🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 0-2 in series
4–5
Final
MTL leads 4–2
⚔️ Home Sabres 2-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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BUF 0005

Canadiens at Sabres — First Round Game 3

Sabres, First Round Game 3, beat Canadiens 5–4 at KeyBank Center on April 7, 1991.

🗓 Sun, Apr 7, 1991 · 18:00 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 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
Denis Savard
3 A
1 shots · -1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Alexander Mogilny
2 A
2 shots
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brent Gilchrist
2 G
3 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
22 Shots on goal 33
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
28 Penalty minutes 32
MTL shooting 18.2% (4/22) BUF shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Clint Malarchuk
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 47-27-8 (57% win rate, 82 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 38-30-14 (46% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 47-27-8 (57% win rate, 82 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 38-30-14 (46% win rate, 82 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 5, 1991
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · Canadiens won
Apr 3, 1991
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–7 · Canadiens won
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

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on April 7, 1991?

Sabres won 5–4.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Sabres 5.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Clint Malarchuk made 0 saves on 4 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 5
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 9
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–6 · BUF won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 5
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 9
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–6 · BUF won
Also on April 7, 1991
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
6–0 final
🐻BOS @ 🐳HFD
6–3 final
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
4–3 final
Canadiens season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule