🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 39-20-0 before this game

4–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	0	4
BUF	0	0	0	2

Canadiens at Sabres

Canadiens beat Sabres 4–2 at KeyBank Center on February 22, 1981.

🗓 Sun, Feb 22, 1981 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Napier

2 G

2 shots · +2

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Jean-Francois Sauve

1 G, 1 A

2 shots

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Guy Lafleur

1 G

5 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️

26 Shots on goal 35

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

10 Penalty minutes 8

MTL shooting 15.4% (4/26) BUF shooting 5.7% (2/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Denis Herron

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Don Edwards

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:26 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 39-20 (66% win rate, 59 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 37-22 (63% win rate, 59 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 39-20 (66% win rate, 59 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 37-22 (63% win rate, 59 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on February 22, 1981?

Canadiens won 4–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Sabres 2.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Denis Herron made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Don Edwards made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Sabres season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Feb 21

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Feb 21

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