MONTREAL -- Jamie McGinn, Johan Larsson and Brian Gionta scored in the third period to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Wednesday.
McGinn's power-play goal at 7:34 tied the game 2-2. Larsson gave the Sabres their second one-goal lead 4:12 later when he redirected Jake McCabe's pass from the left corner past Mike Condon at 11:46.
Gionta scored into an empty net with 12.1 seconds remaining.
Marcus Foligno scored in the first period, and Robin Lehner made 33 saves for Buffalo (21-26-4), which won its second in a row in its first game since the All-Star break.
Dale Weise and Alex Galchenyuk scored in the second period to give Montreal a 2-1 lead.
Condon made 28 saves for the Canadiens (24-24-4), who have lost four in a row and five straight at home. He made 32 saves in Montreal's 4-2 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.
The Canadiens have lost 21 of their past 26 games (5-20-1) since starting 19-4-3.
McGinn tied the game when he got open in the slot to redirect defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen's pass from the right point past Condon for his 11th goal. Rookie forward Jack Eichel got the secondary assist on McGinn's goal to extend his point streak to three games. Eichel has three goals and five assists in his past six games.
Larson made it 3-2 with his second goal at 11:46.
Foligno gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead with his fourth of the season at 5:10 of the first period. He was left unmarked in the low slot to receive Zemgus Girgensons' centering pass from the left corner and beat Condon with a low shot from the edge of the goalmouth.
Galchenyuk scored a highlight-reel goal off a faceoff to give Montreal a 2-1 lead at 11:04 of the second period after Weise tied it with a power-play goal at 3:19.
Weise drew Montreal even at 1-1 with his 12th goal. He was parked at the left post to take Max Pacioretty's pass off his skates before putting the puck into an open left side.
Montreal went ahead 2-1 shortly after Tomas Plekanec won a faceoff in Buffalo's zone. Galchenyuk picked up the puck behind Plekanec and skated toward the left corner before cutting back to the net, slipping the puck between Sabres forward Ryan O'Reilly's legs before beating Lehner with a backhand for his 13th goal.
Sabres forwards Sam Reinhart, who screened Condon on McGinn's goal, and Nicolas Deslauriers and defenseman Josh Gorges returned from their respective injuries.
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