The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 7 to 5, in Game 1 of the 1991 playoff series on April 3, 1991.

Final

Sabres

0-1-0

5

Canadiens

1-0-0

7

Team

BUF

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

MTL

Benoit Hogue (EV) assisted by Darrin Shannon and Ken Sutton

Grant Ledyard (EV) assisted by Christian Ruuttu and Jay Wells

Sylvain Lefebvre (EV) unassisted

Russ Courtnall (PP) assisted by Petr Svoboda and Mike McPhee

Mathieu Schneider (PP) assisted by Denis Savard and Shayne Corson

Russ Courtnall (EV) assisted by Mike McPhee and J.J. Daigneault

2nd period

BUF

MTL

Stephane Richer (EV) assisted by Brian Skrudland and Eric Desjardins

Pierre Turgeon (PP) unassisted

Brent Gilchrist (EV) assisted by Brian Skrudland and Mathieu Schneider

3rd period

BUF

MTL

Denis Savard (PP) assisted by Mathieu Schneider and Andrew Cassels

Rick Vaive (PP) assisted by Uwe Krupp and Grant Ledyard

Kevin Haller (EV) unassisted

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
Darcy Wakaluk (L) D. Wakaluk	0	1	0	22	20	.909	2	3.23	0	37
Daren Puppa D. Puppa				15	10	.667	5	13.57	0	22

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kevin Haller K. Haller	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	50.0
Dean Kennedy D. Kennedy	0	0	0	+1	17	0	0	0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	0	1	1	-1	6	0	1	4	0.0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	1	1	2	-1	2	0	1	3	33.3
Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	+1	17	0	0	2	0.0
Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	3	0.0
Darrin Shannon D. Shannon	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Snuggerud D. Snuggerud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Sutton K. Sutton	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	2	50.0
Rick Vaive R. Vaive	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	100.0
Jay Wells J. Wells	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Patrick Roy (W) P. Roy	1	0	0	29	24	.828	5	5.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	1	1	-1	7	0	1	0	4	0.0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	2	0	2	+2	0	1	0	0	4	50.0
J.J. Daigneault	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brent Gilchrist B. Gilchrist	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	33.3
John LeClair J. LeClair	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Stephan Lebeau S. Lebeau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sylvain Lefebvre S. Lefebvre	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Mike McPhee M. McPhee	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	2	0.0
Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	0	0	0	-1	15	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stephane Richer S. Richer	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Denis Savard D. Savard	1	1	2	-1	12	1	1	0	4	25.0
Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	4	25.0
Brian Skrudland B. Skrudland	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0
Petr Svoboda P. Svoboda	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0