Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1998 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 on Saturday, March 7, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 32–26.
Goals came from Saku Koivu, Michal Grosek and Geoff Sanderson.
Scoring
2nd period
Saku Koivu (11)Benoit Brunet (11), Mark Recchi (33)0–117:11 MTL
3rd period
Michal Grosek (9)Curtis Brown (9), Matthew Barnaby (15)1–101:46 BUF
Geoff Sanderson (9)Donald Audette (17), Dominik Hasek (2)2–115:51 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
2632
62%38%
0/50/7
1614
1411
99
519
25
Penalties
- 0:59 into the first period
Martin Rucinsky · holding the stick2 min - 7:00 into the first period
Darryl Shannon · interference2 min - 13:10 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 13:10 into the first periodVladimir Malakhov · roughing2 min
- 13:10 into the first periodVladimir Malakhov · roughing2 min
- 13:10 into the first periodMartin Rucinsky · slashing2 min
- 16:43 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
- 1:01 into the second periodMichal Grosek · interference2 min
- 4:02 into the second periodPeter Popovic · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:34 into the second periodStephane Quintal · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:27 into the second periodBob Boughner · interference2 min
- 12:52 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · interference2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · high sticking2 min
- 18:59 into the second periodWayne Primeau · hooking2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodDarryl Shannon · interference2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.