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Benson is the player you love to hate -- or hate to love -- depending where you're lined up.
Zach Benson scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period of a 3-2 win for the visiting Buffalo Sabres against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference second-round series on Tuesday.
"People really get to see who he is," Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin said of Benson's emergence this postseason.
Following his slash to a Sabres forward at the end of Game 6, the NHL Department of Player Safety came down hard on Charlie McAvoy.
The Montreal Canadiens tied their second-round NHL playoff series against the Buffalo Sabres with a commanding 5-1 win in Game 2 on Friday night. However, one of the game’s most discussed moments had little to do with the scoreboard.