The Buffalo Sabres first game back from the All-Star break made it seemed like most of the team, especially one defensive pairing, was still mentally on break as they were crushed by the Montreal Canadiens tonight by a 5-2 score.
The Sabres went down 5-0 through three periods, which included a hat trick to Max Pacioretty, and generally looked horrible for about 30 of the first 50 minutes.
Almost all of the Sabres goals came off of silly turnovers (never pass through the legs again, Foligno) or from awful defensive coverage that left Robin Lehner out to dry, or from a wonderful combination of both.