes fighting for a job and thats what you want." The Canadiens had played three games in four nights, including a 4-3 victory in Toronto on Saturday and a rousing but rough win against the rival Bruins in Boston on Monday night. With eight regular season games to play, they are two points up on Tampa Bay for second place in the Atlantic Division, but the Lightning have two games in hand. "This is a very important time for us," Price said after his fifth shutout of the season. "Obviously, everybodys trying to make the playoffs and to be able to pick up points against divisional teams and play well — its definitely a confidence-builder." The win in Boston was costly as two fourth line players left with injuries. Coach Michel Therrien said Dale Weise, who was checked from behind into the boards, has an upper-body injury and will be out for two to three weeks. He said Travis Moen, who jumped to Weises defence and got rocked by a punch from Bostons Kevan Miller, "feels better" but has a concussion and will miss at least a week. Already missing Brandon Prust to an injury, the Canadiens had a new fourth line of Lars Eller with Ryan White and Michael Bournival. They may have had the most jump on a team that looked short on energy to start the game. Through two scoreless periods, the loudest cheers from the 21,273 Bell Centre fans were for a sharp Price save on Matt DAgostini during a Sabres power play and when Olympic moguls gold medallist Alex Bilodeau was shown on the scoreboard screen. "The first period was even, we even outshot them (11-10), but we couldnt keep it going into the second," said Nolan. "Then there were bad penalties again." They finally broke the ice on a rush after a Buffalo power play when former Sabre Thomas Vanek slipped a diagonal pass that Pacioretty put in off Hackett at 10:53 of the third period. Briere picked the puck out of a crowd and beat Hackett with a wrist shot from close range on a power play at 16:54. "What I liked was that we didnt change anything when it was 0-0," said Therrien. "We stuck to the game plan and we were rewarded. Hackett played really well for them, but we were patient and disciplined with the puck. "I expected a tough start after the wins in Toronto and Boston." The Canadiens had a four-minute power play in the second period when DAgostini was called for holding and got an extra two for banging his stick on the glass in protest, but failed to cash in. Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers left the game at 6:15 of the third when he looked to hurt an arm or his ribs crashing into a goalpost. There was no immediate word on his condition. Myers was in his first game since sitting out five with an arm injury. Notes — With Weise and Moen both injured Monday in Boston, Eller and White returned to the Montreal lineup. Jarred Tinordi replaced veteran Francis Bouillon. . .Ville Leino, who is without a goal in 51 games this season, was back for the Sabres after sitting out two games in place of injured Zenon Konopka.. . The Canadiens swept their four-game season series with Buffalo. Custom Philadelphia Eagles Jerseys . -- The Vancouver Whitecaps remained unbeaten with a scoreless draw at the New England Revolution on Saturday. Mike Quick Jersey .The third-seeded Murray, who won here in 2009, will face seventh-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa next on the indoor hard court. http://www.eaglesrookiestore.com/Eagles-Wes-Hopkins-Jersey/. 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Marchand, who also assisted on Adam McQuaids goal, deflected a Loui Eriksson shot for a game-tying goal with 5:30 to play, then one-timed a feed from Reilly Smith past Sabres goaltender Jhonas Enroth at the 1:20 mark of overtime. The Bruins bounced back from a 4-3 loss to Minnesota on Tuesday that dropped them to just 2-4-0 at home this season. Thursdays win was their fourth in six games overall. Im looking for consistency in our game, said Boston head coach Claude Julien. Being able to play three periods fairly consistent is what were looking for. Julien inserted defenseman Joe Morrow into the lineup for his NHL debut. Bostons coach has had to juggle his blue lline due to injuries to Zdeno Chara (knee), Torey Krug (finger) and Kevan Miller (shoulder).dddddddddddd The Senators followed up a quick two-game swing with Thursdays 5-4 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. Mika Zibanejad netted his first goal of the season for Ottawa to tie the game with 2:08 left in regulation, but Chicagos Patrick Sharp had the lone tally in the tiebreaker. Bobby Ryan, Clarke MacArthur and Mark Stone added goals for the Senators, who have managed to grab a point in seven of their first nine games (5-2-2). Craig Anderson stopped 35 shots in defeat. We fought hard to the end of the game, said Zibanejad. Theyre a good team over there and we stuck with our plan. Would have been nice to get the win, but rallying back there at the end was nice. The Senators split four meetings with the Bruins last season, but have lost 15 of the last 19 in the series. Boston outscored Ottawa 12-2 in winning its two home games last season in this series and have taken eight of the last 10 played in Beantown. ' ' '