⚔️ Away Sabres 30-34-11 before this game

6–4

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 42-26-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	3	2	1	6
MTL	1	1	2	4

Sabres at Canadiens

Sabres beat Canadiens 6–4 at Bell Centre on April 1, 1996.

🗓 Mon, Apr 1, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Pat LaFontaine

2 G, 2 A

3 shots · +3

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Randy Burridge

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · +2

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Jason Dawe

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Brian Holzinger PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:38

Assists: Garry Galley, Pat LaFontaine

1–0

⚔️ Pat LaFontaine 1st · 08:08

Assists: Jason Dawe, Mike Wilson

2–0

⚔️ Mike Wilson PP 1st · 12:47

Assists: Randy Burridge, Darryl Shannon

3–0

🇨🇦 Andrei Kovalenko 1st · 19:13

Assists: Pierre Turgeon

3–1

2nd period

⚔️ Pat LaFontaine 2nd · 04:12

Assists: Matthew Barnaby, Brad May

4–1

🇨🇦 Valeri Bure PP 2nd · 07:54

Assists: David Wilkie, Mark Recchi

4–2

⚔️ Randy Burridge PP 2nd · 14:31

Assists: Garry Galley, Derek Plante

5–2

3rd period

🇨🇦 Mark Recchi 3rd · 09:25

Assists: Pierre Turgeon

5–3

🇨🇦 Saku Koivu PP 3rd · 18:19

Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Martin Rucinsky

5–4

⚔️ Jason Dawe Empty net 3rd · 19:04

Assists: Randy Burridge, Pat LaFontaine

6–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

26 Shots on goal 50

3/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

41 Penalty minutes 57

BUF shooting 23.1% (6/26) MTL shooting 8.0% (4/50)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Pat Jablonski

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 19:20 TOI

Jocelyn Thibault

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 39:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 3–1

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 5–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on April 1, 1996?

Sabres won 6–4.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 6, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Sabres?

Pat LaFontaine (2), Brian Holzinger, Jason Dawe, Mike Wilson, Randy Burridge.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kovalenko, Mark Recchi, Saku Koivu, Valeri Bure.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

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

Where is Sabres vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Canadiens season series?

Sabres lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 31

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 30

Also on April 1, 1996

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