Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Friday, April 13, 1990 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Friday, April 13, 1990 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 32–26.
Stephane Richer scored twice. Scott Arniel, Rick Vaive, Bobby Smith and Russ Courtnall also scored.
Patrick Roy made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Arniel (1)Darrin Shannon (1), Mike Ramsey (1)0–117:55 BUF
2nd period
Stephane Richer (4)Brian Skrudland (2), Shayne Corson (3)1–107:51 MTL
Rick Vaive (3)Doug Bodger (3), Pierre Turgeon (4)1–210:58 BUF · 
Bobby Smith (1)Claude Lemieux (2), Petr Svoboda (3)2–217:13 MTL- Stephane Richer (5)Bobby Smith (2)3–218:25 MTL
3rd period
Russ Courtnall (1)Guy Carbonneau (1), Mike Mcphee (1)4–218:39 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLBUF
2632
0%0%
0/41/7
3630
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:53 into the first period
Scott Arniel · holding2 min - 3:53 into the first period
Brian Skrudland · roughing2 min - 8:23 into the first periodPhil Housley · roughing2 min
- 8:23 into the first periodMike Mcphee · interference2 min
- 8:23 into the first periodMathieu Schneider · roughing2 min
- 11:14 into the first periodKen Priestlay · interference2 min
- 13:54 into the first periodMike Foligno · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:54 into the first periodMike Hartman · roughing2 min
- 13:54 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · roughing2 min
- 13:54 into the first periodBobby Smith · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · slashing2 min
- 1:09 into the second periodDoug Bodger · cross checking2 min
- 3:11 into the second periodJay Wells · elbowing2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · high sticking2 min
- 8:55 into the second periodGuy Carbonneau · tripping2 min
- 10:39 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · roughing2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodMike Hartman · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodDean Kennedy · interference2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:43 into the second periodDoug Bodger · holding2 min
- 15:43 into the second periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 18:25 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · misconduct10 min
- 8:37 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · hooking2 min
- 11:57 into the third periodBenoit Hogue · misconduct10 min
- 14:43 into the third periodMike Mcphee · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 18Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 48J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Scott ArnielL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 45Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 56Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |