"Ryan basically stole us this one," Sabres captain Jason Pominville told reporters. "He played great. He's been playing great for a while now and you get to know what to expect out of him.
"He comes in to battle, he never gives up on any shot. He made a couple of big saves to keep us in there."
Montreal defenseman Raphael Diaz scored his first NHL goal, showing great poise moving around Miller before launching a shot into the open net early in the second period.
Jordan Leopold responded for the Sabres firing a rebound past Carey Price.
The game turned for the Sabres on a goal by Thomas Vanek with less than three seconds remaining in the second generated by a perfectly executed play from an offensive zone faceoff.
"To me, we played the game the way we needed to play," Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said. "We put pucks behind their D (defense), we forechecked, we created chances. But sometimes you don't control the result."
Christian Ehrhoff sealed the victory with an insurance goal with 29 seconds left in the third period.
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