🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 34-30-8 before this game

1–4

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	1	1
BUF	0	3	1	4

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 4–1 at KeyBank Center on March 20, 2000.

🗓 Mon, Mar 20, 2000 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Vaclav Varada

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 17:32 TOI · +2

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Jay McKee

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 22:37 TOI · +2

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Richard Smehlik

2 A

2 shots · 19:28 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

⚔️ Jay McKee Go-ahead 2nd · 01:44

Assists: Vaclav Varada, Chris Gratton · beat Jeff Hackett

0–1

⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov 2nd · 10:13

Assists: Geoff Sanderson, Richard Smehlik · beat Jeff Hackett

0–2

⚔️ Dixon Ward 2nd · 14:57

Assists: Richard Smehlik · beat Jeff Hackett

0–3

3rd period

🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky 3rd · 07:49

Assists: Jesse Belanger, Brian Savage · beat Dominik Hasek

1–3

⚔️ Vaclav Varada Empty net 3rd · 19:54

Assists: Doug Gilmour, Jay McKee

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️

24 Shots on goal 34

21 Hits 23

11 Blocked shots 9

1 Takeaways 4

21 Giveaways 19

13 Penalty minutes 13

MTL shooting 4.2% (1/24) BUF shooting 11.8% (4/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jeff Hackett

30/33

.909 SV% · 3 GA · 58:17 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

23/24

.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 34-30-8 (47% win rate, 72 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 34-31-8 (47% win rate, 73 games)

After 2nd — 0–3

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Savage · Rucinsky · Zholtok 17:41

L2 Zubrus · Belanger · Darby 16:22

L3 Poulin · Petrov · Stevenson 13:01

L4 Lind · Cummins 9:58

D1 Weinrich · Brisebois 24:30

D2 Laflamme · Souray 19:42

D3 Rivet · Bouillon 15:42

D4 Lachance 10:54

⚔️Sabres

L1 Gilmour · Brown · Varada 17:32

L2 Gratton · Barnes · Satan 15:39

L3 Sanderson · Ward · Rasmussen 13:49

L4 Tsyplakov · Afinogenov · Ray 11:57

D1 McKee · Warrener 22:29

D2 Smehlik · Woolley 18:44

D3 Patrick · Holland 17:08

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on March 20, 2000?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Martin Rucinsky.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dixon Ward, Jay McKee, Maxim Afinogenov, Vaclav Varada.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 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?

Canadiens 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

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