6–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 1-0-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	0	3	3	6
MTL	0	1	0	1

Sabres at Canadiens

Sabres beat Canadiens 6–1 at Bell Centre on October 12, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Oct 12, 2002 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Taylor Pyatt

2 G

2 shots · 17:40 TOI · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Tim Connolly

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 16:57 TOI · +2

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Chris Gratton

2 A

4 shots · 17:06 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

2nd period

⚔️ Taylor Pyatt Go-ahead 2nd · 02:11

Assists: Chris Gratton

1–0

🇨🇦 Patrice Brisebois Tying 2nd · 03:48

Assists: Chad Kilger, Jan Bulis

1–1

⚔️ Tim Connolly Go-ahead 2nd · 06:16

Assists: J-P Dumont

2–1

⚔️ Taylor Pyatt PP 2nd · 14:27

Assists: Chris Gratton, Tim Connolly

3–1

3rd period

⚔️ Miroslav Satan 3rd · 00:52

Assists: Rhett Warrener

4–1

⚔️ Jochen Hecht 3rd · 06:17

Assists: J-P Dumont, Jay McKee

5–1

⚔️ Vaclav Varada PP 3rd · 09:38

Assists: James Patrick

6–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

31 Shots on goal 20

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

2 Hits 1

8 Penalty minutes 10

BUF shooting 19.4% (6/31) MTL shooting 5.0% (1/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

19/20

.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

25/31

.806 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

After 2nd — 3–1

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 Pyatt · Barnes · Satan 18:17

L2 Gratton · Brown · Connolly 17:00

L3 Hecht · Varada · Dumont 15:12

L4 Boulton · Mair · Ray 7:27

D1 Zhitnik · Tallinder 22:10

D2 McKee · Warrener 19:22

D3 Woolley · Patrick 16:12

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Koivu · Juneau · Zednik 18:04

L2 Perreault · Audette · Dackell 16:55

L3 Gilmour · Czerkawski · Petrov 14:36

L4 Kilger · Lindsay · Bulis 8:06

D1 Brisebois · Rivet 23:17

D2 Dykhuis · Markov 21:24

D3 Quintal · Hainsey 15:28

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on October 12, 2002?

Sabres won 6–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 6, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Taylor Pyatt (2), Jochen Hecht, Miroslav Satan, Tim Connolly, Vaclav Varada.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Patrice Brisebois.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 25 saves on 31 shots (.806 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 10

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Oct 11

Also on October 12, 2002

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