Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Sunday, April 15, 1990 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Sunday, April 15, 1990 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 29–24.
Russ Courtnall scored twice. Mathieu Schneider, Rick Vaive, Brent Gilchrist, Claude Lemieux and Dave Andreychuk also scored.
Patrick Roy made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mathieu Schneider (1)Patrick Roy (1)0–109:00 MTL · 
Rick Vaive (4)Doug Bodger (4), Dave Andreychuk (5)1–110:22 BUF ·
2nd period
Brent Gilchrist (1)Shayne Corson (4), Mathieu Schneider (1)1–216:22 MTL
3rd period
Claude Lemieux (1)Shayne Corson (5), Bobby Smith (3)1–304:47 MTL
Dave Andreychuk (2)Phil Housley (4), Doug Bodger (5)2–306:07 BUF · 
Russ Courtnall (2)Guy Carbonneau (2), Petr Svoboda (4)2–408:48 MTL- Russ Courtnall (3)Guy Carbonneau (3)2–519:04 MTL ·
Team stats
BUFMTL
2429
0%0%
2/31/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:25 into the first period
Mike Foligno · slashing2 min - 9:15 into the first period
Brian Skrudland · elbowing2 min - 11:36 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · tripping2 min
- 16:01 into the first periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodMike Ramsey · interference2 min
- 1:20 into the third periodDonald Dufresne · hooking2 min
- 5:28 into the third periodMathieu Schneider · cross checking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 48J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |