5–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 7-14-1 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	2	1	2	5
MTL	0	2	1	3

Sabres at Canadiens

Sabres beat Canadiens 5–3 at Bell Centre on November 25, 2000.

🗓 Sat, Nov 25, 2000 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Miroslav Satan

1 G, 2 A

3 shots · 21:10 TOI · +2

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Stu Barnes

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 20:26 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

J-P Dumont

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 17:23 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Vladimir Tsyplakov Go-ahead 1st · 00:10

Assists: Curtis Brown, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Mathieu Garon

1–0

⚔️ J-P Dumont 1st · 02:12

Assists: Stu Barnes, Miroslav Satan · beat Mathieu Garon

2–0

2nd period

🇨🇦 Eric Landry 2nd · 02:46

Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Eric Weinrich · beat Martin Biron

2–1

⚔️ Eric Boulton 2nd · 06:39

Unassisted · beat Mathieu Garon

3–1

🇨🇦 Sergei Zholtok 2nd · 16:11

Assists: Patrick Poulin, Andrei Bashkirov · beat Martin Biron

3–2

3rd period

🇨🇦 Juha Lind Tying 3rd · 01:55

Assists: Sergei Zholtok, Trevor Linden · beat Martin Biron

3–3

⚔️ Stu Barnes Go-ahead 3rd · 03:11

Assists: Alexei Zhitnik, Miroslav Satan · beat Mathieu Garon

4–3

⚔️ Miroslav Satan Empty net 3rd · 19:10

Assists: J-P Dumont

5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

19 Shots on goal 32

29 Hits 19

19 Blocked shots 18

3 Takeaways 6

32 Giveaways 9

38 Penalty minutes 18

BUF shooting 26.3% (5/19) MTL shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

29/32

.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:55 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Mathieu Garon

14/18

.778 SV% · 4 GA · 59:35 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–2

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 · Brown · Satan 20:26

L2 Dumont · Varada · Afinogenov 15:20

L3 Tsyplakov · Rasmussen · Gratton 12:40

L4 Andreychuk · Hamel · Boulton 7:48

D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 26:31

D2 Smehlik · Patrick 21:45

D3 Woolley · McKee 11:48

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Savage · Linden · Petrov 22:42

L2 Rucinsky · Zholtok · Zubrus 17:23

L3 Bashkirov · Landry · Darby 13:25

L4 Lind · Poulin · Ward 5:46

D1 Brisebois · Markov 24:30

D2 Weinrich · Robidas 20:22

D3 Rivet · Dykhuis 15:10

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on November 25, 2000?

Sabres won 5–3.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 5, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Eric Boulton, J-P Dumont, Miroslav Satan, Stu Barnes, Vladimir Tsyplakov.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Eric Landry, Juha Lind, Sergei Zholtok.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 14 saves on 18 shots (.778 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 · Nov 24

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Nov 23

Also on November 25, 2000

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