The Montreal Canadiens came up just a bit short against the Buffalo Sabres, 7 to 6, on January 6, 1996.

Final

Sabres

18-19-3

7

Canadiens

19-18-3

6

Team

BUF

MTL

1

3

2

1

2

3

1

Total

7

6

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

MTL

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov

0

1

Martin Rucinsky (SH) assisted by Saku Koivu

0

2

Jason Dawe (EV) unassisted

1

2

Jason Dawe (EV) assisted by Dave Hannan and Michael Peca

2

Pierre Turgeon (PP) unassisted

2

3

Donald Audette (EV) assisted by Pat LaFontaine and Brent Hughes

3

2nd period

BUF

MTL

Pierre Turgeon (PP) assisted by Valeri Bure

3

4

Pat LaFontaine (EV) assisted by Yuri Khmylev and Donald Audette

4

Valeri Bure (EV) assisted by Turner Stevenson and Saku Koivu

4

5

3rd period

BUF

MTL

Jason Dawe (EV) assisted by Garry Galley and Dave Hannan

5

Pierre Turgeon (EV) assisted by Mark Recchi

5

6

Randy Burridge (EV) assisted by Dave Hannan and Derek Plante

6

Pat LaFontaine (EV) assisted by Donald Audette and Mike Wilson

7

6

Sabres

Canadiens

Goals

7

6

Shots

33

27

Penalty Minutes

10

8

Power-Play Goals

0

2

Power-Play Opportunities

4

5

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
John Blue (W)		21	4	17	.810	40:34
Martin Biron		6	2	4	.667	19:26

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Mark Astley	0	0	+2	2	3
Donald Audette	1	2	+1	0	5
Matthew Barnaby	0	0	-2	0	1
Randy Burridge	1	0	-1	0	4
Jason Dawe	3	0	+2	0	4
Garry Galley	0	1	-1	0	2
Dave Hannan	0	3	+4	0	0
Brian Holzinger	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Houda	0	0	+3	2	0
Brent Hughes	0	1	0	0	0
Yuri Khmylev	0	1	+2	0	1
Pat LaFontaine	2	1	+2	0	7
Craig Muni	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Peca	0	1	+2	0	1
Derek Plante	0	1	-1	4	1
Mike Wilson	0	1	+4	0	0
Alexei Zhitnik	0	0	-2	2	2

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault (L)		33	7	26	.788	58:43

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Patrice Brisebois	0	0	-2	0	2
Benoit Brunet	0	0	-2	0	0
Valeri Bure	1	1	0	0	3
Marc Bureau	0	0	-1	2	3
Vincent Damphousse	0	0	-3	0	1
Rory Fitzpatrick	0	0	-3	0	1
Saku Koivu	0	2	0	0	1
Andrei Kovalenko	0	0	-2	0	1
Vladimir Malakhov	0	1	0	4	1
Chris Murray	0	0	+1	0	0
Lyle Odelein	0	0	-2	0	0
Stephane Quintal	0	0	+1	0	0
Yves Racine	0	0	0	2	0
Mark Recchi	1	1	0	0	1
Martin Rucinsky	1	0	-2	0	4
Brian Savage	0	0	-2	0	3
Turner Stevenson	0	1	0	0	2
Pierre Turgeon	3	1	+1	0	4