Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1998 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 on Saturday, October 17, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 35–27.
Goals came from Benoit Brunet, Vladimir Malakhov, Vincent Damphousse, Brian Holzinger, Michael Peca, Dixon Ward and Vaclav Varada.
Scoring
1st period
Benoit Brunet (2)Vincent Damphousse (2)0–102:01 MTL · 
Vladimir Malakhov (2)Vincent Damphousse (3)0–204:12 MTL
2nd period
Vincent Damphousse (3)Mark Recchi (6)0–314:57 MTL · 
Brian Holzinger (1)Michal Grosek (2), Miroslav Satan (3)1–316:01 BUF · 
Michael Peca (2)Michal Grosek (3)2–318:18 BUF ·
3rd period
Dixon Ward (1)Vaclav Varada (2)3–302:46 BUF
Vaclav Varada (1)Dixon Ward (1), Michael Peca (1)4–310:23 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
2735
46%54%
2/110/3
2266
1928
1111
2632
2223
Penalties
- 0:06 into the first period
Scott Thornton · roughing2 min - 0:06 into the first periodScott Thornton · roughing2 min
- 2:38 into the first period
Jason Woolley · roughing2 min - 3:48 into the first periodBrett Clark · interference2 min
- 4:32 into the first periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
- 8:23 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 8:23 into the first periodDave Morissette · fighting5 min
- 10:18 into the first periodScott Thornton · interference2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodScott Thornton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodScott Thornton · game misconduct10 min
- 14:44 into the first periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodCraig Rivet · misconduct10 min
- 16:41 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · holding obstruction2 min
- 6:12 into the second periodStephane Quintal · cross checking2 min
- 7:09 into the second periodMichal Grosek · interference2 min
- 11:58 into the second periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 11:58 into the second periodPaul Kruse · fighting5 min
- 11:58 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · roughing2 min
- 11:58 into the second periodDave Morissette · fighting5 min
- 12:23 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · holding the stick2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodBenoit Brunet · cross checking2 min
- 17:12 into the second periodCraig Rivet · interference2 min
- 19:53 into the second periodBrett Clark · slashing2 min
- 6:56 into the third periodTrent McCleary · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 16:30 into the third periodIgor Ulanov · misconduct10 min
Season series
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