Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 26, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–3 on Wednesday, January 26, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 36–26.
Goals came from Craig Ramsay, Tony McKegney, Andre Savard, Lindy Ruff, Hannu Virta, Ric Seiling, Mark Napier, Larry Playfair, Doug Wickenheiser and Guy Lafleur.
Jacques Cloutier made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 14 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Ramsay (9)Mike Ramsey (19)0–103:56 BUF · 
Tony McKegney (21)Mike Foligno (16), Dave Andreychuk (7)0–207:17 BUF
Andre Savard (10)Craig Ramsay (13)0–319:06 BUF
2nd period
Lindy Ruff (8)Andre Savard (17)0–406:07 BUF
Hannu Virta (9)Mike Moller (11), Gilbert Perreault (25)0–507:21 BUF
Ric Seiling (12)Gilbert Perreault (26), Mike Ramsey (20)0–609:44 BUF · 
Mark Napier (24)Unassisted1–612:03 MTL
Larry Playfair (3)Brent Peterson (15)1–713:00 BUF
Doug Wickenheiser (22)Mark Napier (22), Ryan Walter (27)2–714:50 MTL
3rd period
Guy Lafleur (15)Guy Carbonneau (19), Ryan Walter (28)3–717:43 MTL
Team stats
MTLBUF
2636
0%0%
0/31/4
4523
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:13 into the first period
Ryan Walter · hooking2 min - 3:25 into the first period
Mike Foligno · holding2 min - 1:22 into the second periodPhil Housley · cross checking2 min
- 3:31 into the second periodAndre Savard · tripping2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodMario Tremblay · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodMario Tremblay · misconduct10 min
- 8:20 into the second periodMario Tremblay · game misconduct10 min
- 13:21 into the second periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 13:21 into the second periodLindy Ruff · misconduct10 min
- 13:21 into the second periodRobert Picard · fighting5 min
- 13:21 into the second periodRobert Picard · misconduct10 min
- 15:41 into the second periodMike Moller · roughing2 min
- 15:41 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 16:40 into the second periodRick Green · hooking2 min
- 18:39 into the third periodBill Root · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 21 | 7 | .667 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 15 | 0 | 1.000 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Craig RamsayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |