Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, January 17, 1982 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 7–1 on Sunday, January 17, 1982 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 38–24.
Goals came from Jean-Francois Sauve, Lindy Ruff, Brent Peterson, Dale McCourt, Pierre Larouche, Mike Ramsey, Ric Seiling and Yvon Lambert.
Jacques Cloutier made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 31 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Jean-Francois Sauve (10)Alan Haworth (8)0–102:51 BUF
Lindy Ruff (12)Unassisted0–206:47 BUF
Brent Peterson (4)Ric Seiling (20)0–316:07 BUF
2nd period
Dale McCourt (23)Mike Foligno (26), Gilbert Perreault (15)0–401:38 BUF
Pierre Larouche (16)Garry Howatt (20), Ron Francis (25)1–409:26 HFD · 
Mike Ramsey (4)Unassisted1–516:01 BUF · 
Ric Seiling (22)Andre Savard (14), Craig Ramsay (21)1–619:46 BUF
3rd period
Yvon Lambert (19)Jean-Francois Sauve (24), Larry Playfair (6)1–701:17 BUF
Team stats
HFDBUF
2438
0%0%
1/21/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:18 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min - 2:29 into the second periodMark Howe · holding2 min
- 10:11 into the second period
Larry Playfair · tripping2 min - 14:07 into the second periodRob McClanahan · tripping2 min
- 3:32 into the third periodBrent Peterson · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 4 | – |
| 12Dan BourbonnaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Don GillenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 38 | 7 | .816 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |