T.M. Selection: Montreal Canadiens.

I like the Montreal Canadiens to win this game against the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. The Canadiens have lost 9 games in a row and they are the worst team in the league at the moment. They are the only team in the league that doesn't have 10+ wins yet and the situation has gotten so bad that they just fired their coach. I think this could be the turning point for the team and usually a coaching change will shake things up like when the Canucks fired their head coach earlier this year and have been much improved since then. I think the Canadiens are going to play much better now and I expect them to break out of their funk here on home ice. The Sabres are right above them in the standings and they haven't been having a good year since they are also 1 of the worst teams in the league this year. The Sabres have lost 3 games in a row themselves and they have lost 4/5 of their previous 5 games with their only win coming against the Coyotes who are the worst team in the West. They haven't been scoring a lot of goals in their road games either and they have only scored more than 2 goals in 1/4 of their previous 4 road games. This is also an afternoon start time and I think that will make both teams a bit slow and sluggish to start this game. I expect the Canadiens to be hungry to end their skid here and take advantage of the slumping Sabres off to a slow start. I think this is the best chance for the Canadiens to get a win and start turning the page here on home ice. I like the Canadiens to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 3-1 Canadiens.