New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, February 7, 1982 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–3 on Sunday, February 7, 1982 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 32–26.
Butch Goring scored twice. Alan Haworth, Denis Potvin, Brent Sutter, Yvon Lambert, Mike Bossy, Dale McCourt, Bobby Nystrom and Clark Gillies also scored.
Billy Smith made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Alan Haworth (13)Gilbert Perreault (19), Dale McCourt (26)0–105:10 BUF · 
Denis Potvin (12)Bryan Trottier (52), Stefan Persson (23)1–106:50 NYI · 
Brent Sutter (9)Clark Gillies (25), Denis Potvin (19)2–112:48 NYI · 
Yvon Lambert (22)Jean-Francois Sauve (28)2–214:44 BUF
2nd period
Mike Bossy (40)Bryan Trottier (53), Ken Morrow (12)3–203:07 NYI
Dale McCourt (27)Mike Foligno (29), Mike Ramsey (17)3–314:45 BUF
Butch Goring (9)Bob Bourne (19)4–319:02 NYI
3rd period
Bobby Nystrom (13)Denis Potvin (20), Bob Bourne (20)5–303:21 NYI- Butch Goring (10)Billy Carroll (15)6–309:16 NYI ·
Clark Gillies (23)Brent Sutter (10)7–315:04 NYI
Team stats
NYIBUF
3226
0%0%
2/51/5
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:55 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · fighting5 min - 3:55 into the first periodAndre Savard · roughing2 min
- 3:55 into the first period
John Tonelli · fighting5 min - 3:55 into the first periodBilly Smith · roughing2 min
- 4:42 into the first periodBryan Trottier · slashing2 min
- 6:42 into the first periodMike Ramsey · interference2 min
- 6:42 into the first periodDon Edwards · slashing2 min
- 6:42 into the first periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 12:36 into the first periodLarry Playfair · high sticking2 min
- 15:17 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
- 4:07 into the second periodTony McKegney · holding2 min
- 7:18 into the second periodBill Hajt · tripping2 min
- 15:37 into the second periodLarry Playfair · cross checking2 min
- 4:33 into the third periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 8:07 into the third periodBrent Sutter · tripping2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodClark Gillies · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |