Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, January 3, 1982 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Sunday, January 3, 1982 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 36–25.
Goals came from Ric Seiling, Steve Shutt, Andre Savard, Larry Robinson and Gilbert Perreault.
Don Edwards made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Ric Seiling (18)Gilbert Perreault (11), John Van Boxmeer (41)0–108:19 BUF
Steve Shutt (18)Guy Lafleur (33), Keith Acton (32)1–119:48 MTL
3rd period
Andre Savard (9)Craig Ramsay (17)1–201:16 BUF
Larry Robinson (7)Guy Lafleur (34), Steve Shutt (17)2–208:18 MTL
Gilbert Perreault (13)Dale McCourt (19), Mike Foligno (22)2–309:00 BUF
Team stats
MTLBUF
3625
0%0%
0/20/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:13 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · holding2 min - 16:25 into the first period
Robert Picard · interference2 min - 11:05 into the second periodAndre Savard · hooking2 min
- 12:16 into the third periodLarry Robinson · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 29Mark HoldenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |