Canadiens 3, Sabres 2: Brandon Prust and Tomas Plekanec each recorded a goal and an assist as host Montreal extended its point streak to 10 games.

Alex Galchenyuk also scored and Travis Moen notched a pair of assists for the Canadiens, who have won five straight and improved to 9-0-1 during their run. Carey Price turned aside 23 shots.

Tyler Ennis had a goal and an assist while Zemgus Girgensons added a tally for Buffalo, which fell to 1-7-1 over its last nine contests. Jhonas Enroth finished with 16 saves.

Prust opened the scoring 19 seconds into the middle period, beating Enroth from the slot after a feed from Ryan White. Buffalo drew even on Ennis' one-time blast from the right faceoff circle at 8:35, but Plekanec beat Enroth low to the glove side from the low slot with 2:16 remaining and Galchenyuk converted a cross-slot pass by defenseman Andrei Markov 23 seconds later for a 3-1 advantage.

Girgensons pulled the Sabres within a goal at 4:04 of the third as he slipped the puck between the skates of P.K. Subban and went around the defenseman before sliding it past Price.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Price has allowed two or fewer goals in each of his last 10 games. ... The Canadiens have held their opponents under four tallies in 14 consecutive contests. ... The Sabres have scored fewer than three goals in eight of their last nine games.