Well, I have written a lot of words in my time as a hockey writer. At no point in time did I expect “Michael Pezzetta won the game for the Habs in the shootout” to be strung together into a sentence.
The Canadiens won a wild game in Buffalo to stick a sabre into their rival’s playoff hopes thanks to a blatant tanking manoeuvre in the shootout, and some unexpected goals in regulation.
The Good
The Habs were flat out better than the Sabres over the course of this game. With a five-on-five expected goals margin of 3.