🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 31-32-14 before this game

1–4

Final

⚔️ Home Sabres 29-35-12 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	1	1
BUF	1	3	0	4

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 4–1 at KeyBank Center on March 28, 2003.

🗓 Fri, Mar 28, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Taylor Pyatt

3 G

4 shots · 16:57 TOI · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Miroslav Satan

2 A

3 shots · 20:37 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Alexei Zhitnik

2 A

2 shots · 23:44 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Taylor Pyatt Go-ahead 1st · 01:00

Assists: Daniel Brière, Alexei Zhitnik · beat Mathieu Garon

0–1

2nd period

⚔️ Jochen Hecht 2nd · 00:30

Assists: J-P Dumont, Daniel Brière · beat Mathieu Garon

0–2

⚔️ Taylor Pyatt PP 2nd · 10:43

Assists: Alexei Zhitnik, Miroslav Satan · beat Mathieu Garon

0–3

⚔️ Taylor Pyatt 2nd · 12:16

Assists: Miroslav Satan · beat Mathieu Garon

0–4

3rd period

🇨🇦 Yanic Perreault 3rd · 08:07

Assists: Andreas Dackell, Patrice Brisebois · beat Martin Biron

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️

27 Shots on goal 31

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

11 Hits 18

14 Blocked shots 11

2 Takeaways 6

12 Giveaways 9

8 Penalty minutes 4

MTL shooting 3.7% (1/27) BUF shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Mathieu Garon

27/31

.871 SV% · 4 GA · 59:39 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

26/27

.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:43 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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 — 0–4

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 Koivu · Zednik · Audette 17:42

L2 Hossa · Bulis · Ribeiro 15:56

L3 Perreault · Dackell · Sundstrom 14:04

L4 Kilger · Mckay 10:40

D1 Markov · Brisebois 21:42

D2 Rivet · Traverse 20:14

D3 Quintal · Komisarek 17:42

D4 Dykhuis 8:19

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brière · Hecht · Satan 17:24

L2 Pyatt · Connolly · Dumont 15:53

L3 Brown · Mair · Afinogenov 13:45

L4 Boulton · Botterill · Milley 10:30

D1 Zhitnik · Campbell 22:28

D2 Warrener · Patrick 20:34

D3 Fitzpatrick · McKee 16:17

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →

Feb 19, 2003

🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF

1–2 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on March 28, 2003?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Yanic Perreault.

Who scored for Sabres?

Taylor Pyatt (3), Jochen Hecht.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 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 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 25

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 26

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