Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, October 17, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena

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5–1

42–22

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Friday, October 17, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 42–22.

Vincent Damphousse scored twice. Vladimir Malakhov, Marc Bureau, Shayne Corson and Miroslav Satan also scored.

Goals
MTL	3	2	0	5	42
BUF	0	0	1	1	22

Scoring

1st period

Vincent Damphousse (1)Benoit Brunet (2), Valeri Bure (1)1–000:59 MTL
Vladimir Malakhov (2)Mark Recchi (2), Sebastien Bordeleau (1)2–008:13 MTL ·
Marc Bureau (1)Vladimir Malakhov (5), Vincent Damphousse (1)3–009:12 MTL

2nd period

Vincent Damphousse (2)Benoit Brunet (3), Valeri Bure (2)4–001:54 MTL
Shayne Corson (2)Mark Recchi (3), Vladimir Malakhov (6)5–011:11 MTL ·

3rd period

Miroslav Satan (4)Michal Grosek (3), Brian Holzinger (3)5–106:14 BUF ·

Team stats

MTLBUF

4222

62%38%

2/51/3

1630

1435

414

1635

1113

Penalties

1:38 into the first periodScott Thornton · interference obstruction2 min
8:08 into the first periodErik Rasmussen · interference obstruction2 min
10:45 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
10:45 into the first periodCraig Rivet · fighting5 min
8:21 into the second periodShayne Corson · interference obstruction2 min
9:33 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
9:33 into the second periodDominik Hasek · delaying game2 min
20:00 into the second periodBrad May · roughing2 min
4:34 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · hooking2 min
6:57 into the third periodRob Ray · instigator2 min
6:57 into the third periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
6:57 into the third periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
6:57 into the third periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min

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