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Buffalo Sabres HC Lindy Ruff calls out officiating for non-call on Bowen Byram in "turning point" of 6-1 loss to Canadiens
Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff expressed his frustration with the officiating following his team's 6-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.
The Canadiens wasted no time, scoring just 19 seconds into the game with a goal from Joel Armia. Russ expressed disappointment over the missed call on defenseman Bowen Byram, who he believed was dumped while going to the net.
Ruff felt that the call could have provided his team with a much-needed momentum shift earlier in the game:
"The turning point was the non call, when Bo goes to the net. In a game where they were calling everything, and he goes to the net and gets dumped and there's no call. Which would have given us some momentum, after we had just scored a goal. Now they get a couple calls and it's (in) the back of our net."
The Buffalo Sabres are currently on an 11-game losing streak, which is a significant drop from their earlier performance this season when they were ranked third in the Atlantic Division.
Now, instead of competing for a playoff spot, they're struggling and find themselves at the bottom of the division standings.
The search for a win for the Buffalo Sabres continues as they host the Toronto Maple Leafs (19-10-2) at KeyBank Arena next on Friday. The puck drops at 7 p.m. ET.
How Montreal Canadiens downed Buffalo Sabres
On Tuesday, the Montreal Canadiens hosted the Buffalo Sabres at Centre Bell Arena, securing a commanding 6-1 victory.
Joel Armia put the home team ahead just 19 seconds into the first period. At 6:26 Patrik Laine scored on the power play, extending the Canadiens' lead to 2-0.
Coming into the second period, Dylan Cozens found the net for the Sabres, narrowing the gap to 2-1 at 3:43. However, that would be the only goal Buffalo managed to score throughout the game.
Juraj Slafkovsky then restored the Canadiens' lead to 3-1 before Laine completed his hat trick, scoring two more power-play goals to increase the advantage to 5-1.
“If you take away the goals, I’ve had a million times better games than that where I’ve had zero goals,” Laine said via NHL.com. “On the power play, it went in, but outside of that I would call it a pretty average performance from myself today, but that was enough
With less than a minute remaining in the final period, Josh Anderson added another goal, sealing the win for Montreal. Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson Slafkovsky, and Nick Suzuki all collected two points for the Habs.
Meanwhile, Sam Montembeault made 20 saves on the night.
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