For the second time in five days, the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens went to overtime at the Bell Centre, and for the second time, the Canadiens won it.
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Canadiens → go → it
Cole Caufield with an absolute stunner of a shot upstairs on a breakaway led the Canadiens to a 4-3 win.
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Caufield → lead → win
He looked solid.
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He → look → ?
The last time Kapanen looked as talented as he did on Saturday was about game 60 last season, before he hit the wall for the rest of the season and the playoffs.
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he → look → season
Kapanen had that trademark intelligence.
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Kapanen → have → intelligence
He was on a two-on-one looking confident with Kirby Dach.
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He → look → Dach
With Kapanen, Dach looked good for the first time this season.
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Dach → look → time
If Kapanen finds his better game, it would be a giant boost for the Canadiens who are looking for a 12th forward that doesn’t bring the team down.
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that → find → team
On the power play, it was Bolduc in the bumper position, and he deflected a point shot from Nick Suzuki for a tally.
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he → deflect → tally
They scored on strong work from the first-forechecker Juraj Slafkovsky.
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They → score → forechecker
He managed to get behind the net right after the defender on the dump-in.
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He → manage → in
He chipped it to Cold Caufield who scored his fourth goal of the season.
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who → chip → season
Once again, it was from an angle most players wouldn’t even attempt to shoot.
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players → attempt → angle
Even after a 51-goal season, goalies still aren’t prepared for Caufield to shoot from anywhere.
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Caufield → shoot → season
Caufield understands that he’s got a great chance when the goalie isn’t prepared.
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goalie → understand → chance
He’s pretty good, too, when they are prepared.
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they → ’ → ?
Caufield won it on a breakaway away from centre in overtime.
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Caufield → win → overtime
He looked shot all the way and sniped it so quickly in and out of the top corner, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen didn’t even move.
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Luukkonen → look → corner
The Suzuki line had its best contest of the season.
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line → have → season
The Expected Goals total was stunning.
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total → expect → ?
They had a 99.3 per cent share.
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They → have → share
It’s a rare night that he is outdone by his opposite, even though he faces the best centres in hockey.
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he → ’ → hockey
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Injuries are always bad, there’s no argument to that, but, strangely, injuries can also lead to some accidental discoveries.
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injuries → get → discoveries
The day-to-day injury of Mike Matheson has led to the returning Kaiden Guhle lining up with Alexandre Carrier.
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Guhle → lead → Carrier
The result is both of these defenders are playing their best hockey.
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both → play → hockey
They look right together.
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They → look → ?
They compliment each other.
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They → compliment → other
They understand each other.
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They → understand → other
They have great chemistry.
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They → have → chemistry
Midweek, Guhle played 25:25 in one of this highest ice times on record for a game.
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Guhle → play → game
Guhle has returned to action looking like he didn’t have surgery at all; nor miss training camp.
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he → return → camp
With Carrier, they dominate the game.
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they → dominate → game
They rarely get into trouble.
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They → get → trouble
Carrier doesn’t get hit as much either.
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Carrier → hit → ?
Their best moment of the night was on the penalty kill in a tied game with one minute remaining.
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moment → tie → minute
Both boxed out beautifully to keep the shots to the outside.
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Both → box → outside
They are becoming a shutdown pair.
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They → become → ?
Lane Hutson and Noah Dobson also look good together.
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Hutson → look → ?
Both pairs had a 60 per cent share in Expected Goals.
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pairs → have → Goals
The only reason the Canadiens have these two outstanding pairs going right now is the Canadiens were destroyed by the Carolina Hurricanes when Dobson and Matheson were together.
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Dobson → have → Hurricanes
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