Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, February 25, 1989 · Montreal Forum

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1–6

22–31

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–1 on Saturday, February 25, 1989 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 31–22.

Stephane Richer scored twice and Russ Courtnall scored twice. Chris Chelios, Dave Andreychuk and Claude Lemieux also scored.

Goals
BUF	0	1	0	1	22
MTL	2	1	3	6	31

Scoring

1st period

Stephane Richer (21)Gilles Thibaudeau (4), Donald Dufresne (1)0–107:42 MTL
Chris Chelios (12)Brian Skrudland (22)0–214:59 MTL

2nd period

Dave Andreychuk (20)Pierre Turgeon (45)1–201:10 BUF
Russ Courtnall (16)Guy Carbonneau (25), Patrick Roy (6)1–319:13 MTL

3rd period

Stephane Richer (22)Unassisted1–406:26 MTL
Claude Lemieux (24)Mats Naslund (43)1–508:38 MTL
Russ Courtnall (17)Mats Naslund (44), Guy Carbonneau (26)1–615:31 MTL

Team stats

BUFMTL

2231

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0/20/3

86

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00

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00

Penalties

11:22 into the first periodMike Ramsey · elbowing2 min
8:21 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
10:11 into the second periodStephane Richer · tripping2 min
19:38 into the second periodRuss Courtnall · cross checking2 min
6:38 into the third periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
6:38 into the third periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
6:38 into the third periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min

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