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Montreal Canadiens (6-3-2) at Buffalo Sabres (6-3-1)<\/p>\n

Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Thursday, May 14
Time: 7:00 pm EST
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Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Canadiens dropped game four and now head to Buffalo with the series tied 2-2. They\u2019re averaging 2.8 while allowing 2.7 goals per game. In the series they\u2019re averaging 3.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres News & Notes<\/p>\n

The Sabres evened the series with Tuesday\u2019s 3-2 win over Montreal. They\u2019re averaging three goals per game while allowing 2.7 goals per game in the playoffs. They\u2019re averaging 2.5 goals per game in the series. <\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Newhook-Evans-Demidov
Texier-Danault-Anderson
Bolduc-Dach-Veleno<\/p>\n

Matheson-Carrier
Hutson-Dobson
Xhekaj-Guhle<\/p>\n

Dobes
Fowler<\/p>\n

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Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Krebs-Thompson-Tuch
Zucker-Helenius-Quinn
Benson-Norris-Doan
Greenway-McLeod-Malenstyn<\/p>\n

Samuelsson-Dahlin
Byram-Power
Schenn-Timmins<\/p>\n

Luukkonen
Lyon<\/p>\n

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Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n

Alex Newhook is red hot with five goals in the last three games. He has six goals in the last five games and seven points in the playoffs on six goals and an assist. <\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n

Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist in back-to-back games. He has 11 points in the playoffs on four goals and seven assists. <\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n

F Patrik Laine \u2013 IR<\/p>\n

Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Justin Danforth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
F Jiri Kulich \u2013 IR
G Colten Ellis \u2013 DTD
C Noah Ostlund \u2013 Out<\/p>\n

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