Why there are so many Canadiens fans in Buffalo for Sabres playoff game
There's a lot of red in the house.
Why there are so many Canadiens fans in Buffalo for Sabres playoff game originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . BUFFALO, N.
Y. — There's a lot of red in the KeyBank Center on Wednesday night. The Buffalo Sabres are home, and they're energizing the city in their first playoff appearance in 15 years -- and first trip to the second round in 19 years.
But despite that, there are plenty of Montreal Canadiens fans at Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The in-arena cameras will certainly avoid highlighting them, but if the Canadiens do positive things during this game, the TV broadcasts will surely show some happy folks in their red, white and blue of the Canadiens. MORE: Maple Leafs winning lottery doesn't mean what you think for Auston Matthews Why are there so many Canadiens fans in Buffalo?
This is simply what they do. When the Canadiens are playing, their fanbase is there. It's so notable that Sabres fans almost immediately took to social media when they knew the opponent and encouraged people to try not to sell to folks from Montreal.