Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, January 15, 1983 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Saturday, January 15, 1983 at Capital Centre. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 30–26.
Goals came from Greg Theberge, Mike Foligno, Hannu Virta, Dennis Maruk, Phil Housley and Tony McKegney.
Bob Sauve made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Theberge (5)Bobby Carpenter (21)0–103:57 WSH · 
Mike Foligno (13)Tony McKegney (26), Phil Housley (28)1–109:44 BUF
2nd period
Hannu Virta (8)Unassisted2–103:11 BUF
Dennis Maruk (24)Chris Valentine (6), Greg Theberge (18)2–207:08 WSH · 
Phil Housley (8)Gilles Hamel (9), Mike Moller (10)3–216:35 BUF
3rd period
Tony McKegney (18)Gilbert Perreault (24)4–218:30 BUF
Team stats
BUFWSH
3026
0%0%
0/22/3
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:53 into the first period
Andre Savard · roughing2 min - 2:53 into the first period
Scott Stevens · high sticking2 min - 2:53 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 3:25 into the first periodGilbert Perreault · tripping2 min
- 19:22 into the first periodBill Hajt · holding2 min
- 5:59 into the second periodMike Moller · roughing2 min
- 5:59 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
- 9:28 into the second periodDennis Maruk · interference2 min
- 11:56 into the second periodBrent Peterson · tripping2 min
- 14:51 into the second periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 14:51 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
Washington Capitals
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 66Milan NovyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |