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Montreal's Guy Lafleur scored his 500th career RHL goal just 25 seconds into this game, his first of three on the night against Buffalo. Unfortunately for the Habs, though, Mike Foligno notched a hat trick of his own to lead the Sabres to the 8-4 win. Jean-Francois Sauve added a goal and two assists for the Sabres (7-12-3). Bobby Smith had a goal and three assists for the Canadiens (15-11-2).
Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
DATE : 07/26/2025
GOALS 1 2 3 OT F
Buffalo Sabres 1 3 4 0 8
Montreal Canadiens 2 1 1 0 4
SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F
Buffalo Sabres 7 6 12 0 25
Montreal Canadiens 13 9 10 0 32
S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y
1. MON. GUY LAFLEUR(11)( BOB GAINEY, BOBBY SMITH ): 1st 0:25
2. MON. BOBBY SMITH(12)( BOB GAINEY, GUY LAFLEUR ): 1st 11:14
3. BUF. MIKE FOLIGNO(10)( DAVE ANDREYCHUK, PHIL HOUSLEY ): 1st 11:47
4. BUF. GILLES HAMEL(3)( SEAN McKENNA ): 2nd 7:55
5. BUF. MIKE FOLIGNO(11)( JEAN-FRANCOIS SAUVE, GILLES HAMEL ) (PP) : 2nd 11:40
6. MON. GUY LAFLEUR(12)( BOBBY SMITH, LARRY ROBINSON ): 2nd 16:54
7. BUF. GILBERT PERREAULT(9)( JOE CIRELLA ) (PP) : 2nd 18:57
8. BUF. RIC SEILING(2)( CRAIG RAMSAY, PHIL HOUSLEY ): 3rd 5:32
9. BUF. MIKE FOLIGNO(12)( DAVE ANDREYCHUK, GILBERT PERREAULT ): 3rd 6:39
10. MON. GUY LAFLEUR(13)( LARRY ROBINSON, BOBBY SMITH ): 3rd 9:04
11. BUF. JEAN-FRANCOIS SAUVE(1)( LINDY RUFF ): 3rd 14:42
12. BUF. LINDY RUFF(1)( ALAN HAWORTH, JEAN-FRANCOIS SAUVE ): 3rd 15:11
P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y
1. MON. JIM NILL - 2 Minutes: 1st 3:55
2. MON. STEVE SHUTT - 2 Minutes: 1st 18:12
3. BUF. MIKE FOLIGNO - 5 Minutes: 2nd 6:09
4. MON. MATS NASLUND - 5 Minutes: 2nd 6:09
5. BUF. JOEL QUENNEVILLE - 2 Minutes: 2nd 8:27
6. MON. GUY LAFLEUR - 2 Minutes: 2nd 11:20
7. MON. BILL ROOT - 2 Minutes: 2nd 18:39
8. BUF. BENCH PENALTY - 2 Minutes: 2nd 19:48
EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY JOE CIRELLA
10. MON. LARRY ROBINSON - 2 Minutes: 3rd 15:55
11. BUF. BILL HAJT - 2 Minutes: 3rd 19:55
I N J U R I E S
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Player Stats For Buffalo Sabres
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
DAVE ANDREYCHUK 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1-1 32 18:17 0 1 1 1
MIKE FOLIGNO 2 3 3 0 5 1 0 0-0 30 16:31 0 1 2 1
GILBERT PERREAULT 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 12-9 39 22:52 0 0 2 0
SEAN McKENNA 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 12 7:13 0 0 0 0
PHIL HOUSLEY -1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 42 23:18 0 1 0 1
ALAN HAWORTH 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 32 18:49 0 0 0 0
GILLES HAMEL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2-0 17 9:45 0 0 0 1
RIC SEILING -3 2 1 0 0 0 0 8-2 31 17:09 0 0 1 0 GWG
COLIN PATTERSON -3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 12:46 0 0 0 0
LINDY RUFF 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:31 0 0 1 0
CRAIG RAMSAY -3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 24 12:46 1 0 0 0
MIKE RAMSEY 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 48 27:28 1 1 0 0
JOE CIRELLA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 22 13:14 0 1 0 0
JEAN-FRANCOIS SAUVE 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 5-1 30 17:03 0 0 0 0
JOEL QUENNEVILLE 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 15 9:08 0 2 0 0
