🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 46-24-9 before this game

5–4

Final

⚔️ Home Sabres 45-24-10 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	1	1	3	5
BUF	3	0	1	4

Canadiens at Sabres

Canadiens beat Sabres 5–4 at KeyBank Center on April 7, 1985.

🗓 Sun, Apr 7, 1985 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1984-85 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 5–3 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Petr Svoboda

1 G, 3 A

2 shots · +3

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Guy Carbonneau

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Ron Flockhart

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Ric Seiling Go-ahead 1st · 00:22

Assists: Gilbert Perreault · beat Doug Soetaert

0–1

🇨🇦 Ron Flockhart Tying 1st · 09:27

Assists: Petr Svoboda, Guy Carbonneau · beat Bob Sauve

1–1

⚔️ Craig Ramsay Go-ahead 1st · 11:05

Assists: Brent Peterson, Larry Playfair · beat Doug Soetaert

1–2

⚔️ John Tucker 1st · 17:38

Assists: Mike Foligno, Paul Cyr · beat Doug Soetaert

1–3

2nd period

🇨🇦 Guy Carbonneau 2nd · 10:27

Assists: Petr Svoboda · beat Bob Sauve

2–3

3rd period

🇨🇦 Mario Tremblay Tying 3rd · 04:02

Assists: Mats Naslund, Petr Svoboda · beat Bob Sauve

3–3

⚔️ Gaetano Orlando Go-ahead 3rd · 04:39

Assists: Gilles Hamel, Sean Mckenna · beat Doug Soetaert

3–4

🇨🇦 Steve Rooney PP Tying 3rd · 07:14

Assists: Larry Robinson, Bobby Smith · beat Bob Sauve

4–4

🇨🇦 Petr Svoboda Go-ahead 3rd · 12:05

Assists: Ron Flockhart, Guy Carbonneau · beat Bob Sauve

5–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️

27 Shots on goal 17

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

4 Penalty minutes 4

MTL shooting 18.5% (5/27) BUF shooting 23.5% (4/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Doug Soetaert

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Bob Sauve

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:17 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–3

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–3

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 5–3 Full head-to-head →

4–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

Jan 12, 1985

⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL

1–1 (OT) · Sabres won

2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on April 7, 1985?

Canadiens won 5–4.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 5, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Guy Carbonneau, Mario Tremblay, Petr Svoboda, Ron Flockhart, Steve Rooney.

Who scored for Sabres?

Craig Ramsay, Gaetano Orlando, John Tucker, Ric Seiling.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Doug Soetaert made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Bob Sauve made 0 saves on 5 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 5–3 after 8 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 · Apr 6

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Apr 6

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