Rasmus Dahlin produced a goal and four assists, Tage Thompson had a goal and three assists, and Jack Quinn notched two power-play goals and had an assist for Buffalo Sabres, who routed the Montreal Canadiens by an 8-3 count at Bell Centre to send the series to a seventh game. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped all 18 shots he faced in relief after replacing Alex Lyon 10:14 into the first, when Jake Evans’ short-handed marker put the Habs up 3-1. Lyon allowed three goals on four shots. Jason Zucker, Zach Benson, Konsta Helenius and Zach Metsa also lit the lamp for the Sabres.
Aleksander Barkov set up a pair of goals by Jesse Puljujarvi in Finland’s 4-1 win over Hungray at 2026 World Championship in Switzerland. Barkov logged 20:43 of ice time, registered three shots on goal, and won ten of the 18 face-offs he took.
Anton Lundell played 17:34 and had four shots on goal, and won six of his ten draws for the Finns, whoa re now 2-0 at the tournament.
Sandis Vilmanis assisted on both of Rudolfs Balcers’ goals in Latvia’s 4-2 loss to host Switzerland. Vilmanis received a team-high 22:46 of ice time and put three shots on Swiss keeper Sandro Aeschlimann.
Marek Alscher logged 14:21 of ice time and posted an even rating in Czechia’s 3-2 overtime loss to Slovenia.
2026 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Group A: Great Britain vs. United States (Zurich) 6:20 a.m. (NHL Network)
- Group B: Italy vs. Slovakia (Fribourg) 6:20 a.m. (NHL Network YouTube)
- Group A: Austria vs. Hungary (Zurich) 10:20 a.m. (NHL Network YouTube)
- Group B: Denmark vs. Sweden (Fribourg) 10:20 a.m. (NHL Network)
- Group A: Germany vs. Latvia (Zurich) 2:20 p.m. (NHL Network)
- Group B: Norway vs. Slovenia (Fribourg) 2:20 p.m. (NHL Network YouTube)
Saturday’s games
- Group A: Austria 5, Great Britain 2
- Group B: Slovakia 2, Norway 1
- Group A: Finland 4, Hungary 1
- Group B: Canada 6, Italy 0
- Group A: Switzerland 4, Latvia 2
- Group B: Slovenia 3, Czechia 2 (OT)