The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 1, on October 17, 1997.

Final

Canadiens

3-1-2

5

Sabres

2-4-2

1

Team

MTL

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

BUF

Vincent Damphousse (EV) assisted by Benoit Brunet and Valeri Bure

Vladimir Malakhov (PP) assisted by Mark Recchi and Sebastien Bordeleau

Marc Bureau (EV) assisted by Vladimir Malakhov and Vincent Damphousse

2nd period

MTL

BUF

Vincent Damphousse (EV) assisted by Benoit Brunet and Valeri Bure

Shayne Corson (PP) assisted by Mark Recchi and Vladimir Malakhov

3rd period

MTL

BUF

Miroslav Satan (PP) assisted by Michal Grosek and Brian Holzinger

Canadiens

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	22	21	.955	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Sebastien Bordeleau S. Bordeleau	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Brett Clark B. Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	5	20.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	2	1	3	+2	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	1	2	3	+3	0	1	1	1	2	50.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	+2	5	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0.0
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (L) D. Hasek	0	1	0	42	37	.881	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0
Brad May B. May	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Erik Rasmussen E. Rasmussen	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0