Max Pacioretty made his return to the Bell Centre on Saturday night but it would be the man acquired in the Patches trade – Tomas Tatar – who got to play the hero in yet another exciting back-and-forth contest for your resilient Montreal Canadiens in the 5-4 win.

For the first time this season your Montreal Canadiens have dropped consecutive games, this one a high-scoring OT loss to the visiting Buffalo Sabres in which Skinner an Eichel shone bright and Carey Price did not.