Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, January 2, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 8–4 on Sunday, January 2, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 52–21.
Brent Peterson scored twice and Pierre Larouche scored twice. Ray Neufeld, Robert Sullivan, Mike Ramsey, Ric Seiling, Mike Moller, Gilbert Perreault, Dale McCourt and Mike Foligno also scored.
Bob Sauve made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 33 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Peterson (6)Craig Ramsay (7), Phil Housley (24)0–101:03 BUF
Ray Neufeld (11)Merlin Malinowski (9)1–101:51 HFD
Robert Sullivan (7)Warren Miller (8), Mark Renaud (11)2–102:11 HFD
Mike Ramsey (2)Ric Seiling (8), Tony McKegney (20)2–202:54 BUF- Brent Peterson (7)Craig Ramsay (8), John Van Boxmeer (13)2–309:34 BUF
Pierre Larouche (13)Mike Hoffman (1), Mark Renaud (12)3–309:53 HFD
Ric Seiling (9)Mike Ramsey (14), Dale McCourt (17)3–412:45 BUF
Mike Moller (5)Tony McKegney (21), Ric Seiling (9)3–519:24 BUF
2nd period
Gilbert Perreault (20)Hannu Virta (12), John Van Boxmeer (14)3–607:19 BUF · 
Dale McCourt (9)Sean Mckenna (12), Andre Savard (13)3–716:11 BUF
Mike Foligno (11)John Van Boxmeer (15), Craig Ramsay (9)3–818:56 BUF
3rd period
- Pierre Larouche (14)Mark Renaud (13)4–801:04 HFD
Team stats
HFDBUF
2152
0%0%
0/31/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:13 into the second period
Bill Hajt · holding2 min - 5:34 into the second period
Russ Anderson · cross checking2 min - 8:56 into the second periodRon Francis · slashing2 min
- 1:04 into the third periodPhil Housley · delaying game2 min
- 2:23 into the third periodMike Ramsey · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Mike HoffmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Jeff BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Mike VeisorG | L | 41 | 8 | .805 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Sean MckennaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 21 | 4 | .809 |