Canadiens' Phillip Danault providing exactly what Montreal hoped for when it traded for him

BUFFALO, N.Y. — There are always two sides to every story when evaluating a top player’s performance in the Stanley Cup playoffs.For the Montreal Canadiens in the first round, a narrative throughout the series was the production of their top line against the Tampa Bay Lightning. And while captain Nick Suzuki took that lack of production to heart and owned it, the reality is there was an opponent on the other side factoring into that performance.Advertisement