{"id":627908,"date":"2026-05-07T01:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627908\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T01:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:15:08","slug":"sabres-vs-canadiens-game-1-how-to-watch-lineup-notes-and-storylines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627908\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres vs. Canadiens &#8211; Game 1 | How to watch, lineup notes, and storylines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Round 1 was quite a ride for the Sabres and their fans, a rollercoaster that started with an exhilarating comeback at home and ended with a bounce-back win on the road. There was a blowout win, an overtime loss, and plenty of memorable moments in-between.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s do it all again, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>The Sabres host Game 1 of their second-round series against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday at KeyBank Center. It will be a renewal of yet another longtime division rivalry, this one dating back to the Sabres\u2019 first-ever playoff series in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>This latest chapter finds Buffalo and Montreal at similar points: two young, balanced, highly skilled teams coming off series wins over longtime division frontrunners.<\/p>\n<p>The Sabres dispatched the Bruins in six games, led by a dominant showing from goaltender Alex Lyon. He allowed just five goals in five games beginning with his relief appearance in Game 2, posting a playoff-best .955 save percentage.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens also received a strong performance from second-year goalie Jakub Dobes, who started all seven games against the Lightning and had a .923 save percentage. Their lineup is headlined by 50-goal scorer Cole Caufield and star defenseman Lane Hutson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sabres\/news\/buffalo-sabres-montreal-canadiens-playoff-series-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Find plenty more on the matchup in our Round 2 preview.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The puck drops tonight at 7 p.m. Here\u2019s what you need to know in the meantime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Round 1 was quite a ride for the Sabres and their fans, a rollercoaster that started with an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-627908","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\/627908","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=627908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}