BILL HAJT -1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 47 26:07 0 1 0 0
JOHN BARRETT 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 36 20:33 3 1 0 0
DAN BOURBONNAIS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 12 7:13 1 0 0 0
BENCH 2
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TOTAL 10 25 8 13 11 2 0 31-13 6 9 7 4
Player Stats For Montreal Canadiens
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
MATS NASLUND -2 3 0 0 5 0 0 0-0 25 14:11 1 0 2 2
GUY LAFLEUR 3 8 3 1 2 0 0 0-0 31 17:09 0 0 1 1
BOBBY SMITH 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 10-8 31 17:09 0 0 0 1
GUY CARBONNEAU -2 4 0 0 0 0 0 11-1 32 18:17 1 0 0 1
BOB GAINEY 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 31 17:04 0 0 0 0
JOHN CHABOT -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 12 7:13 0 1 0 0
RYAN WALTER -2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7-6 30 17:15 0 0 0 0
CHRIS NILAN -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 7:13 0 0 0 0
JIM NILL -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 12 7:13 0 0 0 0
MARIO TREMBLAY -2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 30 16:31 4 0 1 0
STEVE SHUTT -2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 32 19:06 0 0 0 1
ROD LANGWAY 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 42 23:30 1 2 0 1
GREG PASLAWSKI -2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:31 0 0 0 0
CRAIG LUDWIG -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 41 22:53 1 2 0 0
LARRY ROBINSON 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0-0 46 25:53 0 1 0 1
BILL ROOT -3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 44 25:05 1 0 0 0
COLIN CAMPBELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 15 8:56 0 0 0 0
DARREN VEITCH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 22 13:31 0 0 0 1
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TOTAL -10 32 4 8 15 0 0 31-18 9 6 4 9
Goalie Stats For Buffalo Sabres
GOALIE MIN SA GA ENG SV SV% WLT AS PIM GR GRS REB #AC FAT
TOM BARRASSO 60 32 4 0 28 0.875 WIN 0 0 6 3 1 105
EDDIE MIO 0 0 0 0 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie Stats For Montreal Canadiens
GOALIE MIN SA GA ENG SV SV% WLT AS PIM GR GRS REB #AC FAT
RICHARD SEVIGNY 60 25 8 0 17 0.680 LOSS 0 0 10 3 0 105 GF
BRIAN HAYWARD 0 0 0 0 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 0
POWER PLAY OPP GOALS
Buffalo Sabres 5 2
Montreal Canadiens 3 0
STARS OF THE GAME
1st star - MIKE FOLIGNO from Buffalo
2nd star - GUY LAFLEUR from Montreal
3rd star - GILBERT PERREAULT from Buffalo
GAME STORY
The visiting team from Buffalo had an easy win over the Canadiens by the
final tally of 8 to 4. Buffalo scored 3 goals in the second period.
RIC SEILING recorded the game winner at 5:32 of the 3rd period. MIKE
FOLIGNO came up big, he dazzled with a hat-trick for Buffalo. And GUY
LAFLEUR was a force, he dazzled with a hat-trick on 8 shots and passed
for one assist for Montreal. Also BOBBY SMITH scored one goal and contributed
three assists. Others who scored were GILBERT PERREAULT, GILLES HAMEL,
LINDY RUFF and JEAN-FRANCOIS SAUVE for Buffalo.
In other RHL news:
Mike Bullard scored all five Penguin goals in their 5-4 win over the Blackhawks.
Mark Johnson and Hakan Loob each scored twice in Hartford's 6-3 victory over Philadelphia.
Brent Ashton scored 2:53 into overtime to give the Nordiques a 3-2 win over the Oilers.
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