🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 2-2 in series
4–2
Final
MTL leads 4–2
⚔️ Home Sabres 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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BUF 0002

Canadiens at Sabres — First Round Game 5

Canadiens, First Round Game 5, beat Sabres 4–2 at KeyBank Center on April 13, 1990.

🗓 Fri, Apr 13, 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 🇨🇦 MTL
Stephane Richer
2 G
3 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Bobby Smith
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Russ Courtnall
1 G
4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
26 Shots on goal 32
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
36 Penalty minutes 30
MTL shooting 15.4% (4/26) BUF shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Daren Puppa
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 34-21-5 (57% win rate, 60 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 37-21-5 (59% win rate, 63 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 34-21-5 (57% win rate, 60 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 37-21-5 (59% win rate, 63 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 11, 1990
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–2 · Sabres won
Apr 9, 1990
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Apr 7, 1990
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
3–0 · Canadiens won
Apr 5, 1990
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 · Sabres won
Feb 16, 1990
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
3–5 · Sabres won

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on April 13, 1990?

Canadiens won 4–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Sabres 2.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Daren Puppa made 0 saves on 3 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 11
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–2 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 15
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · MTL won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 11
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–2 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 15
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · MTL won
Also on April 13, 1990
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
2–3 final
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
4–3 final
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
5–6 final
Canadiens season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule