In an Atlantic division battle between the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres, a Canadiens player plays hero. <h2>Savard Blocks Shot and Plays Hero</h2> In a tight matchup between these two young teams has lead to a heroic moment for Canadiens defenseman David Savard. In a 2-1 game halfway through the third period, the Sabres had a powerplay to tie the game up. However David Savard channels his inner warrior and a blocks a Tage Thompson one timer with his hand. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/worldhockeyrpt/status/1716635109103722548?t=nDeihvkucA7TfIoS7Ayg-A&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> As seen in the video, Savard goes on a blocking spree and ends up losing one of his skate blades, the young Canadiens team rallied behind their veteran defenseman. <h2>Canadiens Hold On For the Win on the Back Of Savard</h2> The Canadiens would show their support to Savard by scoring later on that period on the powerplay to give them a 3 to 1 lead which would be too much for the Sabres to come back from. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/nhl_goal_bot/status/1716630021182308640'> </a></blockquote></div> Tanner Pearson with his third of the year on the powerplay would be what the Canadiens needed to win the game. The Canadiens got goals from Justin Barron, Brendan Gallagher and Tanner Pearson as they improve to 3-1-1 on the year and will face off Tuesday night against Jack Hughes and the New Jersey Devils.