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Pominville one-timed it past Price. The goal was scored on a power play after Scott Gomez lost his cool with a retaliatory high-stick on Nathan Gerbe in the final minute of regulation. "Gerbe did a great job getting the penalty to get that power play," Ennis added. "When you get a chance in overtime like that, you have to bury it. It was big for us for Pommer to do that." Vanek had two assists and Ryan Miller made 29 saves. David Desharnais scored for Montreal, which endured a what-can-go-wrong-next opening period. Pacioretty was hurt 4:15 in, when he was parked in front of the Sabres' net and hit James Wisniewski's shot from the blue line. Conscious and hooked to an IV, he was wheeled in a stretcher to a waiting ambulance during the first intermission. Cammalleri was hurt 45 seconds earlier and did not return after being crosschecked to the back of the neck by Sabres defenseman Mike Weber. TSN reported that Cammalleri—the Canadiens' second-leading scorer this season—had separated his shoulder. Weber was issued a 2-minute minor penalty, which led to Desharnais' goal. The Canadiens, playing on consecutive nights following a 5-4 overtime win over Calgary, were actually down a third forward. Center Jeff Halpern had li