⚔️ Away Sabres 0-0 in series
5–7
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Sabres at Canadiens — First Round Game 1

Canadiens, First Round Game 1, beat Sabres 7–5 at Bell Centre on April 3, 1991.

🗓 Wed, Apr 3, 1991 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1990-91 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

BUF vs MTL · MTL leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
5–7
Final · MTL
Game 2
4–5
Final · MTL
Game 3
4–5
Final · BUF
Game 4
4–6
Final · BUF
Game 5
3–4
OT · MTL
Game 6
5–1
Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mathieu Schneider
1 G, 2 A
4 shots
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Russ Courtnall
2 G
4 shots · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Denis Savard
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · -1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
29 Shots on goal 37
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 3/6
50 Penalty minutes 48
BUF shooting 17.2% (5/29) MTL shooting 18.9% (7/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Daren Puppa
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 22:06 TOI
Darcy Wakaluk
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 37:09 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 38-28-14 (48% win rate, 80 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 45-27-8 (56% win rate, 80 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 38-28-14 (48% win rate, 80 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 45-27-8 (56% win rate, 80 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 20, 1991
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 (OT) · Sabres won
Mar 16, 1991
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–6 · Canadiens won
Feb 15, 1991
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Jan 26, 1991
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · Canadiens won
Nov 28, 1990
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on April 3, 1991?

Canadiens won 7–5.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 5, Canadiens 7.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Daren Puppa made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 5 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 · Mar 31
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
2–5 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 5
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · MTL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Mar 31
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
1–4 · QUE won
Next game · Apr 5
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · MTL won
Also on April 3, 1991
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
5–2 final
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
3–1 final
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–2 final
Sabres season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule