Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres
Fri, Oct 17, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena · 1997–98 Regular Season
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Fri, Oct 17, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. Vladimir Malakhov led the way with 3 points. Jocelyn Thibault made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 42–22.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| MTL | 5 | 42 |
| BUF | 1 | 22 |
Montréal Canadiens
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Vladimir Malakhov | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21:44 | 24 | |
| 25 | Vincent Damphousse | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 13:17 | 18 |
| 8 | Mark Recchi | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16:28 | 16 | |
| 20 | Valeri Bure | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 | 19 | |
| 17 | Benoit Brunet | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13:46 | 19 | |
| 27 | Shayne Corson | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 15:37 | 19 |
| 71 | Sebastien Bordeleau | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 | 13:34 | 19 |
| 28 | Marc Bureau | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 | 12:13 | 19 |
| 22 | Dave Manson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:50 | 27 | |
| 29 | Brett Clark | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 | 18 | |
| 43 | Patrice Brisebois | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:03 | 24 | |
| 5 | Stephane Quintal | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 | 18 | |
| 12 | Darcy Tucker | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 53.8 | 16:19 | 19 |
| 52 | Craig Rivet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 17 | |
| 11 | Saku Koivu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 68.8 | 15:47 | 20 |
| 23 | Turner Stevenson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:19 | 18 | |
| 15 | Eric Houde | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:35 | 17 | |
| 24 | Scott Thornton | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12:53 | 18 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Jocelyn Thibault | W | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 60:00 |
| 35 | Andy Moog | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Brian Holzinger | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 17:20 | 18 |
| 81 | Miroslav Satan | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 12 | |
| 18 | Michal Grosek | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 | 12 | |
| 42 | Richard Smehlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23:40 | 24 | |
| 74 | Jay McKee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23:08 | 24 | |
| 44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 20:14 | 23 | |
| 17 | Jason Dawe | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 | 19 | |
| 8 | Darryl Shannon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19:59 | 23 | |
| 26 | Derek Plante | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39.1 | 19:37 | 20 |
| 28 | Donald Audette | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 | 18 | |
| 4 | Mike Wilson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:48 | 20 | |
| 6 | Bob Boughner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16:11 | 18 | |
| 10 | Brad May | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15:17 | 18 | |
| 12 | Randy Burridge | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14:07 | 14 | |
| 15 | Dixon Ward | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 13:00 | 16 |
| 22 | Wayne Primeau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 58.3 | 12:29 | 13 |
| 9 | Erik Rasmussen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18.2 | 10:33 | 11 |
| 32 | Rob Ray | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7:21 | 9 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Dominik Hasek | L | 42 | 37 | 5 | .881 | 60:00 |
| 31 | Steve Shields | 0 | 0 | 0 |