Sabres 1–5 Canadiens — Final Score & Stats (Oct 7, 1989)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
⚔️ BUF	0	0	1	1
🇨🇦 MTL	2	1	2	5

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Stephane Richer

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Petr Svoboda

1 G

6 shots · +3

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Shayne Corson

1 G

4 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Brian Skrudland Go-ahead 1st · 14:13

Assists: Sylvain Lefebvre · beat Clint Malarchuk

0–1

🇨🇦 Stephane Richer 1st · 16:21

Assists: Guy Carbonneau · beat Clint Malarchuk

0–2

2nd period

🇨🇦 Mats Naslund 2nd · 01:14

Unassisted · beat Clint Malarchuk

0–3

3rd period

🇨🇦 Petr Svoboda PP 3rd · 01:58

Assists: Tom Chorske, Chris Chelios · beat Clint Malarchuk

0–4

🇨🇦 Shayne Corson 3rd · 08:06

Assists: Stephane Richer · beat Clint Malarchuk

0–5

⚔️ Dave Andreychuk 3rd · 11:10

Assists: Christian Ruuttu, Rick Vaive · beat Patrick Roy

1–5

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

28 Shots on goal 37

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8

25 Penalty minutes 17

BUF shooting 3.6% (1/28) MTL shooting 13.5% (5/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Clint Malarchuk

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Patrick Roy

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:48 TOI

⚔️ Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Mar 301989 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Feb 251989 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–6 Jan 281989 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2 Jan 271989 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Dec 31988 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 OT

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❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on October 7, 1989?

Canadiens won 5–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dave Andreychuk.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brian Skrudland, Mats Naslund, Petr Svoboda, Shayne Corson, Stephane Richer.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Clint Malarchuk made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeOct 5 ⚜️QUE @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 AfterOct 8 🌌MNS @ ⚔️BUF 2–2

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeOct 5 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD 4–1 AfterOct 9 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 0–2

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