🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 6-7-0 before this game
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⚔️ Home Sabres 7-6-0 before this game
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Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 2–1 at KeyBank Center on November 7, 2003.

🗓 Fri, Nov 7, 2003 · 19:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Daniel Brière
1 G
4 shots · 16:39 TOI · -1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Ales Kotalik
1 G
3 shots · 15:54 TOI · +1
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Alexei Zhitnik
1 A
1 shots · 22:56 TOI
4rd star ⚔️ BUF
Mika Noronen
36 saves
0.973 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
37 Shots on goal 17
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
15 Hits 19
8 Blocked shots 5
1 Takeaways 1
10 Giveaways 14
16 Penalty minutes 16
MTL shooting 2.7% (1/37) BUF shooting 11.8% (2/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
15/17
.882 SV% · 2 GA · 58:58 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Mika Noronen
36/37
.973 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 6-7 (46% win rate, 13 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 7-6 (54% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 6-7 (46% win rate, 13 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 7-6 (54% win rate, 13 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Zednik · Audette 19:32
L2 Ribeiro · Bulis · Ryder 16:01
L3 Hossa · Juneau · Sundstrom 14:32
L4 Begin · Kilger · Langdon 10:02
D1 Brisebois · Souray 25:10
D2 Rivet · Markov 19:38
D3 Bouillon · Hainsey 15:17
⚔️Sabres
L1 Pyatt · Brown · Satan 19:39
L2 Drury · Brière · Dumont 17:43
L3 Botterill · Taylor · Kotalik 13:58
L4 Boulton · Mair · Afinogenov 7:29
D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 22:36
D2 McKee · Fitzpatrick 19:53
D3 Tallinder · Campbell 17:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 28, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 · Sabres won
Feb 19, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 (OT) · Sabres won
Jan 11, 2003
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Sabres won
Dec 21, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–6 · Canadiens won
Oct 12, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–1 · Sabres won

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on November 7, 2003?

Sabres won 2–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Sabres?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Sabres 2.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 15 saves on 17 shots (.882 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Mika Noronen made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 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 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Nov 4
🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–2 · EDM won
Next game · Nov 8
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 · MTL won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Nov 5
🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF
7–4 · ATL won
Next game · Nov 8
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 · MTL won
Also on November 7, 2003
🐦ATL @ 🧥CBJ
2–4 final
🍁TOR @ 😈NJD
1–1 final
🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA
3–6 final
🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH
2–1 final
🌲MIN @ 🔥CGY
3–0 final
Canadiens season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule