1–2

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 34-32-8 before this game

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

Sabres at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Sabres 2–1 at Bell Centre on April 3, 1999.

🗓 Sat, Apr 3, 1999 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Brian Savage

1 G

3 shots · 17:36 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jason Dawe

1 G

2 shots · 15:48 TOI · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Saku Koivu

1 A

3 shots · 20:17 TOI · -1

4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Frederic Chabot

31 saves

0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Brian Savage PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:00

Assists: Saku Koivu, Eric Weinrich

0–1

3rd period

🇨🇦 Jason Dawe 3rd · 01:38

Assists: Turner Stevenson

0–2

⚔️ Geoff Sanderson 3rd · 10:24

Assists: Michael Peca

1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

32 Shots on goal 24

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

18 Hits 15

8 Blocked shots 22

13 Takeaways 29

17 Giveaways 14

25 Penalty minutes 11

BUF shooting 3.1% (1/32) MTL shooting 8.3% (2/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

22/24

.917 SV% · 2 GA · 58:38 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Frederic Chabot

31/32

.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–1

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 Peca · Barnes · Satan 20:21

L2 Grosek · Juneau · Varada 17:57

L3 Ward · Sanderson · Holzinger 15:11

L4 Primeau · Brown · Ray 3:09

D1 Zhitnik · Woolley 21:14

D2 Shannon · McKee 18:36

D3 Smehlik · Warrener 17:52

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Poulin · Thornton · Koivu 19:55

L2 Rucinsky · Savage · Zholtok 18:14

L3 Zubrus · Dawe · Stevenson 15:48

L4 Morissette · Jomphe · McCleary 3:39

D1 Weinrich · Quintal 29:04

D2 Lachance · Ulanov 23:13

D3 Guren · Clark 7:56

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on April 3, 1999?

Canadiens won 2–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 1, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Geoff Sanderson.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brian Savage, Jason Dawe.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Frederic Chabot made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 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 · Apr 1

Also on April 3, 1999

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