2–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 23-24-5 before this game

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

Sabres at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Sabres 3–2 at Bell Centre on February 6, 1999.

🗓 Sat, Feb 6, 1999 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Martin Rucinsky

1 G

4 shots · 17:35 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Recchi

1 G

1 shots · 20:17 TOI · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Eric Weinrich

1 G

1 shots · 25:45 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Eric Weinrich PP Go-ahead 1st · 02:52

Unassisted

0–1

⚔️ Michal Grosek PP Tying 1st · 05:59

Assists: Jason Woolley, Alexei Zhitnik

1–1

🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky Go-ahead 1st · 06:38

Assists: Sergei Zholtok

1–2

🇨🇦 Mark Recchi 1st · 08:49

Assists: Shayne Corson, Vincent Damphousse

1–3

3rd period

⚔️ Michael Peca 3rd · 17:42

Assists: Dixon Ward, Vaclav Varada

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

29 Shots on goal 19

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

18 Hits 21

9 Blocked shots 20

22 Takeaways 37

24 Giveaways 31

13 Penalty minutes 23

BUF shooting 6.9% (2/29) MTL shooting 15.8% (3/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dwayne Roloson

16/19

.842 SV% · 3 GA · 59:12 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Frederic Chabot

18/19

.947 SV% · 1 GA · 34:29 TOI

Jeff Hackett

9/10

.900 SV% · 1 GA · 25:31 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–3

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Grosek · Plante · Satan 21:42

L2 Holzinger · Peca · Brown 17:02

L3 Sanderson · Ward · Varada 14:45

L4 Kruse · Primeau · Ray 7:18

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 22:45

D2 Woolley · Shannon 20:17

D3 McKee · Wilson 16:24

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 20:17

L2 Rucinsky · Brunet · Koivu 17:35

L3 Poulin · Thornton · Stevenson 11:47

L4 Blouin · Zholtok · Dawe 6:52

D1 Weinrich · Quintal 24:12

D2 Brisebois · Ulanov 19:49

D3 Rivet · Clark 16:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

5–4 (OT) · Sabres won

May 10, 1998

🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF

3–6 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on February 6, 1999?

Canadiens won 3–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 2, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Michael Peca, Michal Grosek.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Eric Weinrich, Mark Recchi, Martin Rucinsky.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Frederic Chabot made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 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 2–1 after 3 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 · Feb 3

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Feb 4

Also on February 6, 1999

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