Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Sunday, April 7, 1991 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–4 on Sunday, April 7, 1991 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 33–22.
Brent Gilchrist scored twice. Tony Tanti, Shayne Corson, Christian Ruuttu, Russ Courtnall, Benoit Hogue, Grant Ledyard and Mike Ramsey also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Tony Tanti (1)Dave Andreychuk (1), Doug Bodger (1)0–102:20 BUF
Shayne Corson (1)Denis Savard (3), Mathieu Schneider (3)1–104:07 MTL · 
Christian Ruuttu (1)Dave Snuggerud (2), Kevin Haller (1)1–205:38 BUF · 
Brent Gilchrist (3)Mike Keane (2), Denis Savard (4)2–209:56 MTL
Russ Courtnall (4)Denis Savard (5)3–211:47 MTL ·
2nd period
Benoit Hogue (2)Dale Hawerchuk (3), Clint Malarchuk (1)3–304:20 BUF
Grant Ledyard (2)Alexander Mogilny (2)3–411:14 BUF- Brent Gilchrist (4)Russ Courtnall (1)4–417:58 MTL
3rd period
Mike Ramsey (1)Alexander Mogilny (3), Rob Ray (1)4–502:38 BUF
Team stats
MTLBUF
2233
0%0%
2/70/5
2832
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:01 into the first period
Pierre Turgeon · high sticking2 min - 4:38 into the first periodGrant Ledyard · hooking2 min
- 4:38 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 4:38 into the first period
Shayne Corson · roughing2 min - 10:36 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 10:36 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 10:36 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 10:36 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 10:55 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · interference2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodLyle Odelein · hooking2 min
- 16:08 into the first periodRob Ray · holding2 min
- 16:08 into the first periodAlain Cote · roughing2 min
- 16:09 into the first periodBenoit Hogue · roughing2 min
- 16:09 into the first periodMathieu Schneider · roughing2 min
- 19:55 into the first periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 19:55 into the first periodSylvain Lefebvre · tripping2 min
- 1:48 into the second periodTony Tanti · tripping2 min
- 6:21 into the second periodRyan Walter · hooking2 min
- 9:54 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · roughing2 min
- 9:54 into the second periodRick Vaive · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:54 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:12 into the second periodBenoit Hogue · holding2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodBenoit Hogue · roughing2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 16:30 into the second periodRick Vaive · cross checking2 min
- 16:30 into the second periodShayne Corson · interference2 min
- 6:27 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · boarding2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodDenis Savard · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Mario RobergeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Alain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 48J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 40Andre RacicotG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Tony TantiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Kevin HallerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 15Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 41Ken SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 35Darcy WakalukG | 0 | 0 | – |