The can was placed just so, a white Labatt Blue Light adorned by a white bow, sitting dead center in the locker stall. It was positioned between some pads, on the shelf below the No. 6 helmet, above the name placard that read: Benson.  By Amalie Benjamin at: nhl.com

Zach Benson scored the go-ahead goal on the power play early in the third period, and the Buffalo Sabres held on for a 3-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Bell Centre on Tuesday. By Sean Farrell at: nhl.com

Game 4 on Tuesday at Bell Centre had just about everything. A video review of a video review. Penalties by the dozen. A goal from center ice. A rock-solid return to the net after three weeks on the bench. A heroic, shot-blocking flurry late. The list goes on. By Justin Alpert at: sabres.com

Zach Benson etched yet another signature moment in his heroic first playoffs, scoring the deciding goal on a third-period power play to send the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 of their second-round series at Bell Centre on Tuesday. By Jourdon LaBarber at: nhl.com

The Sabres are coming home on even ground with the Canadiens in their Eastern Conference semifinal series after rallying to win 3-2 in Game 4 on Tuesday night in Montreal. By Jonah Bronstein at: yahoosports.com

Zach Benson tucked in the game-winning goal to even the series at two wins a side.

After a sloppy showing in Games 2 and 3 of their second round series, the Buffalo Sabres took in a pivotal Game 4 in Montreal. By Ian Caskie at: wgrz.com

Tage Thompson set an early tone, but a ferocious Montreal attack made his early goal a distant memory. As the venue shifted to Bell Centre for the first time, the Canadiens defended home ice in a major way. The Habs grabbed their first series lead (2-1) with a 6-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. By Kyle Powell at: WGR550.com

Thanks to two very poor games, the Buffalo Sabres now trails their best of seven second round Stanley Cup Series two games to one. Before we dive into Game 3, which was not even close to the Sabers’ worst game, I want to remind everybody that if Buffalo gets back to their game and wins Game 4, they go back to Western New York 2-2 and still have home ice advantage. By Paul Hamilton at WGR550.com

Hours before puck drop between the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, Lindy Ruff contemplated the insanity the team was anticipating from the Bell Centre crowd, the volume and intensity and emotion. The Sabres coach, a veteran of both playing and coaching in Montreal, knew what might help. By Amalie Benjamin at: nhl.com

The Bell Centre in downtown Montreal was deafening on Sunday night, and the Canadiens rode the energy to a dominant 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference second-round series. By Colin Gallant at: clutchpoints.com

Cole Caufield broke a five-game scoring drought with a tiebreaking power-play goal as the Montreal Canadiens throttled the visiting Buffalo Sabres, 6-2, in Game 3, taking a 2-1 best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series lead on Sunday, May 10.  By Field Level Media at: usatoday.com

There were so many years during the Buffalo Sabres’ embarrassing playoff drought when you’d watch the Stanley Cup playoffs and think to yourself, this is just a different game than whatever it is the Sabres were playing. By Sal Maiorana at: audacy.com/wgr550.com

Montreal scored just moments into the game and would run away with a 5-1 victory to even the series one game apiece. Alex Newhook scored twice, while Jakub Dobes stopped 27 of 28 shots in the Game 2 win over Buffalo. By Jonathan Koziol at: audacy.com/wgr550.com