Buffalo Sabres @ Montreal Canadiens

East 2nd Round - Game 4 • Series tied 2-2

50-23-9, 24-13-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Sabres BUF	1	1	1	3
Canadiens MTL	2	0	0	2

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

48-24-10, 24-15-2 Home


Shots	22	30
Hits	23	26
Faceoffs Won	32	29
Faceoff Win Percent	52.5	47.5
Power Play Opportunities	4	7
Power Play Goals	2	1
Power Play Percentage	50.0	14.3
Short Handed Goals	0	0
Total Penalties	7	4
Penalty Minutes	16	10
Blocked Shots	27	6
Takeaways	6	2
Giveaways	14	15

Jakub Dobes makes beautiful save for Montreal

0:17

Zach Benson puts Buffalo ahead with power-play goal

0:53

Tage Thompson evens the score with a power-play goal for Sabres

0:25

Canadiens
2
Sabres
4

Game 1

7/5

Canadiens
5
Sabres
1

Game 2

9/5

Sabres
2
Canadiens
6

Game 3

11/5

Sabres
3
Canadiens
2

Game 4

13/5

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 5

15/5

Sabres
Canadiens

Game 6

17/5

Canadiens
Sabres

Game 7

18/5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Tage Thompson's fluke goal pivotal to Sabres' Game 4 win

A freakish bounce off the boards turned Tage Thompson's routine play into the most pivotal goal of Buffalo's Game 4 win, which evened the playoff series at 2 on Tuesday night in Montreal.

Knights' McNabb ejected after hit injures Ducks' Poehling

Ducks center Ryan Poehling was helped off the ice after being checked hard into the boards by Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb nearly midway through the first period of their Game 5 meeting Tuesday night.

Zach Benson's birthday goal vs. Habs evens series for Sabres

Zach Benson broke a tie on a third-period power play on his 21st birthday and the Sabres beat the Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday to even the series at 2-2.

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Buffalo Sabres @ Montreal Canadiens

Stars of the Game

Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG - BUF

Mattias SamuelssonD - BUF

Cole CaufieldRW - MTL

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Tage Thompson's fluke goal pivotal to Sabres' Game 4 win

Knights' McNabb ejected after hit injures Ducks' Poehling

Zach Benson's birthday goal vs. Habs evens series for Sabres