Buffalo Sabres vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Saturday, December 18, 1982 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Quebec Nordiques 5–4 on Saturday, December 18, 1982 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Sabres 27–26.
Wilf Paiement scored twice. Marian Stastny, Phil Housley, Mike Foligno, Brent Peterson, Gilbert Perreault, Sean Mckenna and Marc Tardif also scored.
Bob Sauve made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Marian Stastny (26)Peter Stastny (31)0–110:34 QUE
Phil Housley (5)Gilbert Perreault (17)1–111:17 BUF
Wilf Paiement (7)Wally Weir (2)1–212:22 QUE
Mike Foligno (9)Phil Housley (20)2–213:49 BUF
2nd period
Brent Peterson (5)Gilles Hamel (7), Hannu Virta (10)3–205:53 BUF- Wilf Paiement (8)Peter Stastny (32), Mario Marois (10)3–306:58 QUE
Gilbert Perreault (17)John Van Boxmeer (9), Phil Housley (21)4–310:08 BUF · 
Sean Mckenna (8)Dale McCourt (15), Craig Ramsay (6)5–313:51 BUF
3rd period
Marc Tardif (11)Blake Wesley (2), Michel Goulet (21)5–414:04 QUE
Team stats
BUFQUE
2627
0%0%
1/40/4
2124
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:10 into the first period
Real Cloutier · spearing5 min - 5:43 into the first period
Phil Housley · hooking2 min - 14:07 into the first periodAnton Stastny · tripping2 min
- 19:04 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 19:04 into the first periodMike Ramsey · roughing2 min
- 19:04 into the first periodRandy Moller · elbowing2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodJean-Francois Sauve · roughing2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodMarc Tardif · roughing2 min
- 9:09 into the second periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 9:09 into the second periodMario Marois · roughing2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodJean-Francois Sauve · fighting5 min
- 9:37 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 17:43 into the second periodMario Marois · elbowing2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodSteve Patrick · high sticking2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Sean MckennaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25Blake WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John GarrettG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 35Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – |