Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Playoffs · Tuesday, April 9, 1991 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

4–6

37–43

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–4 on Tuesday, April 9, 1991 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 43–37.

Stephane Richer scored twice. Eric Desjardins, Benoit Hogue, Dave Andreychuk, Pierre Turgeon, Tony Tanti, Rob Ray, Shayne Corson and Dale Hawerchuk also scored.

Clint Malarchuk made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Andre Racicot stopped 11 of 13.

Goals
MTL	2	2	0	4	37
BUF	3	2	1	6	43

Scoring

1st period

Eric Desjardins (1)Guy Carbonneau (3)1–005:23 MTL ·
Stephane Richer (3)Unassisted2–005:31 MTL
Benoit Hogue (3)Unassisted2–105:59 BUF
Dave Andreychuk (1)Christian Ruuttu (2)2–208:01 BUF
Pierre Turgeon (3)Alexander Mogilny (4), Grant Ledyard (2)2–312:30 BUF

2nd period

Tony Tanti (2)Dale Hawerchuk (4), Kevin Haller (2)2–400:16 BUF ·
Rob Ray (1)Alexander Mogilny (5), Pierre Turgeon (1)2–501:44 BUF
Shayne Corson (2)Stephane Richer (2), Donald Dufresne (1)3–504:10 MTL
Stephane Richer (4)Shayne Corson (2), Brian Skrudland (3)4–514:40 MTL

3rd period

Dale Hawerchuk (2)Dave Andreychuk (2), Grant Ledyard (3)4–606:18 BUF ·

Team stats

MTLBUF

3743

0%0%

1/42/8

2214

Penalties

3:48 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
9:23 into the first periodPierre Turgeon · hooking2 min
13:53 into the first periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
14:10 into the first periodEric Desjardins · tripping2 min
15:44 into the first periodDale Hawerchuk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
15:44 into the first periodDonald Dufresne · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
16:00 into the first periodAlain Cote · roughing2 min
17:47 into the first periodBenoit Hogue · roughing2 min
17:47 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
19:14 into the first periodAlain Cote · holding2 min
4:10 into the second periodDarrin Shannon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
4:10 into the second periodShayne Corson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
4:54 into the second periodRob Ray · interference2 min
5:51 into the second periodMike Mcphee · holding2 min
6:54 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · cross checking2 min
16:49 into the second periodStephane Richer · holding2 min
0:55 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · cross checking2 min
4:51 into the third periodMathieu Schneider · elbowing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

44Stephane RicherR	2	1	3	+1	5	2	–	–
27Shayne CorsonL	1	1	2	+2	1	2	–	–
21Guy CarbonneauC	0	1	1	−2	3	0	–	–
39Brian SkrudlandC	0	1	1	+2	1	6	–	–
28Eric DesjardinsD	1	0	1	+1	4	2	–	–
34Donald DufresneD	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
6Russ CourtnallR	0	0	0	−2	5	0	–	–
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
17John LeClairL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
18Denis SavardC	0	0	0	−1	5	0	–	–
32Mario RobergeL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
35Mike McpheeL	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
41Brent GilchristL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
47Stephan LebeauC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
3Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
5Alain CoteD	0	0	0	−2	3	4	–	–
8Mathieu SchneiderD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
24Lyle OdeleinD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
33Patrick RoyG		30	26	4	.867	48:55
40Andre RacicotG	L	13	11	2	.846	09:43

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

10Dale HawerchukC	1	1	2	0	5	2	–	–
25Dave AndreychukL	1	1	2	+1	4	0	–	–
77Pierre TurgeonC	1	1	2	+1	3	2	–	–
89Alexander MogilnyR	0	2	2	+2	5	0	–	–
3Grant LedyardD	0	2	2	+1	2	0	–	–
19Tony TantiR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
21Christian RuuttuC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
32Rob RayR	1	0	1	+2	2	2	–	–
33Benoit HogueL	1	0	1	−1	6	2	–	–
7Kevin HallerD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–
15Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
16Darrin ShannonL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
18Dave SnuggerudL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
22Rick VaiveR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
4Uwe KruppD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
8Doug BodgerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
41Ken SuttonD	0	0	0	−1	4	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Clint MalarchukG	W	37	33	4	.892	60:00
35Darcy WakalukG		0	0	0	–	–