🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 0-0 in series
1–4
Final
MTL leads 4–2
⚔️ Home Sabres 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 0001
BUF 0004

Canadiens at Sabres — First Round Game 1

Sabres, First Round Game 1, beat Canadiens 4–1 at KeyBank Center on April 5, 1990.

🗓 Thu, Apr 5, 1990 · 18:30 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1989-90 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MTL vs BUF · MTL leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
1–4
Final · BUF
Game 2
3–0
Final · MTL
Game 3
1–2
OT · MTL
Game 4
4–2
Final · BUF
Game 5
4–2
Final · MTL
Game 6
2–5
Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Dean Kennedy
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Pierre Turgeon
2 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Dave Andreychuk
1 G
5 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
35 Shots on goal 28
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
23 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 2.9% (1/35) BUF shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Daren Puppa
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 32-19-5 (57% win rate, 56 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 35-20-4 (59% win rate, 59 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 32-19-5 (57% win rate, 56 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 35-20-4 (59% win rate, 59 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Feb 16, 1990
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
3–5 · Sabres won
Feb 7, 1990
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 · Sabres won
Feb 3, 1990
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–1 · Canadiens won
Jan 6, 1990
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–6 · Canadiens won
Dec 22, 1989
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on April 5, 1990?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 1, 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?

Daren Puppa made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

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 1
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
1–1 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 7
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
3–0 · MTL won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 1
⚜️QUE @ ⚔️BUF
2–5 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 7
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
3–0 · MTL won
Also on April 5, 1990
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
4–3 final
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
1–2 final
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
5–4 final
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