⚔️ Away Sabres 8-6-0 before this game
0–3
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 6-8-0 before this game
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Sabres at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Sabres 3–0 at Bell Centre on November 8, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Nov 8, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jan Bulis
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:01 TOI · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Patrice Brisebois
2 A
1 shots · 28:24 TOI · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sheldon Souray
1 G
6 shots · 29:47 TOI

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
16 Shots on goal 27
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
21 Hits 22
15 Blocked shots 17
16 Takeaways 11
23 Giveaways 14
39 Penalty minutes 18
BUF shooting 0.0% (0/16) MTL shooting 11.1% (3/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Mika Noronen
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 59:44 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore Shutout
16/16
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 8-6 (57% win rate, 14 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 6-8 (43% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 8-6 (57% win rate, 14 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 6-8 (43% win rate, 14 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Drury · Brière · Satan 21:16
L2 Pyatt · Brown · Dumont 16:31
L3 Taylor · Kotalik · Afinogenov 12:35
L4 Boulton · Peters · Mair 7:18
D1 Kalinin · Tallinder 23:12
D2 Patrick · Zhitnik 19:09
D3 Campbell · McKee 17:03
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Bulis · Juneau · Ribeiro 17:02
L2 Koivu · Zednik · Audette 16:35
L3 Hossa · Sundstrom · Ryder 14:52
L4 Kilger · Begin · Langdon 9:06
D1 Souray · Brisebois 29:06
D2 Rivet · Bouillon 19:50
D3 Markov · Hainsey 10:54

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 7, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won
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

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on November 8, 2003?

Canadiens won 3–0.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 0, Canadiens 3.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Mika Noronen made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 16 saves on 16 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Sabres vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Canadiens season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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 · Nov 7
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · BUF won
Next game · Nov 12
😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF
2–2 · NJD won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Nov 7
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · BUF won
Next game · Nov 11
🧥CBJ @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 · CBJ won
Also on November 8, 2003
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
2–1 final
⭐DAL @ 🐻BOS
1–4 final
🛢️EDM @ 🍁TOR
1–4 final
😈NJD @ 🏛️OTT
1–0 final
🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI
4–3 final
🦈SJS @ 🦅WSH
3–2 final
👑LAK @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 final
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
0–9 final
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