Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovsky, and Jake Evans scored in the third period, helping the Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2.
Slafkovsky gave the Canadiens a 2-1 lead when he knocked in his third of the season off a slick feed by defenseman Noah Dobson.
Hutson made it 3-1 with his first of the year at 11:38, and Evans closed it out with an empty-netter with 31 seconds left. Jiri Kulich and Tyler Kozak scored for the Sabres, who had won two in a row.
Kapanen opened the scoring with his fourth goal 8:29 into the first after a rush from Ivan Demidov. Author summary: Canadiens win 4-2 against Sabres.