Ryan Szporer

No one knows what would have happened had Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff stuck with starter Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in the third period of their eventual 6-3 Game 5 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.

While Game 6 didn't have the outcome Canadiens wanted, they can find comfort in the fact there will be a Game 7 against the Sabres on Monday.

While this wasn't the outcome Montreal Canadiens had hoped for, they can find comfort in the fact their 8-3 Game 6 loss to the Buffalo Sabres represented yet another lopsided battle in this ongoing war.

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The Montreal Canadiens are really just incredibly misunderstood. Haters and trolls continue to come out of the woodwork to offer their unwanted two

The Carolina Hurricanes pushed back as expected in Game 2, but it still doesn't look like the Montreal Canadiens are going away anytime soon.

Just like the Montreal Canadiens did Game 1, the Carolina Hurricanes undeniably deserved Game 2, winning 3-2 in overtime . They outplayed the Habs

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The better team clearly won between the Canadiens and Hurricanes, making a game of “what if?” pretty pointless. But what it, though?

There was a point during the Montreal Canadiens' Game 5 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday when all even-quasi-realistic hope the Habs could come back left the Lenovo Center.