Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 16, 1991 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on Saturday, March 16, 1991 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 33–27.
Goals came from Grant Ledyard, Dale Hawerchuk, Benoit Hogue, Denis Savard, Pierre Turgeon, Stephane Richer, Mike Mcphee, Mike Keane, John LeClair and Mathieu Schneider.
Andre Racicot made 6 saves on 6 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Grant Ledyard (5)Darrin Shannon (6), Christian Ruuttu (32)1–005:03 BUF · 
Dale Hawerchuk (28)Ken Sutton (2), Benoit Hogue (25)2–006:30 BUF
Benoit Hogue (17)Dale Hawerchuk (50)3–008:41 BUF
Denis Savard (27)Mike Keane (21), Eric Desjardins (17)3–112:03 MTL
2nd period
Pierre Turgeon (31)Alexander Mogilny (32)4–100:21 BUF
Stephane Richer (28)Denis Savard (30), Stephan Lebeau (28)4–209:00 MTL · 
Mike Mcphee (22)Petr Svoboda (20), Mathieu Schneider (20)4–309:31 MTL ·
3rd period
Mike Keane (13)John LeClair (2), Andrew Cassels (19)4–402:55 MTL
John LeClair (2)Russ Courtnall (47), Guy Carbonneau (23)4–518:46 MTL
Mathieu Schneider (10)Mike Mcphee (19)4–619:29 MTL ·
Team stats
BUFMTL
2733
0%0%
0/42/4
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:44 into the first period
Mike Hartman · fighting5 min - 3:44 into the first periodDave Snuggerud · holding2 min
- 3:44 into the first period
Lyle Odelein · fighting5 min - 2:45 into the second periodGuy Carbonneau · hooking2 min
- 8:29 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 8:29 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:46 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · high sticking2 min
- 17:36 into the second periodAndrew Cassels · cross checking2 min
- 18:56 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · cross checking2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodAlexander Mogilny · boarding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 41Ken SuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 35Darcy WakalukG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 12Mike KeaneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17John LeClairL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 47Stephan LebeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Alain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | 21 | 4 | .809 | |
| 40Andre RacicotG | W | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |