The Montreal Canadiens couldn't pull it off against the Buffalo Sabres, 7 to 6, on January 6, 1996.

Final

Sabres

18-19-3

7

Canadiens

19-18-3

6

Team

BUF

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

MTL

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov

Martin Rucinsky (SH) assisted by Saku Koivu

Jason Dawe (EV) unassisted

Jason Dawe (EV) assisted by Dave Hannan and Michael Peca

Pierre Turgeon (PP) unassisted

Donald Audette (EV) assisted by Pat LaFontaine and Brent Hughes

2nd period

BUF

MTL

Pierre Turgeon (PP) assisted by Valeri Bure

Pat LaFontaine (EV) assisted by Yuri Khmylev and Donald Audette

Valeri Bure (EV) assisted by Turner Stevenson and Saku Koivu

3rd period

BUF

MTL

Jason Dawe (EV) assisted by Garry Galley and Dave Hannan

Pierre Turgeon (EV) assisted by Mark Recchi

Randy Burridge (EV) assisted by Dave Hannan and Derek Plante

Pat LaFontaine (EV) assisted by Donald Audette and Mike Wilson

Sabres

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Blue (W) J. Blue	1	0	0	21	17	.810	4	5.92	0	41
Martin Biron M. Biron				6	4	.667	2	6.17	0	19

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Mark Astley M. Astley	0	0	0	+2	2	0	3	0.0
Donald Audette D. Audette	1	2	3	+1	0	0	5	20.0
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0.0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	1	0	1	-1	0	0	4	25.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	3	0	3	+2	0	0	4	75.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Hannan D. Hannan	0	3	3	+4	0	0	0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0
Brent Hughes B. Hughes	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Yuri Khmylev Y. Khmylev	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	2	1	3	+2	0	1	7	28.6
Craig Muni C. Muni	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	0.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	1	1	+4	0	0	0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (L) J. Thibault	0	1	0	33	26	.788	7	7.15	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	S	S%
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rory Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Andrei Kovalenko A. Kovalenko	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Murray C. Murray	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yves Racine Y. Racine	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	3	1	4	+1	0	2	0	0	0	4	75.0