1–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 21-15-5 before this game

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

Sabres at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Sabres 3–1 at Bell Centre on January 6, 2004.

🗓 Tue, Jan 6, 2004 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Richard Zednik

2 A

5 shots · 16:49 TOI · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Pierre Dagenais

1 G

4 shots · 15:08 TOI · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Saku Koivu

1 G

3 shots · 20:04 TOI · +1

4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jose Theodore

34 saves

0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦

35 Shots on goal 37

15 Hits 15

6 Blocked shots 14

5 Takeaways 5

4 Giveaways 11

9 Penalty minutes 13

BUF shooting 2.9% (1/35) MTL shooting 8.1% (3/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

34/36

.944 SV% · 2 GA · 59:34 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

34/35

.971 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 18-19-3 (45% win rate, 40 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 21-15-5 (51% win rate, 41 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 18-19-3 (45% win rate, 40 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 21-15-5 (51% win rate, 41 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brière · Brown · Dumont 19:23

L2 Hecht · Drury · Satan 17:43

L3 Roy · Afinogenov · Kotalik 15:05

L4 Peters · Pyatt · Mair 5:00

D1 Kalinin · Zhitnik 24:12

D2 Fitzpatrick · Campbell 19:46

D3 Tallinder · McKee 14:34

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Koivu · Bulis · Dackell 19:10

L2 Kilger · Ribeiro · Zednik 17:28

L3 Ryder · Dagenais · Ward 15:08

L4 Langdon · Perreault · Juneau 5:13

D1 Souray · Quintal 24:38

D2 Bouillon · Rivet 19:05

D3 Brisebois · Komisarek 15:07

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

1–2 (OT) · Sabres won

Jan 11, 2003

⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL

3–2 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs MTL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on January 6, 2004?

Canadiens won 3–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Canadiens?

The final score was Sabres 1, Canadiens 3.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 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?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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 · Jan 3

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Jan 4

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