Power Played Through a Painful Injury for Sabres

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.