Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, October 31, 1982 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Sunday, October 31, 1982 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 24–23.
Ric Seiling scored twice. Gilbert Perreault and Mark Hunter also scored.
Jacques Cloutier made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 20 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Gilbert Perreault (6)Andre Savard (5), Ric Seiling (4)0–102:45 BUF · 
Ric Seiling (3)Gilbert Perreault (7), Andre Savard (6)0–209:07 BUF
2nd period
Mark Hunter (3)Rick Green (1), Bob Gainey (4)1–204:01 MTL
3rd period
- Ric Seiling (4)Unassisted1–319:58 BUF ·
Team stats
MTLBUF
2423
0%0%
0/51/4
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Craig Ludwig · holding2 min - 10:56 into the first period
Larry Playfair · roughing2 min - 14:28 into the first periodLarry Playfair · tripping2 min
- 19:14 into the first periodLarry Robinson · holding2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodMark Hunter · roughing2 min
- 10:19 into the second periodRick Green · interference2 min
- 12:36 into the second periodAndre Savard · holding2 min
- 12:36 into the second periodAndre Savard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:18 into the second periodLarry Robinson · high sticking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodBob Gainey · holding2 min
- 14:36 into the third periodHannu Virta · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 20Mark HunterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Ric SeilingR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |