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First Round · Game 2

Sabres at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 BUF leads 3–0

Sabres, First Round Game 2, beat Canadiens 3–0 at Bell Centre on April 7, 1983.

BUF – MTL
21–22
Shots on goal
1/1–0/4
Power play
10–4
Penalty minutes
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The game

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First Round — Best of 7

BUF vs MTL · BUF leads 3–0 Full series →
Game 1
1–0
Final · BUF
Game 2
3–0
Final · BUF
Game 3
2–4
Final · BUF

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Dale McCourt
1 G
3 shots · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Mal Davis
1 G
2 shots · +1
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Gilles Hamel
1 G
2 shots · +1

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Dale McCourt Go-ahead 1st · 01:47
Assists: Gilbert Perreault, Ric Seiling · beat Rick Wamsley
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Gilles Hamel PP 2nd · 06:03
Assists: Phil Housley, Hannu Virta · beat Rick Wamsley
2–0
⚔️ Mal Davis 2nd · 06:39
Assists: Mike Ramsey · beat Rick Wamsley
3–0

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
21 Shots on goal 22
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
10 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 14.3% (3/21) MTL shooting 0.0% (0/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Bob Sauve
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Rick Wamsley
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 32:00 TOI
Richard Sevigny
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 28:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-4 (69% win rate, 13 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-12 (25% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 61983 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–0 Mar 201983 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 7–4 Mar 191983 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–4 Jan 261983 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 3–7 Jan 221983 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4
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Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on April 7, 1983?

Sabres won 3–0. The final score was Sabres 3, Canadiens 0.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dale McCourt, Gilles Hamel, Mal Davis.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Bob Sauve made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Rick Wamsley made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–0 AfterApr 9 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–0 AfterApr 9 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4
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