Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 6, 1996 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 7-6 on Saturday, January 6, 1996 at Montreal Forum. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 33-27.
Jason Dawe scored a hat trick, Pierre Turgeon scored a hat trick and Pat LaFontaine scored twice. Mark Recchi, Martin Rucinsky, Donald Audette, Valeri Bure and Randy Burridge also scored.
John Blue made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 26 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (12)Pierre Turgeon (28), Vladimir Malakhov (7)0–100:14 MTL
Martin Rucinsky (8)Saku Koivu (11)0–202:04 MTL · SHG
Jason Dawe (8)Unassisted1–206:26 BUF- Jason Dawe (9)Dave Hannan (5), Michael Peca (7)2–213:46 BUF
Pierre Turgeon (18)Unassisted2–314:50 MTL · PPG
Donald Audette (12)Pat LaFontaine (24), Brent Hughes (6)3–315:58 BUF
2nd period
- Pierre Turgeon (19)Valeri Bure (10)3–403:01 MTL · PPG
Pat LaFontaine (16)Yuri Khmylev (15), Donald Audette (11)4–403:59 BUF
Valeri Bure (8)Turner Stevenson (6), Saku Koivu (12)4–516:41 MTL
3rd period
- Jason Dawe (10)Garry Galley (21), Dave Hannan (6)5–504:40 BUF
- Pierre Turgeon (20)Mark Recchi (25)5–610:47 MTL
Randy Burridge (13)Dave Hannan (7), Derek Plante (10)6–617:02 BUF- Pat LaFontaine (17)Donald Audette (12), Mike Wilson (3)7–617:20 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
33Shots on goal27
0%Faceoff %0%
0/4Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes8
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 00:38
Vladimir Malakhov · tripping2 min - 1st 10:28Yves Racine · high sticking2 min
- 1st 11:18Marc Bureau · tripping2 min
- 1st 13:49
Derek Plante · high sticking2 min - 1st 18:52Derek Plante · tripping2 min
- 2nd 01:44Mark Astley · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 09:33Doug Houda · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:55Alexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:55Vladimir Malakhov · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 41Dave HannanC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 13Yuri KhmylevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 5Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 21Mark AstleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Martin BironG | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 19:26 | |
| 1John BlueG | W | 21 | 17 | 4 | .809 | 40:34 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 29Yves RacineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 33 | 26 | 7 | .788 | 58:43 |