⚔️ Away Sabres 2-2 in series
3–4
Final / OT
MTL leads 4–2
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
BUF 00003
MTL 00004

Sabres at Canadiens — First Round Game 5

Canadiens, First Round Game 5, beat Sabres 4–3 in overtime at Bell Centre on April 11, 1991.

🗓 Thu, Apr 11, 1991 · 18:30 CDT 📍 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
Mike Keane
2 G
3 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Denis Savard
2 A
1 shots · +2
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Kevin Haller
2 A
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
32 Shots on goal 28
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
12 Penalty minutes 12
BUF shooting 9.4% (3/32) MTL shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Clint Malarchuk
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 65:56 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 65:56 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 40-30-14 (48% win rate, 84 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 47-29-8 (56% win rate, 84 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 40-30-14 (48% win rate, 84 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 47-29-8 (56% win rate, 84 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 9, 1991
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–6 · Sabres won
Apr 7, 1991
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–5 · Sabres won
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

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on April 11, 1991?

Canadiens won 4–3 in overtime.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 3, Canadiens 4, in overtime.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Clint Malarchuk made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 3 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 9
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–6 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 13
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
5–1 · MTL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 9
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–6 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 13
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
5–1 · MTL won
Also on April 11, 1991
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
1–6 final
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
4–2 final
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
5–4 final
Sabres season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule