Jake Allen made 36 saves and the Montreal Canadiens scored twice in the third period to earn a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday.

Brendan Gallagher recorded the tie-breaking goal and Tanner Pearson scored on the power play in the third period to help the Canadiens to a second straight win and third in four games. Both also had an assist.

Gallagher gave Montreal a 2-1 lead by poking a loose puck past Buffalo goaltender Eric Comrie 3:31 into the third period, and Pearson made it a two-goal advantage with 3:07 remaining with his third tally in four games.

Justin Barron put the Canadiens ahead 2:56 into the contest, but the Sabres drew even on Jeff Skinner's power-play goal with 7:13 elapsed in the first period.

Allen was impenetrable from there, however, making 17 saves in the second period and 13 more in the third.

Première série de victoires de la saison!

First winning streak of the season!#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/YXDYq7xITm

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 24, 2023

Comrie finished with 24 saves for Buffalo, which finished 2-2-0 on a four-game home-stand.