Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, March 20, 2000 · HSBC Arena

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1–4

Final

SOG 24–34

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-1 on Monday, March 20, 2000 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 34-24.

Goals came from Jay McKee, Maxim Afinogenov, Dixon Ward, Martin Rucinsky and Vaclav Varada.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	0	1	1	24
BUF	0	3	1	4	34

Scoring

2nd period

Jay McKee (3)Vaclav Varada (24), Chris Gratton (33)0–101:44 BUF
Maxim Afinogenov (16)Geoff Sanderson (13), Richard Smehlik (8)0–210:13 BUF
Dixon Ward (10)Richard Smehlik (9)0–314:57 BUF

3rd period

Martin Rucinsky (23)Jesse Belanger (5), Brian Savage (11)1–307:49 MTL
Vaclav Varada (7)Doug Gilmour (40), Jay McKee (12)1–419:54 BUF · EN

Team stats

MTLBUF

24Shots on goal34

42%Faceoff %58%

0/2Power play0/2

13Penalty minutes13

21Hits23

11Blocked shots9

21Giveaways19

1Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 02:27Rob Ray · fighting5 min
1st 02:27Jim Cummins · fighting5 min
1st 04:34Doug Gilmour · roughing2 min
1st 04:34Eric Weinrich · roughing2 min
1st 04:40Scott Lachance · tripping obstruction2 min
1st 09:48Martin Rucinsky · cross checking2 min
1st 18:10Rhett Warrener · interference2 min
1st 18:10Martin Rucinsky · diving2 min
2nd 12:50Richard Smehlik · hooking2 min
3rd 00:30Vladimir Tsyplakov · cross checking2 min

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