The Sabres Survived Absolute Chaos To Save Their Season
The Buffalo Sabres survived controversy, chaos and a furious Bell Centre crowd Tuesday night to steal back momentum — and maybe the entire series.
One minute the Buffalo Sabres were getting booed, reviewed and rattled inside Bell Centre — three hours later, they were walking out with their season very much alive. The Buffalo Sabres responded to mounting pressure Tuesday night with arguably their grittiest performance of the postseason, defeating the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in a chaotic, emotionally draining Game 4 that somehow felt longer and heavier than the final score suggested. There were bizarre bounces.
Endless penalties. Controversial reviews. Momentum swings violent enough to flip the building in seconds.
And in the middle of all of it stood Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, who hadn’t started a game in nearly three weeks and suddenly looked like a man refusing to let Buffalo’s season spiral away. By the end of the night, the series was tied 2-2 — and the Sabres had rediscovered something that looked a lot like themselves. “Our belief never wavered,” Zach Benson told NHL.
com. “I don’t think there’s ever been wavering confidence in our group all season,” echoed Tage Thompson. “From Day 1, we had people doubting us and counting us out.
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