The Sabres (24-29-6) have lost four of their last six games, and they are 4-13-1 on the road since their three-game California sweep in November. The Canadiens (30-26-5) extended their win streak to five games,

The Sabres are looking to be big-time sellers at the NHL trade deadline, but Buffalo will retain two of their best players.

Rasmus Dahlin's late goal forced overtime, but the Sabres were plagued by familiar problems in a loss at Bell Centre in Montreal.

Dahlin and Sweden saw their 4 Nations run end Monday at Boston’s TD Garden; they beat the United States 2-1 for their only win of the tournament, but Canada had already secured its championship game rematch against the Americans with an afternoon victory over Finland.

The Montreal Canadiens erased a one-goal deficit in the second period to upend the Buffalo Sabres, 4-2, on Saturday night at KeyBank Center. Pat Malacaro has a complete game recap:

Rasmus Dahlin netted the tying goal with just 1:01 left in regulation, capping off Buffalo’s rally from a three-goal deficit, but the Sabres ultimately fell short in overtime, losing 4-3 to the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Monday night.

Despite a valiant comeback, it was an early dug hole that did the Sabres in on Monday. Visiting the Canadiens at Bell Centre, the blue and gold erased a three-goal deficit with late heroics but fell short of completing the comeback in overtime.