🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 31-25-7 before this game
0–3
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 29-28-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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BUF 2103

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 3–0 at KeyBank Center on March 8, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Mar 8, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Brian Campbell
1 G
4 shots · 17:03 TOI · +2
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Chris Gratton
1 G
4 shots · 17:56 TOI · +2
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
J-P Dumont
1 G
4 shots · 14:47 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Chris Gratton Go-ahead 1st · 04:31
Assists: Miroslav Satan, Stu Barnes · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
⚔️ J-P Dumont 1st · 11:19
Assists: Curtis Brown · beat Jose Theodore
0–2
2nd period
⚔️ Brian Campbell 2nd · 14:36
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, James Patrick · beat Jose Theodore
0–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
26 Shots on goal 37
18 Hits 22
9 Blocked shots 12
2 Takeaways 4
11 Giveaways 12
31 Penalty minutes 29
MTL shooting 0.0% (0/26) BUF shooting 8.1% (3/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 59:58 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron Shutout
26/26
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
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 Juneau · Gilmour · Petrov 19:35
L2 Berezin · Dackell · Zednik 17:27
L3 Kilger · Perreault · Bulis 13:00
L4 Odjick · Van Allen · Asham 6:27
D1 Brisebois · Quintal 22:59
D2 Bouillon · Markov 19:40
D3 Dykhuis · Rivet 17:32
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Brown · Satan 19:23
L2 Gratton · Varada · Afinogenov 17:56
L3 Pyatt · Connolly · Dumont 14:47
L4 Boulton · Rasmussen · Ray 5:11
D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 23:08
D2 Warrener · McKee 19:58
D3 Campbell · Patrick 16:55

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 26, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 · Sabres won
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

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on March 8, 2002?

Sabres won 3–0.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 0, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Brian Campbell, Chris Gratton, J-P Dumont.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 26 saves on 26 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

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 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
Previous game · Mar 6
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · MTL won
Next game · Mar 9
🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 · TOR won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Mar 7
⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI
5–0 · BUF won
Next game · Mar 10
🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF
1–5 · BUF won
Also on March 8, 2002
🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR
2–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 🧥CBJ
2–4 final
🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL
3–0 final
🔔PHI @ ⚡TBL
4–2 final
🛢️EDM @ 🐆FLA
4–5 final
🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL
5–3 final
😈NJD @ 🦆ANA
1–2 final
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