Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, March 21, 1982 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–4 on Sunday, March 21, 1982 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 27–22.
Goals came from John Van Boxmeer, Yvon Lambert, Andre Savard, Mark Hunter, Doug Wickenheiser, Mario Tremblay, Craig Laughlin, Brent Peterson and Lindy Ruff.
Don Edwards made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
John Van Boxmeer (11)Ric Seiling (24), Gilbert Perreault (34)0–101:52 BUF · 
Yvon Lambert (23)Lindy Ruff (29), Mike Foligno (38)0–206:54 BUF
Andre Savard (14)Ric Seiling (25)0–307:37 BUF
Mark Hunter (17)Rod Langway (31)1–308:23 MTL
Doug Wickenheiser (11)Brian Engblom (25), Craig Laughlin (11)2–315:13 MTL
2nd period
Mario Tremblay (31)Larry Robinson (47), Gaston Gingras (15)3–302:42 MTL
Craig Laughlin (12)Mario Tremblay (38), Doug Wickenheiser (21)4–308:39 MTL
Brent Peterson (8)John Van Boxmeer (49), Gilbert Perreault (35)4–415:24 BUF
3rd period
Lindy Ruff (14)Yvon Lambert (38), Mike Foligno (39)4–501:23 BUF
Team stats
MTLBUF
2722
0%0%
0/41/4
3021
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:06 into the first period
Mike Foligno · fighting5 min - 0:06 into the first period
Craig Laughlin · roughing2 min - 0:45 into the first periodRobert Picard · interference2 min
- 8:11 into the first periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 8:11 into the first periodRobert Picard · fighting5 min
- 18:54 into the first periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 18:54 into the first periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
- 5:04 into the second periodMario Tremblay · hooking2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodRejean Houle · hooking2 min
- 2:16 into the third periodRobert Picard · tripping2 min
- 3:46 into the third periodMike Foligno · holding2 min
- 15:44 into the third periodVal James · fighting5 min
- 15:44 into the third periodRod Langway · fighting5 min
- 18:34 into the third periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Val JamesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Ron FischerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |