🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 38-25-7 before this game

4–1

Final

⚔️ Home Sabres 29-31-10 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	1	2	1	4
BUF	0	1	0	1

Canadiens at Sabres

Canadiens beat Sabres 4–1 at KeyBank Center on March 22, 1996.

🗓 Fri, Mar 22, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Pierre Turgeon

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · +1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Recchi

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Vincent Damphousse

1 G

5 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Pierre Turgeon PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:50

Assists: Mark Recchi, Turner Stevenson

1–0

2nd period

🇨🇦 Vincent Damphousse PP 2nd · 03:47

Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Pierre Turgeon

2–0

⚔️ Jason Dawe 2nd · 04:31

Assists: Brad May, Mark Astley

2–1

🇨🇦 Mark Recchi 2nd · 07:32

Assists: Peter Popovic, Andrei Kovalenko

3–1

3rd period

🇨🇦 Pierre Turgeon Empty net 3rd · 19:52

Assists: Marc Bureau, David Wilkie

4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️

37 Shots on goal 23

2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7

67 Penalty minutes 79

MTL shooting 10.8% (4/37) BUF shooting 4.3% (1/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Pat Jablonski

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–1

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on March 22, 1996?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Pierre Turgeon (2), Mark Recchi, Vincent Damphousse.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Dawe.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Pat Jablonski made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Sabres season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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 · Mar 20

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 18

Also on March 22, 1996

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