Alex Newhook scored the series-winning goal 11:22 into overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 7 at KeyBank Center. First period tallies from Phillip Danault and Zach Bolduc gave the Habs an early two-goal lead, but the host Sabres would fight back to tie the tilt. Jordan Greenway was credited with Buffalo’s first goal with 6:19 left in the second period and Rasmus Dahlin’s marker at 6:27 of the third evened it up. Jakub Dobes bounced back from poor performance in Game 6, finishing with 37 saves to earn the Second Star honors. The Canadiens advance to meet the undefeated Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final.
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Anton Lundell scored the final goal of the game in Finland’s 6-2 rout of the United States in Zurich. Lundell played 17:27 and matched Mathieu Olivier with a game-high six shots. He won seven of the 12 draws he took.
Aleksander Barkov logged 18:02 of ice time, went 14 of 17 in the dot and registered one shot on goal in the win, which gave the Finns a 3-0 record.
Marek Alscher received 19:44 of ice time and finished with a plus-one rating in Czechia’s hard-fought 4-3 win over Sweden in Fribourg.
Today’s games
- Group A: Latvia vs. Austria (Zurich) 10:20 a.m. (NHL Network YouTube)
- Group B: Italy vs. Norway (Fribourg) 10:20 a.m. (NHL Network)
- Group A: Hungary vs. Great Britain (Zurich) 2:20 p.m. (NHL Network YouTube)
- Group B: Slovenia vs. Slovakia (Fribourg) 2:20 p.m. (NHL Network)
Monday’s games
- Group A: Finland 6, United States 2
- Group B: Canada 5, Denmark 1
- Group A: Switzerland 6, Germany 1
- Group B: Czechia 4, Sweden 3