The Buffalo Sabres squeaked out a win over the Montreal Canadiens, 6 to 5, in overtime in Game 1 of the 1975 playoff series on April 27, 1975.

Final

Canadiens

0-1-0

5

Sabres

1-0-0

6

Team

MTL

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

BUF

Guy Lapointe (PP) unassisted

Richard Martin (PP) assisted by Fred Stanfield and Gilbert Perreault

Rene Robert (EV) assisted by Gilbert Perreault

Rick Dudley (EV) assisted by Jim Lorentz and Peter McNab

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Jacques Lemaire

2nd period

MTL

BUF

Guy Lapointe (SH) assisted by Peter Mahovlich and Don Awrey

Yvan Cournoyer (PP) assisted by Peter Mahovlich and Jacques Lemaire

Gilbert Perreault (EV) assisted by Richard Martin

3rd period

MTL

BUF

Jim Lorentz (EV) assisted by Peter McNab and Fred Stanfield

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Yvan Cournoyer

MTL

BUF

Danny Gare (EV) assisted by Craig Ramsay

Canadiens

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (L) K. Dryden	0	1	0	43	37	.860	6	5.57	0	65

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	S	S%
Don Awrey D. Awrey	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	2	0	2	+2	0	1	0	1	0	5	40.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	1	2	3	+1	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.0
Henri Richard H. Richard	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jimmy Roberts J. Roberts	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Glen Sather G. Sather	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Roger Crozier (W) R. Crozier	1	0	0	28	24	.857	4	3.76	0	64
Gerry Desjardins G. Desjardins				3	2	.667	1	64.29	0	1

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Larry Carriere L. Carriere	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Dudley R. Dudley	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Danny Gare D. Gare	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	1	1	3	33.3
Jocelyn Guevremont J. Guevremont	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jim Lorentz J. Lorentz	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Don Luce D. Luce	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Richard Martin R. Martin	1	1	2	+1	4	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
Peter McNab P. McNab	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	1	2	3	+1	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rene Robert R. Robert	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Fred Stanfield F. Stanfield	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0