Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, February 16, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 3–1 on Wednesday, February 16, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 24–19.
Goals came from Gilbert Perreault, Phil Housley, Rick Middleton and Brent Peterson.
Bob Sauve made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 16 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Gilbert Perreault (25)Unassisted0–112:01 BUF ·
3rd period
Phil Housley (13)Geordie Robertson (1), Mal Davis (1)0–200:43 BUF · 
Rick Middleton (30)Tom Fergus (21), Ray Bourque (33)1–204:47 BOS
Brent Peterson (9)Unassisted1–319:49 BUF ·
Team stats
BOSBUF
2419
0%0%
0/32/3
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:58 into the first period
Steve Patrick · hooking2 min - 11:17 into the first period
Randy Hillier · charging2 min - 14:16 into the second periodDavid Fenyves · holding2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodKeith Crowder · hooking2 min
- 2:32 into the third periodGilbert Perreault · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Geordie RobertsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |