Sabres, Down (3-1) and (3-2) In The “Qtr” Series, Score The Next And Final 7 Goals, Forcing #7 Monday Night

Last night (reeling from not heeding Joe Green from Abilene, #’s next to each other) returning from Panera Bread and a walk, of course alone, the phone “said” Montreal first and ‘con’ a 3 while the trailing Buffalo part was cut off.

Thus I called back and since “Buff” had one, (they scored first and as cited above won for a second time in Montreal, this on a once hallowed Saturday night for Montreal and forced #7 for “the talking with the puck in the attacking zone,” McDonough and a new “unbearable,” Ray Ferraro and the monolith on Monday night in Buffalo) I felt they had a chance.

Thus far this “qtr” involving the Habs is eerily similar to their prelim vs Tampa Bay (Lightning). Pun intended lightning has already struck twice, I know of thrice in Montreal ‘offs annals and the team that won Canada’s last NHL title now 33 years ago, hopes it strikes fully with Montreal, the road team notching a #7 win their third in the series as they did vs T.B. and the ’85 Quebec Nordiques, now the too big a semi “fave” vs Tortorella coached Las Vegas, but still the rightful plurality favorite and President’s Trophy winner, did to them. See below.

Quebec Nordiques		2–1	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap

April 21	Quebec Nordiques		4–6		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap

April 23	Montreal Canadiens		6–7	OT	Quebec Nordiques	Quebec Coliseum	Recap

April 25	Montreal Canadiens		3–1		Quebec Nordiques	Quebec Coliseum	Recap

April 27	Quebec Nordiques		5–1		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap

April 30	Montreal Canadiens		5–2		Quebec Nordiques	Quebec Coliseum	Recap

May 2	Quebec Nordiques		3–2	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap

Quebec won series 4–3

That ’85 “quarter” and the 2026 Montreal/T.B. prelim followed the same road, home, then 4 straight road (I recall the ’74 NBA final produced that same configuration with the Celtics prevailing thrice in Milwaukee, vs Kareem, Oscar and the Bucks, to win their first post dynasty crown, clinching with an early start Sunday afternoon/Mother’s Day win with John Havlicek the final round MVP. (You will see dinosaurs walk the earth before you see another early Sunday afternoon 7th for the title. Actually that is a tie, I am a bit of a dinosaur and you will see having to pay for such a game before seeing “T Rex” (ode to Mark Bolin and the great group), again, wins,

while the current Habs/Sabres series differs in the first two games being home/road.

Let’s see what happens in #7, the winner to face the (8-0) (4-0) at home Carolina Hurricanes in the semis. I predict the #7 Habs/Sabres winner will get at least and probably just a split in the first two semis tilts which will be in Raleigh, North Carolina.