⚔️ Away Sabres 8-0-0
4–1
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 4-1-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 1214
🇨🇦 MTL 0011

Sabres at Canadiens

Sabres beat Canadiens 4–1 at Bell Centre on October 23, 2006.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Chris Drury
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:26 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Teppo Numminen
2 A
22:49 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G
3 shots · 12:17 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jiri Novotny Go-ahead 1st · 09:42
Assists: Chris Drury, Teppo Numminen · beat Cristobal Huet
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Chris Drury SH 2nd · 09:10
Unassisted · beat Cristobal Huet
2–0
⚔️ Jason Pominville 2nd · 11:12
Assists: Daniel Brière, Jochen Hecht · beat Cristobal Huet
3–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Mike Johnson 3rd · 09:06
Assists: Radek Bonk · beat Ryan Miller
3–1
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Empty net 3rd · 19:41
Assists: Dmitri Kalinin, Teppo Numminen
4–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brière · Hecht · Roy 19:53
L2 Vanek · Drury · Afinogenov 17:22
L3 Novotny · Gaustad · Pominville 12:17
L4 Peters · Mair · Kotalik 7:15
D1 Numminen · Lydman 21:30
D2 Spacek · Tallinder 19:56
D3 Campbell · Kalinin 17:59
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Koivu · Kovalev 19:07
L2 Bonk · Ryder · Johnson 14:51
L3 Samsonov · Begin · Plekanec 12:16
L4 Latendresse · Murray · Perezhogin 9:55
D1 Souray · Markov 23:02
D2 Rivet · Komisarek 20:28
D3 Streit · Niinimaa 16:45

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF MTL🇨🇦
26 Shots on goal 27
13 Hits 21
21 Blocked shots 9
18 Takeaways 22
19 Giveaways 12
8 Penalty minutes 12
BUF shooting 15.4% (4/26) MTL shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:52 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 57:54 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 2–0
Oct 62006 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–5 SO Apr 152006 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 Apr 122006 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Feb 92006 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 OT Feb 72006 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 OT
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Who won Sabres vs Canadiens on October 23, 2006?

Sabres won 4–1. The final score was Sabres 4, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Chris Drury, Jason Pominville, Jiri Novotny, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mike Johnson.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 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?

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 6–2 AfterOct 26 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 3–0
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 21 🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–8 AfterOct 26 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 3–2
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