⚔️ Away Sabres 40-35-6 before this game
3–0
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 42-30-9 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BUF 0123
MTL 0000

Sabres at Canadiens

Sabres beat Canadiens 3–0 at Bell Centre on April 13, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Apr 13, 2002 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Miroslav Satan
1 G
5 shots · 18:21 TOI · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Taylor Pyatt
1 G
4 shots · 16:32 TOI · +2
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Erik Rasmussen
1 G
3 shots · 15:54 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Erik Rasmussen Go-ahead 2nd · 07:48
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov · beat Jose Theodore
1–0
3rd period
⚔️ Miroslav Satan 3rd · 11:00
Assists: Chris Gratton · beat Jose Theodore
2–0
⚔️ Taylor Pyatt Empty net 3rd · 19:45
Assists: Rhett Warrener
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
34 Shots on goal 22
10 Hits 15
18 Blocked shots 9
5 Takeaways 3
25 Giveaways 16
4 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 8.8% (3/34) MTL shooting 0.0% (0/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron Shutout
22/22
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:07 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 40-35-6 (49% win rate, 81 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 42-30-9 (52% win rate, 81 games)
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 18:13
L2 Pyatt · Rasmussen · Afinogenov 15:54
L3 Hamel · Connolly · Milley 13:34
L4 Corkum · Ray · Kotalik 10:56
D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 21:46
D2 Warrener · Kalinin 19:21
D3 McKee · Tallinder 18:20
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Perreault · Petrov · Zednik 18:30
L2 Kilger · Koivu · Audette 17:22
L3 Lindsay · Bulis · Van Allen 13:10
L4 Berezin · Odjick · Asham 10:37
D1 Souray · Quintal 21:38
D2 Brisebois · Rivet 20:09
D3 Bouillon · Dykhuis 17:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →
Mar 8, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 · Sabres won
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

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on April 13, 2002?

Sabres won 3–0.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 3, Canadiens 0.

Who scored for Sabres?

Erik Rasmussen, Miroslav Satan, Taylor Pyatt.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 22 saves on 22 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 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 4–1 after 5 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 · Apr 12
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 10
🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF
1–5 · BUF won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 12
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
2–5 · NJD won
Next game · Apr 18
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
5–2 · MTL won
Also on April 13, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
1–2 final
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
👑LAK @ 🦈SJS
1–3 final
🍁TOR @ 🏛️OTT
5–2 final
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–7 final
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
4–3 final
🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY
4–1 final
Sabres season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule