Sabres 4–3 Canadiens — Final Score & Stats (Nov 2, 1989)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
⚔️ BUF	1	2	1	4
🇨🇦 MTL	1	1	1	3

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Pierre Turgeon

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Bobby Smith

3 A

4 shots · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mats Naslund

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Mats Naslund Go-ahead 1st · 02:59

Assists: Bobby Smith, Mike Keane · beat Clint Malarchuk

0–1

⚔️ Rick Vaive Tying 1st · 16:43

Assists: Christian Ruuttu, Alexander Mogilny · beat Patrick Roy

1–1

2nd period

⚔️ Dave Andreychuk PP Go-ahead 2nd · 00:29

Assists: Pierre Turgeon, Grant Ledyard · beat Patrick Roy

2–1

🇨🇦 Sylvain Lefebvre Tying 2nd · 03:12

Assists: Mats Naslund, Bobby Smith · beat Clint Malarchuk

2–2

⚔️ Mike Hartman Go-ahead 2nd · 11:21

Assists: Pierre Turgeon · beat Patrick Roy

3–2

3rd period

⚔️ Pierre Turgeon 3rd · 10:35

Unassisted · beat Patrick Roy

4–2

🇨🇦 Chris Chelios PP 3rd · 18:22

Assists: Stephane Richer, Bobby Smith · beat Clint Malarchuk

4–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

39 Shots on goal 29

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

17 Penalty minutes 17

BUF shooting 10.3% (4/39) MTL shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Clint Malarchuk

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Patrick Roy

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:06 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 3–2

Sabres

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

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Oct 201989 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–6 Oct 71989 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 Mar 301989 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Feb 251989 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–6 Jan 281989 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2

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❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on November 2, 1989?

Sabres won 4–3. The final score was Sabres 4, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dave Andreychuk, Mike Hartman, Pierre Turgeon, Rick Vaive.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Chelios, Mats Naslund, Sylvain Lefebvre.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Clint Malarchuk made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 4 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?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeOct 29 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 AfterNov 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–3

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeOct 31 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 3–0 AfterNov 4 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3

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