3–4

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 2-3-0 before this game

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

Sabres at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Sabres 4–3 at Bell Centre on October 17, 2000.

🗓 Tue, Oct 17, 2000 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Dainius Zubrus

2 G

5 shots · 18:01 TOI · +1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Trevor Linden

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 18:50 TOI

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Brian Savage

2 A

2 shots · 16:52 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Dainius Zubrus PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:13

Assists: Sergei Zholtok, Andrei Markov · beat Dominik Hasek

0–1

🇨🇦 Trevor Linden PP 1st · 09:39

Assists: Eric Weinrich, Brian Savage · beat Dominik Hasek

0–2

⚔️ Stu Barnes 1st · 10:58

Assists: J-P Dumont · beat Jose Theodore

1–2

2nd period

🇨🇦 Dainius Zubrus 2nd · 12:28

Assists: Francis Bouillon, Trevor Linden · beat Dominik Hasek

1–3

⚔️ Alexei Zhitnik PP 2nd · 14:40

Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Richard Smehlik · beat Jose Theodore

2–3

3rd period

⚔️ Stu Barnes SH Tying 3rd · 06:24

Assists: Rhett Warrener · beat Jose Theodore

3–3

🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky PP Go-ahead 3rd · 19:04

Assists: Patrice Brisebois, Brian Savage · beat Dominik Hasek

3–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

29 Shots on goal 30

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 3/6

29 Hits 23

17 Blocked shots 12

9 Takeaways 14

29 Giveaways 29

29 Penalty minutes 21

BUF shooting 10.3% (3/29) MTL shooting 13.3% (4/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

26/30

.867 SV% · 4 GA · 59:59 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

26/29

.897 SV% · 3 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–3

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 Barnes · Gilmour · Satan 21:02

L2 Brown · Gratton · Varada 17:28

L3 Andreychuk · Dumont · Afinogenov 14:29

L4 Boulton · Rasmussen · Ray 3:23

D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 23:04

D2 Woolley · McKee 18:01

D3 Smehlik · Warrener 15:32

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Rucinsky · Linden · Zubrus 18:46

L2 Brunet · Savage · Zholtok 17:19

L3 Poulin · Darby · Petrov 16:20

L4 Stock · Ward · Campbell 2:44

D1 Brisebois · Weinrich 24:45

D2 Rivet · Markov 20:05

D3 Laflamme · Bouillon 14:52

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on October 17, 2000?

Canadiens won 4–3.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 3, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Sabres?

Stu Barnes (2), Alexei Zhitnik.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Dainius Zubrus (2), Martin Rucinsky, Trevor Linden.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 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?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 14

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Oct 14

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