Montreal entered Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Buffalo with momentum and a sense of being favored. Buffalo’s season-long pressure and strong play narrowed to one final performance that ended with a Montreal goal by Alex Newhook. Newhook scored from the left side on a wrister that beat goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen with help from a fly-by screen by Jake Evans. The goal followed a turnover in Montreal’s zone that carried into Buffalo by Alexandre Carrier, who set up Newhook. Buffalo fell behind early, then outshot Montreal 32-14 after the first 15 minutes, but Jakub Dobes held firm. Buffalo tied the game 2-2 with 13:33 remaining, yet Montreal ultimately prevailed.
"Newhook's wrister from the left side, epically described by ESPN's Ray Ferraro as "a nothing play; there's nothing going on," delivered with the considerable help of a fly-by screen by linemate Jake Evans, beat Buffalo goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen over his glove, and gave the Gallic upstarts their second consecutive Game 7 road win-very much against the run of play in both the game and the calendar year."
"The goal itself came off a very nothing-esque turnover inside the Montreal zone and taken into the Buffalo end by a quite unimpeded Alexandre Carrier. He dropped it off to Newhook, who had already won Game 7 of the Tampa series with a goal nine minutes from the end of regulation, and his goal seemed to come as a great surprise to the entire world."
"Buffalo, which had fallen behind 3-1 in Game 6 before scoring seven consecutive goals, fell behind 2-0 in the first 15 minutes last night, but from that moment outshot the Canadiens, 32-14 and played most of the rest of the night in Jakub Dobes's face. Tying the game 2-2 with 13:33 to play almost surely proved that Buffalo, having been the better team most of the evening, would be rewarded as better teams usually are in G"
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