Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Saturday, April 13, 1991 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Saturday, April 13, 1991 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 29–25.
Shayne Corson scored twice. Brent Gilchrist, Dave Snuggerud, Denis Savard and Stephane Richer also scored.
Patrick Roy made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Brent Gilchrist (5)Denis Savard (8), Alain Cote (2)1–003:06 MTL
Dave Snuggerud (1)Christian Ruuttu (3)1–112:58 BUF · 
Shayne Corson (3)Unassisted2–114:15 MTL · - Shayne Corson (4)Andrew Cassels (2), Mathieu Schneider (4)3–115:35 MTL ·
3rd period
Denis Savard (2)Brent Gilchrist (2)4–100:39 MTL
Stephane Richer (5)Brian Skrudland (4)5–109:19 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLBUF
2925
0%0%
2/80/8
8093
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:01 into the first period
Ken Sutton · interference2 min - 3:30 into the first period
Mike Mcphee · interference2 min - 9:58 into the first periodAlain Cote · interference2 min
- 12:12 into the first periodKevin Haller · high sticking2 min
- 12:12 into the first periodDenis Savard · slashing2 min
- 16:03 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · hooking2 min
- 17:50 into the first periodMathieu Schneider · holding2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodDenis Savard · interference2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodDale Hawerchuk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodAlain Cote · roughing2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodRuss Courtnall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:45 into the second periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 8:45 into the second periodLyle Odelein · misconduct10 min
- 8:45 into the second periodDenis Savard · tripping2 min
- 9:23 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · cross checking2 min
- 11:11 into the second periodKevin Haller · roughing2 min
- 13:28 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · elbowing2 min
- 14:34 into the second periodRick Vaive · holding2 min
- 14:50 into the second periodKevin Haller · hooking2 min
- 15:47 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · high sticking2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 4:17 into the third periodDave Snuggerud · roughing2 min
- 6:11 into the third periodChristian Ruuttu · butt ending5 min
- 6:11 into the third periodChristian Ruuttu · game misconduct10 min
- 12:41 into the third periodMike Hartman · charging2 min
- 12:41 into the third periodAlain Cote · roughing2 min
- 15:29 into the third periodEric Desjardins · holding2 min
- 18:08 into the third periodMike Hartman · fighting5 min
- 18:08 into the third periodMike Hartman · game misconduct10 min
- 18:08 into the third periodMike Ramsey · game misconduct10 min
- 18:08 into the third periodRob Ray · elbowing2 min
- 18:08 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 18:08 into the third periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 18:08 into the third periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 18:08 into the third periodDonald Dufresne · fighting5 min
- 18:08 into the third periodDonald Dufresne · misconduct10 min
- 18:08 into the third periodLyle Odelein · fighting5 min
- 18:08 into the third periodLyle Odelein · game misconduct10 min
- 18:08 into the third periodMario Roberge · cross checking2 min
- 18:08 into the third periodMario Roberge · roughing2 min
- 18:08 into the third periodMario Roberge · misconduct10 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Alain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Mario RobergeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 40Andre RacicotG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Ken SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |