Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, October 24, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena

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3–6

30–27

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Thursday, October 24, 1996 at Marine Midland Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 30–27.

Derek Plante scored twice. Benoit Brunet, Matthew Barnaby, Brian Holzinger, Scott Thornton, Saku Koivu, Donald Audette and Michael Peca also scored.

Goals
MTL	1	2	0	3	30
BUF	1	3	2	6	27

Scoring

1st period

Derek Plante (3)Dixon Ward (3), Rob Ray (1)0–110:12 BUF
Benoit Brunet (2)Turner Stevenson (1), Vincent Damphousse (6)1–117:48 MTL

2nd period

Matthew Barnaby (1)Unassisted1–200:18 BUF
Brian Holzinger (3)Derek Plante (4), Bob Boughner (2)1–306:46 BUF ·
Scott Thornton (2)Rory Fitzpatrick (1), Peter Popovic (2)2–310:44 MTL
Saku Koivu (4)David Wilkie (3)3–312:31 MTL
Donald Audette (1)Pat LaFontaine (2), Alexei Zhitnik (1)3–418:43 BUF ·

3rd period

Michael Peca (3)Jason Dawe (3), Randy Burridge (4)3–513:20 BUF
Derek Plante (4)Brian Holzinger (2)3–616:20 BUF

Team stats

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3027

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0/51/4

4447

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Penalties

1:25 into the first periodSaku Koivu · interference2 min
7:00 into the first periodJay McKee · holding obstruction2 min
13:42 into the first periodMike Wilson · interference2 min
16:18 into the first periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
16:18 into the first periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
1:53 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
2:30 into the second periodBenoit Brunet · interference2 min
3:19 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · boarding5 min
17:14 into the second periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
17:14 into the second periodBrian Holzinger · roughing2 min
17:14 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · roughing2 min
17:35 into the second periodStephane Quintal · interference2 min
19:29 into the second periodRory Fitzpatrick · tripping2 min
14:04 into the third periodBob Boughner · high sticking2 min
16:43 into the third periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
16:43 into the third periodMarc Bureau · cross checking2 min
16:43 into the third periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
19:16 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
19:16 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
19:29 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
19:29 into the third periodJay McKee · fighting5 min
19:29 into the third periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
19:29 into the third periodDarcy Tucker · high sticking2 min
19:29 into the third periodDarcy Tucker · misconduct10 min

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