Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 14, 1982 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Tuesday, December 14, 1982 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 34–30.
Tony McKegney scored twice. Stefan Persson, Phil Housley, Ric Seiling, Denis Potvin, Dale McCourt and Brent Sutter also scored.
Jacques Cloutier made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Stefan Persson (2)Butch Goring (10), John Tonelli (21)0–106:35 NYI
Phil Housley (4)Andre Savard (10), Dale McCourt (14)1–118:53 BUF
2nd period
Ric Seiling (8)Tony McKegney (18), Gilbert Perreault (16)2–100:14 BUF · 
Denis Potvin (10)John Tonelli (22), Duane Sutter (7)2–202:42 NYI · 
Tony McKegney (11)Phil Housley (19)3–217:58 BUF
3rd period
Dale McCourt (7)Andre Savard (11), Sean Mckenna (11)4–208:30 BUF
Brent Sutter (6)Unassisted4–308:46 NYI- Tony McKegney (12)Craig Ramsay (5)5–317:04 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYI
3430
0%0%
1/51/6
1917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:30 into the first period
Stefan Persson · holding2 min - 7:20 into the first period
Steve Patrick · slashing2 min - 8:47 into the first periodStefan Persson · tripping2 min
- 11:52 into the first periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
- 15:33 into the first periodAndre Savard · holding2 min
- 17:40 into the first periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 18:21 into the first periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 1:30 into the second periodLarry Playfair · tripping2 min
- 3:42 into the second periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 3:42 into the second periodGord Lane · fighting5 min
- 4:34 into the second periodStefan Persson · hooking2 min
- 9:10 into the second periodBill Hajt · high sticking2 min
- 9:10 into the second periodDuane Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodGilbert Perreault · holding2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Sean MckennaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |