Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 11, 1982 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Saturday, December 11, 1982 at Montreal Forum. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 30–28.
Goals came from Hannu Virta, Ryan Walter, Rick Green, Doug Wickenheiser and Gilbert Perreault.
Rick Wamsley made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Hannu Virta (6)Phil Housley (18)1–000:58 BUF
Ryan Walter (18)Guy Lafleur (22)1–115:42 MTL ·
2nd period
Rick Green (1)Pierre Mondou (14), Mats Naslund (17)1–202:45 MTL
3rd period
Doug Wickenheiser (16)Guy Lafleur (23), Ryan Walter (16)1–313:41 MTL
Gilbert Perreault (16)Steve Patrick (9), Larry Playfair (8)2–319:50 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
3028
0%0%
0/31/3
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:39 into the first period
Bob Gainey · tripping2 min - 13:45 into the first period
Mike Foligno · high sticking2 min - 13:45 into the first periodGilbert Delorme · high sticking2 min
- 15:00 into the first periodLarry Playfair · tripping2 min
- 17:12 into the first periodMario Tremblay · cross checking2 min
- 4:53 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 8:32 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · roughing2 min
- 8:32 into the second periodBob Gainey · roughing2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · holding2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodRic Seiling · high sticking2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodRick Green · high sticking2 min
- 1:20 into the third periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 1:20 into the third periodGuy Carbonneau · slashing2 min
- 4:25 into the third periodDale McCourt · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |