Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, January 4, 1983 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2–5

20–35

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Tuesday, January 4, 1983 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 35–20.

Goals came from Gord Lane, Gilbert Perreault, Mike Bossy, Brent Sutter, Butch Goring, Mike Ramsey and Bob Bourne.

Roland Melanson made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 30 of 35.

Goals
BUF	1	1	0	2	20
NYI	3	1	1	5	35

Scoring

1st period

Gord Lane (3)Duane Sutter (8), Brent Sutter (9)0–100:28 NYI
Gilbert Perreault (21)Mike Foligno (13), John Van Boxmeer (16)1–103:24 BUF ·
Mike Bossy (28)Bryan Trottier (23)1–214:28 NYI ·
Brent Sutter (8)Duane Sutter (9), Clark Gillies (8)1–317:35 NYI

2nd period

Butch Goring (13)Ken Morrow (6), Duane Sutter (10)1–408:11 NYI
Mike Ramsey (3)John Van Boxmeer (17), Gilbert Perreault (19)2–410:55 BUF

3rd period

Bob Bourne (8)Bobby Nystrom (14), Billy Carroll (7)2–510:52 NYI

Team stats

BUFNYI

2035

0%0%

1/71/4

1632

Penalties

2:24 into the first periodKen Morrow · elbowing2 min
5:07 into the first periodAndre Savard · high sticking2 min
5:07 into the first periodKen Morrow · high sticking2 min
9:14 into the first periodJohn Van Boxmeer · roughing2 min
9:14 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
11:30 into the first periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
12:35 into the first periodJohn Van Boxmeer · tripping2 min
15:23 into the first periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
18:15 into the first periodBrent Sutter · misconduct10 min
18:15 into the first periodClark Gillies · tripping2 min
5:42 into the second periodBrent Peterson · tripping2 min
8:40 into the second periodClark Gillies · cross checking2 min
15:26 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
18:57 into the second periodClark Gillies · charging2 min
19:59 into the second periodRic Seiling · roughing2 min
19:59 into the second periodKen Morrow · roughing2 min
2:09 into the third periodPhil Housley · high sticking2 min
2:09 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · cross checking2 min
11:55 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · elbowing2 min
19:48 into the third periodLarry Playfair · charging2 min

Season series

Sabres vs Islanders head-to-head →

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

11Gilbert PerreaultC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
4John Van BoxmeerD	0	2	2	−2	2	4	–	–
17Mike FolignoR	0	1	1	−1	5	0	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	1	0	1	−3	2	2	–	–
7Dale McCourtC	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
8Tony McKegneyL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
9Gilles HamelL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
10Craig RamsayL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
12Andre SavardC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
14Mike MollerR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
16Ric SeilingR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
19Sean MckennaR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
20Brent PetersonC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
21Jean-Francois SauveC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
3Hannu VirtaD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
6Phil HousleyD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
24Bill HajtD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
27Larry PlayfairD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Jacques CloutierG		0	0	0	–	00:00
28Bob SauveG	L	35	30	5	.857	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

12Duane SutterR	0	3	3	+3	3	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	1	1	2	+2	3	10	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	1	1	+3	3	6	–	–
14Bob BourneC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	–	–
22Mike BossyR	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
25Billy CarrollC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
91Butch GoringC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	1	1	+2	1	6	–	–
24Gord LaneD	1	0	1	+1	1	2	–	–
17Greg GilbertL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	0	0	0	2	6	–	–
28Anders KallurC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	0	0	+1	5	2	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Roland MelansonG	W	20	18	2	.900	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00