2–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 31-21-8 before this game

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

Sabres at Canadiens

Sabres beat Canadiens 2–1 at Bell Centre on March 7, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Mar 7, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Geoff Sanderson

1 G

4 shots · 15:06 TOI · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Michal Grosek

1 G

3 shots · 17:49 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Curtis Brown

1 A

3 shots · 18:12 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

26 Shots on goal 32

14 Hits 11

9 Blocked shots 9

2 Takeaways 5

5 Giveaways 19

16 Penalty minutes 14

BUF shooting 7.7% (2/26) MTL shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 58:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 30-22-8 (50% win rate, 60 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 31-21-8 (52% win rate, 60 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 30-22-8 (50% win rate, 60 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 31-21-8 (52% win rate, 60 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Grosek · Peca · Brown 18:12

L2 Sanderson · Satan · Barnaby 15:39

L3 Ward · Primeau · Audette 12:38

L4 Rasmussen · Dawe · Ray 4:50

D1 Shannon · Zhitnik 26:42

D2 McKee · Wilson 20:50

D3 Woolley · Boughner 12:44

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Koivu · Damphousse · Recchi 22:26

L2 Savage · Poulin · Brunet 16:29

L3 Rucinsky · Bureau · Stevenson 13:48

L4 Thornton · Hoglund 4:42

D1 Brisebois · Manson 23:50

D2 Malakhov · Quintal 19:40

D3 Zalapski · Popovic 15:13

D4 Rivet 0:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Sabres won

Feb 12, 1997

🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF

2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on March 7, 1998?

Sabres won 2–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 2, Canadiens 1.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 2 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 3–1 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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 6

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 5

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