3–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 4-2-1 before this game

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

Sabres at Canadiens

Sabres beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on October 20, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Oct 20, 2001 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Chris Gratton

1 G

3 shots · 18:33 TOI · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Vyacheslav Kozlov

1 G

2 shots · 17:28 TOI · +2

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Erik Rasmussen

1 G

1 shots · 10:24 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Vyacheslav Kozlov Go-ahead 1st · 01:42

Assists: Alexei Zhitnik, Stu Barnes · beat Jose Theodore

1–0

3rd period

🇨🇦 Richard Zednik Tying 3rd · 16:33

Assists: Doug Gilmour, Martin Rucinsky · beat Martin Biron

1–1

⚔️ Chris Gratton Go-ahead 3rd · 16:55

Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Jay McKee · beat Jose Theodore

2–1

⚔️ Erik Rasmussen Empty net 3rd · 19:40

Assists: Curtis Brown

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

23 Shots on goal 30

16 Hits 17

23 Blocked shots 15

4 Takeaways 3

23 Giveaways 19

12 Penalty minutes 14

BUF shooting 13.0% (3/23) MTL shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

29/30

.967 SV% · 1 GA · 59:56 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

19/21

.905 SV% · 2 GA · 58:43 TOI

Jeff Hackett Shutout

1/1

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:13 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–0

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 Brown · Gratton · Satan 18:50

L2 Kozlov · Barnes · Connolly 17:28

L3 Dumont · Varada · Afinogenov 12:39

L4 Hamel · Rasmussen · Ray 10:24

D1 Zhitnik · Warrener 24:23

D2 McKee · Smehlik 20:48

D3 Patrick · Kalinin 14:05

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Savage · Gilmour · Zednik 19:07

L2 Rucinsky · Perreault · Dackell 18:07

L3 Brunet · Kilger · Juneau 15:44

L4 Poulin · Simpson · Bulis 3:43

D1 Brisebois · Robidas 24:56

D2 Dykhuis · Quintal 19:16

D3 Souray · Rivet 14:22

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on October 20, 2001?

Sabres won 3–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 3, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Chris Gratton, Erik Rasmussen, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Richard Zednik.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 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 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 19

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Oct 19

Also on October 20, 2001

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