Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Thursday, March 18, 1982 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Thursday, March 18, 1982 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 34–19.
Goals came from Larry Playfair, Mark Howe, Blake Wesley, Don Nachbaur and Garry Howatt.
Greg Millen made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Playfair (6)Gilbert Perreault (31), Yvon Lambert (36)1–009:50 BUF
2nd period
Mark Howe (8)Ron Francis (38), Paul Shmyr (10)1–108:12 HFD
Blake Wesley (8)Ron Francis (39), Ray Neufeld (3)1–218:28 HFD
3rd period
Don Nachbaur (5)Warren Miller (12), Blake Wesley (18)1–309:45 HFD
Garry Howatt (16)Paul Shmyr (11), Mark Howe (39)1–419:46 HFD ·
Team stats
BUFHFD
1934
0%0%
0/20/4
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:04 into the first period
Larry Playfair · holding2 min - 2:07 into the second periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
- 9:29 into the second period
Mark Renaud · holding2 min - 10:47 into the second periodMike Foligno · cross checking2 min
- 10:47 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · high sticking2 min
- 12:59 into the second periodYvon Lambert · tripping2 min
- 3:02 into the third periodMark Renaud · holding2 min
- 7:26 into the third periodRichie Dunn · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | W | 19 | 1 | .947 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |