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6:38Golden Knights Advance; Canadiens Take Series Lead
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1:26Canadiens Dominate Sabres in Game 5, Take Series Lead
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1:09Breaking Down Canadiens vs. Sabres Pivotal Game 5
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0:51Canadiens Find Speed Advantage After Game 1
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1:18Sabres Are Biggest Threat to Hurricanes in East
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1:42Second Round Game 1 Highlights: Canadiens at Sabres
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1:13Breaking Down the Canadiens vs. Sabres Playoff Matchup
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0:32Geico Feel Good Moments: Newhook's Late Goal Sends Canadiens Past Lightning
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1:24Canadiens vs. Sabres: East 2nd Round Playoff Preview
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1:19Newhook's Game-Winner Sends Canadiens to 2nd Round
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0:43Canadiens Set To Face Sabres In 2nd Round
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0:54What's Next For Lightning After 1st Round Exit?
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0:46Canadiens Advance to 2nd Round Despite Only 9 SHOTS On Goal
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1:04Lightning Ride Momentum Into Game 5 At Home
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1:17Brandon Hagel's Goal Evens Lightning Series
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1:40Why Tortorella is the Golden Knights' X-Factor
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0:49Feel Good Moments: Stanley Cup Playoff Winners
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1:21Brandon Hagel Completes The Gordie Howe Playoff Hat Trick
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0:54Slafkovsky and Power Play Lift Canadiens To OT Win Over Lightning
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1:05Canadiens' Slafkovsky completes HAT TRICK with OT winner in Game 1
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Canadiens' Alexandre Texier: Lights lamp in Game 5 win
Texier scored a goal on three shots in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5.
Texier picked up his first goal and second point over five outings in the second round. The 26-year-old continues to fill a bottom-six role this postseason, but he had more success against the Lightning in the first round. Overall, he has three goals, six points, 16 shots on net, 17 hits and a plus-8 rating across 12 playoff appearances.
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Canadiens' Jake Evans: Pots game-winner Thursday
Evans scored a goal in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5.
Evans is on a four-game point streak (one goal, four assists). This was his first tally of the postseason, and it stood as the game-winner to give the Canadiens a 3-2 series lead. Evans has six points, 16 shots on net, 27 hits, 11 blocked shots, eight PIM and a plus-7 rating through 12 playoff contests while filling a middle-six role.
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Canadiens' Josh Anderson: Finds twine in Game 5
Anderson scored a goal, added two PIM and went plus-2 in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5.
Anderson hadn't scored since Game 2 of the first round against the Lightning. The 32-year-old winger has settled into a middle-six role this postseason, providing some depth offense and physical play, though he didn't have a hit Thursday. Anderson is up to three goals, two assists, 19 shots, 38 hits, 24 PIM and a plus-6 rating over 12 playoff contests.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Buries goal in win
Caufield scored a goal on three shots in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5.
Caufield's tally was his first point at even strength in this postseason. He scored at 6:31 of the first period to tie the game at 1-1, and that goal set off an exchange of two tallies for each team over a span of 3:44. The winger has scored in three straight games and is up to four goals, eight points, 27 shots on net and 20 hits through 12 playoff contests.
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Canadiens' Phillip Danault: Two helpers in Thursday's win
Danault recorded two assists Thursday during the Canadiens' 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5 of their second-round series.
The veteran center helped set up tallies by Alexandre Texier in the first period and Josh Anderson in the second. It was Danault's first multi-point performance of the playoffs, and after managing just one assist in the first round against Tampa Bay, he's popped for four assists in five games against Buffalo. He'll look to keep rolling in Game 6 on Saturday as the Habs look to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Canadiens' Ivan Demidov: Finally finds back of net
Demidov scored a power-play goal and added an even-strength assist Thursday during the Canadiens' 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5 of their second-round series.
The rookie winger finally potted his first goal of the playoffs after scoring 19 times in 82 games during the regular season, wrapping up the scoring early in the third period by snapping a shot through traffic from the high slot past Alex Lyon. Demidov had just one assist during the first round against the Lightning, but in five games against the Sabres he's come to life with five points. He'll look to extend a three-game point streak in Game 6 on Saturday as the Habs try to punch their ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Canadiens' Lane Hutson: Pockets two helpers in Game 5 win
Hutson delivered two assists Thursday, one on the power play, during the Canadiens' 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5 of their second-round series.
Both helpers came in the second period as Montreal took control of the game and erased a 3-2 deficit. Hutson has a four-game point streak going heading into Game 6 on Saturday, and through 12 playoff contests he's amassed two goals and 12 points, including one goal and six assists on the power play.
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Canadiens' Nick Suzuki: Three-point effort in Game 5
Suzuki scored a power-play goal and added two assists Thursday, one with the man advantage, during the Canadiens' 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5 of their second-round series.
After helping to set up Cole Caufield for Montreal's opening tally early in the first period, Suzuki potted his own late in the second before having a hand in a third-period goal by Ivan Demidov. It was Suzuki's first multi-point performance since the first game of the Habs' playoff run, but he has yet to go two straight games this postseason without getting onto the scoresheet. The 26-year-old center has four goals and 12 points through 12 contests, including two goals and seven points on the power play, into Game 6 on Saturday with a chance to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Canadiens' Juraj Slafkovsky: Three helpers in Thursday's win
Slafkovsky notched three assists Thursday, two on the power play, during the Canadiens' 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5 of their second-round series.
The 22-year-old winger produced his second multi-point performance of the playoffs as he had a hand in one goal each period, with Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Ivan Demidov doing the honors. After a hat trick to kick off Montreal's postseason run, Slafkovsky was held off the scoresheet over the final six games of the first round against Tampa Bay, but in five games against Buffalo he's bounced back with one goal and six points. He'll look to help punch the Habs' ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals in Game 6 on Saturday.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Rallies for Game 5 win
Dobes made 33 saves Thursday during the Canadiens' 6-3 win over the Sabres in Game 5 of their second-round series.
The Sabres came out of the first period with a 3-2 lead, finding the back of the net on three of their first four shots. Dobes shook off the rough start and stood on his head the rest of the way, including in a final frame that saw the visitors get outshot 20-3 as Buffalo desperately tried to get back into the game. Dobes has the Habs one win away from the Eastern Conference Finals, and the 24-year-old netminder will take a 2.28 GAA and .914 save percentage through 12 postseason contests into Game 6 on Saturday back in Montreal.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Expected to start in Game 5
Dobes is expected to start on the road against Buffalo in Game 5 on Thursday, per Heather Engel of NHL.com.
Dobes stopped 19 of 22 shots en route to a 3-2 loss to the Sabres on Tuesday. He dropped to 6-5 with a 2.22 GAA and a .914 save percentage in 11 playoff outings this year. Buffalo will have the home-ice advantage, but that might not help the Sabres much. They're 2-3 while averaging just 2.40 goals per game in Buffalo during the 2026 playoffs.
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Canadiens' Ivan Demidov: Records helper in loss
Demidov notched an assist and two shots on goal in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Sabres in Game 4.
Demidov is picking up the pace with three assists over his last four games. The winger was limited to just one helper over seven first-round contests against the Lightning. Demidov remains on the hunt for his first NHL playoff goal, coming up empty on 19 shots while adding 12 hits, six blocked shots, six PIM and a plus-1 rating over 11 outings this postseason.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Strikes on power play in loss
Caufield scored a power-play goal on five shots in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Sabres in Game 4.
Caufield has three points, all on the power play, over the last two games. He's starting to get more involved on offense after enduring a five-game slump from Game 5 of the first round to Game 2 of the second round. The 25-year-old winger has earned all of his offense (three goals, four assists) with the man advantage this postseason while adding 24 shots on net, 19 hits and a minus-6 rating over 11 appearances.
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Canadiens' Alex Newhook: Lights lamp again in Game 4
Newhook scored a goal in a 3-2 loss to the Sabres on Tuesday in Game 4 of the second round of the playoffs.
The 25-year-old is emerging as one of the surprise heroes of the postseason. Newhook has found the back of the net five times in the last three games after scoring just 13 goals in 42 regular-season contests. Over his last seven outings, he's collected six goals and seven points. Newhook will attempt to carry that momentum into Game 5 in Buffalo on Thursday.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Stuck with tough loss in Game 4
Dobes stopped 19 shots in a 3-2 loss to the Sabres on Tuesday in Game 4 of the second round of the playoffs.
The Canadiens held a 2-1 lead after the first period, but the team cooled off offensively afterward. The final two goals against Dobes came on Buffalo power plays. The tying tally came on a Tage Thompson dump-in attempt that took a strange carom off the corner boards before bouncing in off the Montreal netminder's leg. Dobes has allowed more than three goals in a game only once in 11 playoff starts while posting a 2.22 GAA and .914 save percentage.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| GF AVG | GA AVG | Power Play | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team |
3.34 (7th) |
3.01 (16th) |
23.1 (10th) |
Injuries
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