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Canadiens vs. Sabres: Game preview, start time, Tale of the Tape, and how to watch - Habs Eyes on the Prize

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It was another stellar defensive performance from the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night, holding the Washington Capitals to 1.78 expected goals at five-on-five. The team has now put four games together in a row allowing chances accumulating to that amount or less. For context, they accomplished such a feat 30 times in 82 games a season ago, so four times in seven contests is a sign of improvement. It was the Capitals’ third-lowest expected-goal total of the season, following Buffalo’s lowest and Detroit’s and Nashville’s second-lowest marks through two-and-a-half weeks.

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