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NHL: Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres
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Here are the Montreal Canadiens and NHL news items you may have missed on Tuesday.

Montreal Canadiens News

  • The Buffalo Sabres should be considered the favourites heading into the second round of the NHL Playoffs, but the discrepancy between the Sabres and the Habs is far from significant. Statistically speaking, they’re much more evenly matched than the Canadiens and Lightning were. All things considered, this should be yet another tightly-contested series. [Canadiens Vs. Sabres Series Preview: Head-To-Head]
  • Slovak Forward Juraj Slafkovsky is not feeling any lingering effects from the first-round series versus the Lightning, and had a fantastic way of communicating his current health status.
  • Canadiens prospect Bryce Pickford was named the top defenceman in the WHL, which is far from surprising when we consider he enjoyed an elite season from an offensive standpoint. In 55 regular-season games, Pickford scored an incredible 45 goals and 38 assists. He would go on to add another 12 points to his tally in the playoffs.
  • It’s difficult not to get a kick out of the NHL naming Darren Raddysh’s useless goal in Game 1 of the first-round series versus the Lightning as the ‘Moment of the Round’. Does anyone want to tell the NHL that the Lightning actually lost that game, not to mention the series?
  • To Nikita Kucherov’s credit, he loses with a lot more grace than when he wins, though that’s a very low bar to clear.
  • We have to give it to Jakub Dobes, that’s a solid chirp in a heated moment, and it turned out he was right.
  • The Laval Rocket evened their series versus the Toronto Marlies (2-2), with a dominant 4-0 win on Tuesday. Alex Belzile (2), Samuel Blais (2, 3), and Laurent Dauphin (2) provided the goals for Laval, while Kaapo Kahkonen stopped all 18 shots sent his way to secure the shutout.

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  • The NHL Draft Lottery took place on Tuesday night, and believe it or not, the Toronto Maple Leafs were awarded the No.1 overall pick.
  • It was supposed to be the Edmonton Oilers and the Vegas Golden Knights in a classic showdown of heated rivals who have stood in each other’s way for several years. Instead, the upstart Anaheim Ducks, who advanced and were on the precipice of playing one of their best defensive games of the playoffs and taking the Golden Knights to overtime in Game 1 of their Round Two series. [Vegas Golden Knights]
  • New Jersey Devils forwards Nico Hischier and Timo Meier are set to represent Switzerland at the 2026 IIHF Men’s World Championship, which is being hosted in Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland, from May 15 to May 31, 2026. [New Jersey Devils]
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By Marc Dumont
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