🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 40-26-11 before this game

1–2

Final

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

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 2–1 at KeyBank Center on April 10, 1998.

🗓 Fri, Apr 10, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Donald Audette

1 G

4 shots · 18:04 TOI · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Curtis Brown

1 G

2 shots · 17:37 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Dixon Ward

1 A

4 shots · 16:02 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️

29 Shots on goal 27

20 Hits 35

11 Blocked shots 10

8 Takeaways 12

21 Giveaways 42

11 Penalty minutes 17

MTL shooting 3.4% (1/29) BUF shooting 7.4% (2/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Andy Moog

25/27

.926 SV% · 2 GA · 58:22 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

28/29

.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 40-26-11 (52% win rate, 77 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 41-27-8 (54% win rate, 76 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 40-26-11 (52% win rate, 77 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 41-27-8 (54% win rate, 76 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 22:16

L2 Rucinsky · Brunet · Hoglund 15:19

L3 Thornton · Bureau · Stevenson 14:05

L4 Poulin · Bordeleau · Vukota 6:19

D1 Brisebois · Manson 23:14

D2 Malakhov · Zalapski 21:14

D3 Popovic · Rivet 15:20

⚔️Sabres

L1 Holzinger · Brown · Audette 18:04

L2 Sanderson · Satan · Varada 17:20

L3 Ward · Plante · Barnaby 16:02

L4 Kruse · Primeau · Ray 8:02

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 26:36

D2 Woolley · Shannon 19:15

D3 Wilson · Boughner 13:33

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on April 10, 1998?

Sabres won 2–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Sabres 2.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 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?

Sabres lead the season series 4–1 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

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