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Canadiens @ Sabres Top Six Minutes: Just send Norlinder home already – Habs Eyes on the Prize
For our new readers and members, the Top Six Minutes is a continuation of the discussion in the game thread. We try to keep it light and entertaining. Full recaps are up the morning after every game.
- Olofsson, Dahlin, Lehkonen, and Norlinder – Go Frölunda!
First Period
- Thompson scores, from a Lehkonen turnover in Montreals zone, followed by some defence miscues. Here we go, again…
- Montembeault with a brain fart, he has to scramble to make a fantastic save to keep the score at one down.
- Post – Girgensons almost scores out of nothing.
- Josh Andersson scores! Game is tied at one.
- Toffoli goes down, but controls the puck and gets a good shot off.
- Armia, then Caufield with giveaways in their own end.
Second Period
- The Second period has started, not sure Montreal knows that. They barely get out of their own zone.
- Olofsson gets in all alone on Montembeault, who somehow saves without knowing where the puck is.
- It’s all Buffalo.
- Dvorak with a sneaky move, Tokarski saves it after some initial problems.
- Petry joins the attack, good moves, but drops the puck. Three-on-two the other way and Eakin makes it 2-1 Sabres.
- Double power kill for Montreal.
- Okposo gets like 15 chances, and scores on one of them. 3-1, blue.
- Dvorak into the boards, awkwardly getting up.
- … and a penalty to Montreal. Savard to the sin-bin.
- Montreal kills off that penalty.
- Norlinder TOI after the second period – 5:55. Montreal, and Marc Bergevin, seems to see it as a weakness to send him back to SHL.
Third Period
- Gallagher-Evans-Lehkonen kickstarts the third period. No goal but a really good shift.
- Almost Dvorak.
- 4-1, Thompson.
- Another break for Buffalo, Montembeault saves.
- Chaos, utterly chaos in their own end.
- This is a team without any confidence; no-one, absolutely no-one wants the puck on their stick.
EOTP 3 Stars
3) Someone has to win that game
2) You can’t say the Canadiens’ special teams haven’t been productive this season
1) One of the players is going to let this slip some night
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The Bruins' strengths + vulnerabilities, and the path to a series victory for the Maple Leafs – MLHS Playoff Podcast – Maple Leafs Hot Stove
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Start time set for Game 1 in Maple Leafs-Bruins playoff series – Toronto Sun
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Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs will be tuning in a little bit later than usual on Saturday night to see the puck drop for Hockey Night in Canada.
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The NHL announced the start times on Thursday for the Eastern Conference playoff matches and the Leafs and Bruins will faceoff at 8 p.m. ET in Boston on Saturday, a bit later than the usual 7 p.m. puck drop for Toronto.
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The game will be broadcast on CBC and Sportsnet in Canada.
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Saturday’s other game will be the New York Islanders taking on the Carolina Hurricanes at 5 p.m. in Raleigh, N.C.
The other Eastern Conference playoff matchups will start Sunday, with the Battle of Florida between the Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning going at 12:30 p.m. and the New York Rangers playing Washington Capitals at 3 p.m. at Madison Square Garden.
With several Western Conference teams wrapping up their regular-season slates on Thursday, the remainder of the playoff schedule is yet to set.
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The Maple Leafs also announced Thursday that the tailgate at Maple Leaf Square will open its gates at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Fans must register for a free mobile pass to be admitted to tailgates with passes available only on the Toronto Maple Leafs app and are non-transferable. Passes are available at 1 p.m. ET the day before each confirmed game with each fan permitted up to two passes per game.
Ahead of puck-drop, fans in the Square will be able to enjoy giveaways, special guests, a live DJ and more.
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How the NHL moved the Arizona Coyotes to Salt Lake City – Sportsnet.ca
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