March 14th, 1984
Montreal Canadiens (45-27-5) at Buffalo Sabres (28-41-7)
Montreal go to the KeyBank Center to face the Sabres, a team in which Montreal is 4-0 against this year including a 3-2 win the last time they were in Buffalo. Montreal is ties for 1st in the East with Columbus but the Blue Jackets still have a game in hand. Montreal now has a 5 point lead on the Bruins in the Atlantic, both teams have 5 games left. The Sabres are in 14th spot in the East, they are officially eliminated from the playoffs.
Montreal RD
Jakub Svec is a 21 year old from Svitany, CZE. The scouts call him a two way defenseman that has a strong skating game. He is also excellent at his point shot and shot blocking. Currently playing on the 3rd pairing in the role of a mobile defenseman and stay at home defenseman. Svec was Montreal's 114th overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut on December 26th, 1982. This season he has 7 goals and 27 points with 24 PIMs in 77 games. For his career he has 9 goals and 32 points with 28 PIMs in 101 NHL games.
Buffalo starts 28 year old
Jiri Kostal, he has 11 wins with a 3.00 GAA and a .907 save % in 24 games with the Devils and Sabres this season. Last year he had 7 wins with a 2.06 GAA and a .920 save % in 14 games with the Devils. Montreal starts G
Wilf Nestor, the 29 year old has 36 wins with a 2.14 GAA and a .920 save % in 62 games.
The Sabres score 1st as they make it 1-0 at 4:36 when LW
Aki-Petteri Makela gets his 27th of the season. Montreal ties the score 1-1 at 14:39 when LW
Kevin Forfar gets his 39th of the year. Montreal out shot the Sabres 16-2 in the 1st period.
Buffalo goes up 2-1 at 2:26 of the 2nd when RW
Fabio Muller gets his 14th of the year. Montreal ties the score 2-2 at 15:47 when RW
Samuel Hebert gets his 20th of the season on the PP. The shots were 21-9 for Montreal in the 2nd. RW
Adrian Andersson got into a fight at 7:19 of the 2nd.
Buffalo's RW
Fabio Muller gets his 2nd of the game, 15th of the year at 8:48 of the 3rd to make it 3-2 Buffalo. The shots were 7-7 in the 3rd but Montreal could not tie it up. The final shots were 44-18 for Montreal. Montreal was 1 for 8 on the PP and the Sabres were 0 for 5.
Buffalo Sabres RW
Fabio Muller had 2 goals and was the 1st star. The
22 year old now has 15 goals and 34 points with 36 PIMs in 77 games with the Blues and Sabres. Last season he had 11 goals and 32 points with 55 PIMs in 79 games for the Blues.
Buffalo 3
Montreal 2
Around the NHL............
Edmonton Oilers LW
Francis Dwyer had 4 assists in a 5-4 win over the Stars. The 29 year old now has 34 goals and 80 points with 34 PIMs in 67 games. Last year he had 43 goals and 83 points with 48 PIMs in 82 games.
Arizona Coyotes LW
Breyden Henley had a goal and an assist in a 4-3 win over the Canucks. The 20 year old now has 29 goals and 77 points with 34 PIMs in 77 games. This is Henley's rookie season in the NHL.