The Montreal Canadiens emerged victorious over the Buffalo Sabres, 7 to 5, in Game 1 of the 1991 playoff series on April 3, 1991.

Final

Sabres

0-1-0

5

Canadiens

1-0-0

7

Team

BUF

MTL

1

2

4

2

1

2

3

2

1

Total

5

7

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

MTL

Benoit Hogue (EV) assisted by Darrin Shannon and Ken Sutton

1

0

Grant Ledyard (EV) assisted by Christian Ruuttu and Jay Wells

2

0

Sylvain Lefebvre (EV) unassisted

2

1

Russ Courtnall (PP) assisted by Petr Svoboda and Mike McPhee

2

Mathieu Schneider (PP) assisted by Denis Savard and Shayne Corson

2

3

Russ Courtnall (EV) assisted by Mike McPhee and J.J. Daigneault

2

4

2nd period

BUF

MTL

Stephane Richer (EV) assisted by Brian Skrudland and Eric Desjardins

2

5

Pierre Turgeon (PP) unassisted

3

5

Brent Gilchrist (EV) assisted by Brian Skrudland and Mathieu Schneider

3

6

3rd period

BUF

MTL

Denis Savard (PP) assisted by Mathieu Schneider and Andrew Cassels

3

7

Rick Vaive (PP) assisted by Uwe Krupp and Grant Ledyard

4

7

Kevin Haller (EV) unassisted

5

7

Sabres

Canadiens

Goals

5

7

Shots

29

37

Penalty Minutes

50

48

Power-Play Goals

2

3

Power-Play Opportunities

5

6

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Darcy Wakaluk (L)		22	2	20	.909	37:09
Daren Puppa		15	5	10	.667	22:06

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Dave Andreychuk	0	0	-1	0	3
Kevin Haller	1	0	0	0	2
Dale Hawerchuk	0	0	-1	0	2
Benoit Hogue	1	0	0	2	2
Dean Kennedy	0	0	+1	17	0
Uwe Krupp	0	1	-1	6	4
Grant Ledyard	1	1	-1	2	3
Alexander Mogilny	0	0	-2	2	2
Rob Ray	0	0	+1	17	2
Christian Ruuttu	0	1	+2	2	3
Darrin Shannon	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Snuggerud	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Sutton	0	1	-1	0	1
Pierre Turgeon	1	0	-2	0	2
Rick Vaive	1	0	0	0	1
Jay Wells	0	1	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Patrick Roy (W)		29	5	24	.828	59:46

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Guy Carbonneau	0	0	+2	2	2
Andrew Cassels	0	1	-1	2	1
Shayne Corson	0	1	-1	7	4
Russ Courtnall	2	0	+2	0	4
J.J. Daigneault	0	1	+1	0	0
Eric Desjardins	0	1	+1	2	1
Brent Gilchrist	1	0	0	2	3
John LeClair	0	0	+2	0	2
Stephan Lebeau	0	0	0	0	1
Sylvain Lefebvre	1	0	+1	0	1
Mike McPhee	0	2	+1	2	2
Lyle Odelein	0	0	-1	15	1
Stephane Richer	1	0	0	0	3
Denis Savard	1	1	-1	12	4
Mathieu Schneider	1	2	0	0	4
Brian Skrudland	0	2	0	4	0
Petr Svoboda	0	1	-1	0	3
Ryan Walter	0	0	0	0	1