Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, October 26, 2001 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Friday, October 26, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 39–27.
Brian Savage scored a hat trick. Rob Ray, Jason Woolley, Joe Juneau and Richard Zednik also scored.
Mathieu Garon made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Rob Ray (1)Erik Rasmussen (1), Denis Hamel (1)0–116:49 BUF
2nd period
Brian Savage (3)Unassisted1–107:04 MTL
Jason Woolley (2)J-P Dumont (3), Tim Connolly (4)1–212:30 BUF · - Brian Savage (4)Chad Kilger (2), Patrice Brisebois (3)2–215:37 MTL ·
3rd period
- Brian Savage (5)Yanic Perreault (3), Chad Kilger (3)3–212:26 MTL ·
Joe Juneau (1)Benoit Brunet (2)4–213:34 MTL
Richard Zednik (2)Martin Rucinsky (4)5–218:09 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
2739
56%44%
2/21/5
3933
1816
1411
1513
42
Penalties
- 18:42 into the first period
Vaclav Varada · charging5 min - 18:42 into the first periodVaclav Varada · game misconduct10 min
- 18:42 into the first period
Doug Gilmour · kneeing5 min - 18:42 into the first periodDoug Gilmour · game misconduct10 min
- 19:57 into the first periodKarl Dykhuis · cross checking2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodStephane Quintal · slashing2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · misconduct10 min
- 11:48 into the second periodBenoit Brunet · roughing2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodJoe Juneau · high sticking2 min
- 15:23 into the second periodChris Gratton · hooking2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodCurtis Brown · roughing2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodSheldon Souray · roughing2 min
- 17:54 into the second periodYanic Perreault · hooking2 min
- 17:54 into the second periodYanic Perreault · misconduct10 min
- 0:34 into the third periodKarl Dykhuis · tripping2 min
- 10:58 into the third periodTim Connolly · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 49Brian SavageL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16:41 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:04 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:22 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:55 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:16 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:15 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:44 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:06 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:01 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:39 |
| 54Patrick TraverseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 56Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mathieu GaronG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 12 | 1 | .917 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 16:33 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 32Rob RayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:54 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:12 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 24:16 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 19:56 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 19:16 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:05 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22:00 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:56 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 30:15 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |