🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 34-22-7
1–5
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 31-25-7
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🇨🇦 MTL 0011
⚔️ BUF 1225

Canadiens at Sabres

Sabres beat Canadiens 5–1 at KeyBank Center on March 4, 2009.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Paul Gaustad
2 G
3 shots · 16:42 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
2 G
3 shots · 20:55 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Patrick Lalime
38 saves
0.974 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Derek Roy PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:53
Assists: Jaroslav Spacek, Tim Connolly · beat Carey Price
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Derek Roy 2nd · 02:59
Assists: Daniel Paille · beat Carey Price
0–2
⚔️ Jaroslav Spacek 2nd · 09:07
Unassisted · beat Carey Price
0–3
3rd period
⚔️ Paul Gaustad PP 3rd · 06:10
Assists: Craig Rivet, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Carey Price
0–4
⚔️ Paul Gaustad SH 3rd · 11:03
Unassisted · beat Carey Price
0–5
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec 3rd · 18:54
Assists: Roman Hamrlik · beat Patrick Lalime
1–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Plekanec · D'Agostini 18:13
L2 Kostitsyn · Koivu · Kovalev 17:38
L3 Pacioretty · Lapierre · Kostopoulos 15:21
L4 Stewart · Metropolit · Laraque 7:48
D1 Markov · Schneider 24:42
D2 Hamrlik · Komisarek 19:54
D3 Gorges · Brisebois 15:24
⚔️Sabres
L1 Paille · Roy · Hecht 17:13
L2 Gaustad · Connolly · Pominville 16:19
L3 Vanek · Afinogenov · Stafford 13:42
L4 MacArthur · Mair · Kaleta 7:50
D1 Rivet · Lydman 21:46
D2 Tallinder · Sekera 20:50
D3 Spacek · Numminen 16:54

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
39 Shots on goal 27
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
16 Hits 19
10 Blocked shots 14
3 Takeaways 6
8 Giveaways 11
8 Penalty minutes 12
MTL shooting 2.6% (1/39) BUF shooting 18.5% (5/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
22/27
.815 SV% · 5 GA · 59:48 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
38/39
.974 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-9-1 (33% win rate, 15 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-6-3 (44% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 3–2
Feb 62009 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 Dec 202008 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 OT Nov 292008 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 Oct 102008 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 SO Apr 32008 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3
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Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on March 4, 2009?

Sabres won 5–1. The final score was Canadiens 1, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Tomas Plekanec.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy (2), Paul Gaustad (2), Jaroslav Spacek.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 38 saves on 39 shots (.974 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.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeFeb 28 🦈SJS @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 AfterMar 6 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐦ATL 0–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeFeb 28 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 0–2 AfterMar 6 🌵PHX @ ⚔️BUF 1–5
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