Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 31, 1992 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–3 on Friday, January 31, 1992 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 45–41.
Goals came from Tony Tanti, Denis Savard, Kirk Muller, Stephan Lebeau, Dave Andreychuk, Donald Audette, Randy Wood and Colin Patterson.
Daren Puppa made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Andre Racicot stopped 40 of 45.
Scoring
1st period
Tony Tanti (10)Dale Hawerchuk (45), Jay Wells (6)0–109:52 BUF
Denis Savard (16)Paul Di Pietro (4), Lyle Odelein (5)1–111:36 MTL
Kirk Muller (24)Shayne Corson (20), J.J. Daigneault (12)2–114:04 MTL · 
Stephan Lebeau (17)Gilbert Dionne (3), Eric Desjardins (19)3–116:14 MTL ·
2nd period
Dave Andreychuk (25)Dale Hawerchuk (46), Pat LaFontaine (26)3–206:04 BUF ·
3rd period
Donald Audette (24)Dale Hawerchuk (47), Tony Tanti (11)3–303:54 BUF
Randy Wood (15)Pat LaFontaine (27), Doug Bodger (27)3–407:03 BUF
Colin Patterson (4)Pat LaFontaine (28), Dave Snuggerud (13)3–517:56 BUF
Team stats
MTLBUF
4145
0%0%
1/31/4
2725
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:36 into the first period
Christian Ruuttu · holding2 min - 13:01 into the first period
Mathieu Schneider · interference2 min - 14:20 into the first periodPat LaFontaine · interference2 min
- 18:30 into the first periodMike Keane · hooking2 min
- 4:34 into the second periodBrad May · spearing5 min
- 4:34 into the second periodBrad May · game misconduct10 min
- 4:34 into the second periodLyle Odelein · charging2 min
- 4:34 into the second periodPaul Di Pietro · spearing5 min
- 4:34 into the second periodPaul Di Pietro · game misconduct10 min
- 5:46 into the second periodSylvain Lefebvre · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDoug Bodger · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodGord Donnelly · cross checking2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodGord Donnelly · roughing2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 15Paul Di PietroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 45Gilbert DionneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 47Stephan LebeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 48J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 17John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Andre RacicotG | L | 45 | 5 | .889 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Tony TantiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 15Randy WoodR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Colin PattersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Ken SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 41 | 3 | .927 |
| 35Tom DraperG | 0 | 0 | – |