{"id":626643,"date":"2026-05-06T10:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/626643\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:17:13","slug":"dobson-will-feel-even-better-for-canadiens-in-2nd-round-after-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/626643\/","title":{"rendered":"Dobson will \u2018feel even better\u2019 for Canadiens in 2nd round after injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dobson could not hide his excitement being back.<\/p>\n

“It was a terrible feeling (being out),” he said. “I watched the first few games a bit like a fan. I had no control over things. I really had a hard time following along to Game 6; it was like torture.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth teams had their chances. I was nervous, but really proud of my teammates’ effort. Even though we lost that game at home (1-0 in overtime on Friday), we never stopped believing in our chances of winning this series, and we did it by getting another win in Tampa.”<\/p>\n

Had the Lightning held a 3-2 lead in the best-of-7 series following Game 5, would Dobson have attempted to make an even earlier comeback in Game 6?<\/p>\n

“I don’t know \u2026 I’m not going to get into hypotheticals,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s hard to say. I was really close to coming back for Game 6, but I hadn’t had a single full practice with my teammates. I was trying to get back up to speed by practicing with the reserve squad. I didn’t think I’d be ready for Friday, but I was for Sunday.<\/p>\n

“I would’ve never put my team in a position where I’d become a hindrance. I wanted to come back and help my team. I felt good and I was confident that I could play a big role.”<\/p>\n

Like all his teammates, Dobson also took time to compliment the composure of Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobes<\/a>, who made 28 saves in Game 7.<\/p>\n

“He’s impressive,\u201d Dobson said. \u201cDoby found himself going head-to-head against (Andrei) Vasilevskiy, one of the best goalies in the League over the last few years. For a rookie, that’s quite a challenge, but he passed it with style.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not surprised. He works hard, he’s calm and nothing is ever too big for him.”<\/p>\n

Dobes needed to be big considering the Canadiens finished with nine shots on goal. But they held on to reach the second round, where it will face the Buffalo Sabres.<\/p>\n

Game 1 of that series will take place at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC).<\/p>\n

“We got a little help from the hockey gods in Game 7, but we didn’t steal this series,”\u00a0Dobson said. “We deserved to win against Tampa.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dobson could not hide his excitement being back. “It was a terrible feeling (being out),” he said. “I…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-626643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}