Owen Power

Buffalo is revealing just how much Owen Power was grinding through, and the injury context adds a different kind of weight to the Canadiens series. Players often hide a lot in the playoffs, but when a GM starts spelling out the damage afterward, you get a better sense of how much was being managed behind the scenes. That is the kind of detail that changes how you read both the performance and the pressure the Sabres were carrying.

The Sabres got a moment every bench boss hates in Game 5 when Owen Power went down with an injury scare. In a tight playoff setting, one clean rush or awkward collision can change the whole tone of a series, and Buffalo has to be feeling that pressure now. Power is the kind of defenseman teams build around, so any alarm bell around him lands hard inside the room and even harder with the front office.