Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, December 3, 1988 · Montreal Forum

2–3

22–39

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, December 3, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 39–22.

Goals came from Scott Arniel, Pierre Turgeon, Chris Chelios, Mats Naslund and Guy Carbonneau.

Goals
BUF	0	2	0	0	2	22
MTL	0	1	1	1	3	39

Scoring

2nd period

Scott Arniel (5)Christian Ruuttu (12), Phil Housley (19)1–003:31 BUF ·
Pierre Turgeon (13)Mike Donnelly (3), Doug Bodger (11)2–011:22 BUF ·
Chris Chelios (3)Bobby Smith (17)2–113:11 MTL ·

3rd period

Mats Naslund (12)Chris Chelios (23), Bobby Smith (18)2–200:27 MTL ·

Overtime

Guy Carbonneau (10)Ryan Walter (7), Eric Desjardins (4)2–304:22 MTL

Team stats

BUFMTL

2239

0%0%

1/62/6

4030

Penalties

3:42 into the first periodKevin Maguire · elbowing2 min
3:42 into the first periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
3:42 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
8:42 into the first periodBob Halkidis · fighting5 min
8:42 into the first periodMike Mcphee · instigator2 min
8:42 into the first periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
9:07 into the first periodMike Foligno · instigator2 min
9:07 into the first periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
9:07 into the first periodBob Gainey · fighting5 min
16:07 into the first periodDoug Bodger · holding2 min
16:07 into the first periodShayne Corson · slashing2 min
18:01 into the first periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
18:01 into the first periodLarry Playfair · misconduct10 min
18:01 into the first periodBobby Smith · high sticking2 min
18:01 into the first periodBobby Smith · slashing2 min
19:52 into the first periodMike Mcphee · charging2 min
2:21 into the second periodLindy Ruff · hooking2 min
11:12 into the second periodChris Chelios · high sticking2 min
11:57 into the second periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
13:31 into the second periodJyrki Lumme · holding2 min
17:55 into the second periodAdam Creighton · tripping2 min
19:00 into the second periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
12:12 into the third periodLindy Ruff · high sticking2 min
12:12 into the third periodBobby Smith · high sticking2 min
16:47 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · cross checking2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

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