- Alex Newhook’s fifth goal in three games made him the first Canadiens player to do that in a postseason since Yvon Lambert in 1980
- The Sabres rallied for a 3-2 win at the Bell Centre to tie the second-round series at 2-2
- Read below for the video and how Buffalo flipped the night around
Alex Newhook just put himself in some rare Canadiens history.
His first-period goal in Game 4 was his fifth in three games, and he’s the first Montreal player to do that in a postseason since Yvon Lambert in 1980. That’s the kind of stat a player carries around for the rest of his career.
The Sabres had other ideas. Buffalo climbed back for a 3-2 win at the Bell Centre, tying the second-round series at 2-2 with Game 5 set for Thursday at KeyBank Center.
Mattias Samuelsson opened the scoring at 6:32 of the first, beating Jakub Dobes to put the visitors up 1-0.
Newhook answered four minutes later, then Cole Caufield buried a power-play marker with 13 seconds left in the period to send Montreal into intermission up 2-1.
Watch the Bell Centre erupt as Newhook tied it:
Tage Thompson tied it back up on a Sabres power play seven minutes into the second, and not on a play anyone draws up. His dump-in clanked off the end glass and bounced past Jakub Dobes for one of the weirder playoff goals you’ll see all spring.
Check out the bounce that did it:
Zach Benson finished it off 4:41 into the third with another power-play strike, burying a Josh Doan feed for what stood up as the winner. Buffalo killed the rest of the night off and walked out of Montreal with a critical road win.
Back to Buffalo on Thursday. Newhook clearly isn’t done.
