About Last Night: Zach Benson’s chirps inspire Jakub Dobes in Buffalo blowout

For the first time in these playoffs, the Canadiens won a game that wasn’t a nail-biter. They cruised to a 5-1 victory in Game 2 over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night at KeyBank Center. Alex Newhook continued to make his mark in the postseason with two goals. Nick Suzuki now has goals in three consecutive games after scoring an empty-netter. Goaltender Jakub Dobes made 29 saves and had little patience for Sabre forward Zach Benson trying to get him off his game. Following a loss post-season, the rookie netminder has a perfect 4-0 Record, 1.49 goals against average and a .946 save percentage. Cole Caufield failed to light the lamp, but he was a post away in the third period from hitting the scoresheet. He stared in astonishment as the shot somehow stayed out of the net. Before we get to the highlights, were Newhook and his teammates amped in the dressing room before puck drop? They were. Newhook brought that same energy from the get-go, scoring on the game’s first shot at 1:36. Less than four minutes later, defenceman Mike Matheson broke a 16-game goalless drought in the playoffs to give the Habs a 2-0 lead. There was
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