⚔️ Away Sabres 3-2 in series
2–5
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 2-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Sabres at Canadiens — First Round Game 6

Canadiens, First Round Game 6, beat Sabres 5–2 at Bell Centre on April 15, 1990.

🗓 Sun, Apr 15, 1990 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 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
Russ Courtnall
2 G
4 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mathieu Schneider
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Shayne Corson
2 A
2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
24 Shots on goal 29
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
8 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 8.3% (2/24) MTL shooting 17.2% (5/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Daren Puppa
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:56 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 37-22-5 (58% win rate, 64 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 35-21-5 (57% win rate, 61 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 37-22-5 (58% win rate, 64 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 35-21-5 (57% win rate, 61 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 13, 1990
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–2 · Canadiens won
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

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on April 15, 1990?

Canadiens won 5–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 2, Canadiens 5.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Daren Puppa made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

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

Where is Sabres vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens 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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 13
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–2 · MTL won
Next game · Oct 4
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
3–3 · MTL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 13
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–2 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 19
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
0–1 · BOS won
Also on April 15, 1990
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
2–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🐳HFD
2–3 final
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