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MONTREAL (AP) \u2014 Zach Benson broke a tie on a third-period power play on his 21st birthday and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series.<\/p>\n

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Benson took a pass in the slot from Josh Doan, kicked the puck to his stick and put a backhander past goalie Jakub Dobes at 4:41 of the third. The goal came with Jake Evans off for holding Peyton Krebs.<\/p>\n

Game 5 is Thursday night in Buffalo, with Game 6 in Montreal on Saturday night. The series winner will face Carolina in the Eastern Conference final. The Hurricanes swept both of their series.<\/p>\n

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen replaced Alex Lyon in goal after the Sabres dropped Games 2 and 3, making 28 saves in his first action since being pulled in the third period of a Game 2 loss to Boston in the first round.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point of the year, it doesn\u2019t matter to me (if I start). As long as we win, that\u2019s the most important thing,\u201d Luukkonen said. \u201cIt feels good to come in and be able to help the team to win, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tage Thompson tied it for Buffalo in the second period with a fluke goal and also had an assist. Defenseman Mattias Samuelsson opened the scoring and Doan had two assists.<\/p>\n

Alex Newhook and Cole Caufield scored for Montreal. Dobes stopped 19 shots.<\/p>\n

\u201cBroke them down a bunch, had our looks, goalie made some big saves and that kept him in it,\u201d Caufield said. \u201cThought we played a pretty good game. There\u2019s some things that we can always get better at, but to see a fluke goal like that go in, it\u2019s obviously not the bounce you want.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thompson tied it at 2 on four-minute power play seven minutes into the second when his dump-in from just over center ice deflected off the glass in the left corner to the crease and bounced in off Dobes\u2019 right leg. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll take it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a nice feeling when you see that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buffalo got the extended power play when Montreal\u2019s Alexandre Carrier was called for the double minor after high-sticking and cutting Rasmus Dahlin.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens failed to take advantage of a four-minute power play of their own after Bowen Byram was sent off for high-sticking Alexandre Texier late in the second period. Montreal was 1 for 7 on the power play.<\/p>\n

Buffalo opened the scoring on Samuelsson\u2019s goal at 6:32 of the first period, and appeared it make it 2-0 1:30 later when a video review confirmed Jack Quinn\u2019s shot crossed the goal line inside Dobes\u2019 glove, However, Montreal successfully challenged for goalie interference on Konsta Helenius.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich I totally disagree with,\u201d Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. \u201cJust for the fact that Dobes always is swinging his stick. He initiated the contact with Helenius \u2026 I really thought that that was going our way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newhook then tied it at 1 with 9:52 left in the first with his fifth goal of the series and sixth of the playoffs. Caufield gave the Canadiens the lead with 13 seconds to go in the period, beating Luukkonen from close range on a power play.<\/p>\n

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AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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