🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 37-13-2 before this game

2–4

Final

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

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 4–2 at KeyBank Center on January 27, 1989.

🗓 Fri, Jan 27, 1989 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1988-89 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Rick Vaive

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Christian Ruuttu

2 A

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Dave Andreychuk

1 G

3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️

38 Shots on goal 20

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

23 Penalty minutes 12

MTL shooting 5.3% (2/38) BUF shooting 20.0% (4/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Patrick Roy

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 55:59 TOI

Randy Exelby

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 02:55 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Jacques Cloutier

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 22:42 TOI

Daren Puppa

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 37:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 37-13-2 (71% win rate, 52 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 25-17-7 (51% win rate, 49 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 37-13-2 (71% win rate, 52 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 25-17-7 (51% win rate, 49 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

Dec 3, 1988

⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL

2–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

4–4 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on January 27, 1989?

Sabres won 4–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Sabres 4.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jacques Cloutier made 0 saves on 1 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?

Sabres lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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 · Jan 23

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Jan 25

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