Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff says defenseman Mattias Samuelsson is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury.

Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff announced that defenseman Mattias Samuelsson will be out indefinitely. Ruff also stated that Tage Thompson and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will be out day-to-day.

Buffalo Sabres leading scorer Tage Thompson left Monday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens in the second period with a lower-body injury and did not return

Leading Buffalo Sabres scorer Tage Thompson left Monday's game against the Montreal Canadiens in the second period with a lower-body injury and did not return.

The Buffalo Sabres currently find themselves in a rut, having recently lost their bout vs the Montreal Canadiens. Lindy Ruff’s men entered the clash hoping to extend their three-match winning streak by capitalizing on the Canadiens’ patchy run of form.

The Montreal Canadiens scored goals barely two minutes apart on their first two shots against Sabres backup goaltender Devon Levi in the third period, and the last-place team in the Eastern Conference halted Buffalo’s win streak with a 7-5 victory Monday in front of a split crowd at KeyBank Center.

The Buffalo Sabres lost a high-scoring shootout on Monday afternoon at KeyBank Centre, dropping a 7-5 decision to the division-rival Montreal Canadiens. Unfortunately for Buffalo, that wasn’t their only loss of the day.