🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 43-26-7 before this game

1–2

Final

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

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 2–1 at KeyBank Center on March 24, 2004.

🗓 Wed, Mar 24, 2004 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

J-P Dumont

1 G

3 shots · 19:59 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Adam Mair

1 G

1 shots · 07:57 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Daniel Brière

1 A

3 shots · 18:57 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️

25 Shots on goal 33

12 Hits 18

9 Blocked shots 11

2 Takeaways 5

12 Giveaways 10

8 Penalty minutes 4

MTL shooting 4.0% (1/25) BUF shooting 6.1% (2/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Mathieu Garon

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:06 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

24/25

.960 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 43-26-7 (57% win rate, 76 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 35-32-8 (47% win rate, 75 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 43-26-7 (57% win rate, 76 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 35-32-8 (47% win rate, 75 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Koivu · Ribeiro · Zednik 20:58

L2 Dowd · Kovalev · Ryder 15:58

L3 Bulis · Perreault · Sundstrom 13:43

L4 Langdon · Ward · Dagenais 10:52

D1 Markov · Rivet 26:24

D2 Bouillon · Quintal 21:26

D3 Komisarek · Souray 10:10

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hecht · Drury · Grier 21:03

L2 Brière · Satan · Dumont 19:59

L3 Roy · Afinogenov · Bartovic 13:53

L4 Peters · Mair · Taylor 6:46

D1 Kalinin · Patrick 22:24

D2 McKee · Brown 19:53

D3 Jillson · Tallinder 15:30

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

❓ MTL vs BUF, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on March 24, 2004?

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?

Mathieu Garon made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 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 3–2 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

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