🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 18-14-4 before this game
1–3
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 14-19-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 0101
BUF 1023

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 3–1 at KeyBank Center on December 26, 2001.

🗓 Wed, Dec 26, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Curtis Brown
2 G
4 shots · 15:30 TOI · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
J-P Dumont
1 G
3 shots · 14:55 TOI · +1
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Vaclav Varada
1 A
2 shots · 16:49 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ J-P Dumont Go-ahead 1st · 06:58
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Tim Connolly · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Arron Asham Tying 2nd · 07:30
Assists: Richard Zednik, Yanic Perreault · beat Mika Noronen
1–1
3rd period
⚔️ Curtis Brown Go-ahead 3rd · 14:50
Assists: Taylor Pyatt, Vaclav Varada · beat Jose Theodore
1–2
⚔️ Curtis Brown PP Empty net 3rd · 19:59
Assists: Jay McKee
1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
16 Shots on goal 34
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
23 Hits 22
14 Blocked shots 17
1 Takeaways 4
17 Giveaways 8
20 Penalty minutes 18
MTL shooting 6.2% (1/16) BUF shooting 8.8% (3/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:08 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Mika Noronen
15/16
.938 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 18-14-4 (50% win rate, 36 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 14-19-4 (38% win rate, 37 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Juneau · Dackell · Zednik 18:49
L2 Poulin · Perreault · Petrov 16:26
L3 Savage · Kilger · Ribeiro 13:45
L4 Simpson · Gratton · Asham 7:24
D1 Brisebois · Rivet 22:30
D2 Robidas · Dykhuis 20:20
D3 Markov · Quintal 17:10
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Barnes · Satan 18:35
L2 Kozlov · Brown · Varada 16:49
L3 Pyatt · Afinogenov · Dumont 14:55
L4 Boulton · Gratton · Ray 6:15
D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 22:30
D2 McKee · Warrener 19:32
D3 Woolley · Kalinin 16:26

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Oct 26, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
5–2 · Canadiens won
Oct 20, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · Sabres won
Feb 11, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
4–3 · Canadiens won
Dec 5, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Sabres won
Nov 25, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–3 · Sabres won

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on December 26, 2001?

Sabres won 3–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Arron Asham.

Who scored for Sabres?

Curtis Brown (2), J-P Dumont.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Mika Noronen made 15 saves on 16 shots (.938 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?

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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 22
👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 28
🇨🇦MTL @ 🎵STL
0–3 · STL won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Dec 22
⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR
2–3 · TOR won
Next game · Dec 29
⚔️BUF @ 🧥CBJ
2–2 · BUF won
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🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
4–1 final
🍁TOR @ 🌪️CAR
3–4 final
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
0–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🐦ATL
3–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🎵STL
3–1 final
🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL
2–0 final
⚡TBL @ 🐯NSH
1–0 final
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