Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, February 20, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Sunday, February 20, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Oilers 37–30.
Tony McKegney scored twice. Mal Davis, Tom Roulston, Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri, Jaroslav Pouzar and Lindy Ruff also scored.
Andy Moog made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mal Davis (2)Geordie Robertson (2), Paul Cyr (5)0–108:26 BUF · 
Tom Roulston (14)Jaroslav Pouzar (14), Kevin Lowe (27)1–110:24 EDM
Mark Messier (39)Glenn Anderson (39), Randy Gregg (15)2–114:12 EDM
2nd period
Glenn Anderson (39)Mark Messier (52), Ken Linseman (38)3–109:26 EDM
3rd period
Jari Kurri (34)Wayne Gretzky (98), Kevin Lowe (28)4–106:55 EDM
Jaroslav Pouzar (13)Paul Coffey (50), Tom Roulston (11)5–107:32 EDM
Lindy Ruff (10)Brent Peterson (20), Phil Housley (34)5–211:01 BUF · 
Tony McKegney (23)Dale McCourt (20)5–312:33 BUF- Tony McKegney (24)Gilles Hamel (12), Gilbert Perreault (31)5–418:05 BUF
Team stats
EDMBUF
3037
0%0%
0/32/8
2111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:57 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · elbowing2 min - 3:52 into the first period
Paul Cyr · elbowing2 min - 6:51 into the first periodDave Hunter · elbowing2 min
- 11:28 into the first periodGeordie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 11:28 into the first periodLaurie Boschman · roughing2 min
- 11:28 into the first periodLaurie Boschman · fighting5 min
- 14:52 into the first periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 15:41 into the first periodGilbert Perreault · tripping2 min
- 18:13 into the first periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 12:37 into the second periodLaurie Boschman · hooking2 min
- 12:45 into the second periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodSteve Patrick · interference2 min
- 9:27 into the third periodDave Hunter · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Geordie RobertsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |