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While the Carolina Hurricanes sit and wait in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Montreal Canadiens and the Buffalo Sabres are battling in an epic second-round series. After a back-and-forth first three games, Game 4 got weird in the first period.
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With the Sabres leading 1-0 early in the game, Buffalo forward Jack Quinn found a rebound in front of the net and had a golden chance to give Buffalo an early 2-0 lead. Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobes made a spectacular glove save, but the officials weren’t so sure. After a lengthy review, it was determined that, even though the puck was in the glove of Dobes, it completely crossed the goal line and was a good goal.
Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis wasn’t completely convinced. He then challenged the goal for goalie interference and won, wiping the goal off for good.
The entire sequence involving the review took about 10 minutes, and the roller coaster of the goal being tacked on and then taken off again injected a ton of life into the Bell Centre. The Habs capitalized on that, tying the game at one with an Alex Newhook goal just minutes later.
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Cole Caufield added his third goal of these playoffs on a power play with just 13 seconds to go in the first period to give the Canadiens a 2-1 lead at the first intermission.
Buffalo answered in the second, but not how anyone would expect. In another wacky sequence, Tage Thompson dumped the puck down into the zone on the power play and the puck took a wonky bounce back toward the goal. It bounced off of the back of Dobes’ leg and into the back of the net for one of the weirdest playoff goals you’ll ever see to tie the game at two.
Momentum continues to go back and forth in this pivotal Game 4, as Montreal seeks a 3-1 lead while Buffalo is hoping to reclaim home-ice advantage and even the series at two apiece. And who knows, maybe another crazy sequence will decide a winner when all is said and done.
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