Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 12, 1982 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Sunday, December 12, 1982 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 41–23.
Ron Francis scored twice. Blaine Stoughton and Hannu Virta also scored.
Greg Millen made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 20 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Francis (12)Mark Johnson (12), Pierre Lacroix (8)1–018:09 HFD
2nd period
Blaine Stoughton (17)Ron Francis (27)2–011:19 HFD
3rd period
Hannu Virta (7)Tony McKegney (17), Sean Mckenna (10)2–117:18 BUF- Ron Francis (13)Ray Neufeld (16), Mark Johnson (13)3–119:44 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDBUF
2341
0%0%
0/30/3
2818
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:54 into the first period
Russ Anderson · player leaves bench2 min - 6:54 into the first periodRuss Anderson · player leaves bench2 min
- 6:54 into the first periodRuss Anderson · game misconduct10 min
- 12:40 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · charging2 min - 12:40 into the first periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 12:40 into the first periodMickey Volcan · fighting5 min
- 4:28 into the second periodBrent Peterson · tripping2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 14:59 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodMichel Galarneau · fighting5 min
- 14:59 into the second periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 6:10 into the third periodMike McDougall · tripping2 min
- 14:31 into the third periodLarry Playfair · elbowing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 14Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | W | 41 | 1 | .976 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Sean MckennaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 22 | 2 | .909 |