New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, February 27, 1983 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 6–2 on Sunday, February 27, 1983 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Devils 38–17.
Tony McKegney scored twice. Gilles Hamel, Mike Foligno, Gilbert Perreault, Paul Gagne, Paul Cyr and Tapio Levo also scored.
Phil Myre made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Gilles Hamel (15)Gilbert Perreault (34), David Fenyves (3)0–102:05 BUF
Mike Foligno (16)Brent Peterson (21)0–206:13 BUF
Tony McKegney (27)Dale McCourt (23), Lindy Ruff (8)0–314:56 BUF ·
2nd period
Gilbert Perreault (26)Phil Housley (37), Steve Patrick (12)0–405:12 BUF- Tony McKegney (28)Phil Housley (38), Dale McCourt (24)0–507:36 BUF
3rd period
Paul Gagne (8)Aaron Broten (23), Jeff Larmer (12)1–502:14 NJD
Paul Cyr (5)Mal Davis (5), Phil Housley (39)1–604:00 BUF · 
Tapio Levo (6)Aaron Broten (24), Jeff Larmer (13)2–606:54 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDBUF
1738
0%0%
1/42/4
1223
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:30 into the first period
Mike Foligno · holding2 min - 14:28 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · holding2 min - 11:26 into the second periodDavid Fenyves · roughing2 min
- 11:26 into the second periodHector Marini · roughing2 min
- 17:12 into the second periodLarry Floyd · holding2 min
- 17:58 into the second periodDave Cameron · slashing2 min
- 3:31 into the third periodMike Kitchen · elbowing2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodSteve Patrick · hooking2 min
- 8:15 into the third periodSteve Patrick · tripping2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodPaul Cyr · fighting5 min
- 12:48 into the third periodPaul Cyr · game misconduct10 min
- 12:48 into the third periodDave Cameron · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry FloydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mike MoherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mal DavisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31David FenyvesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Phil MyreG | W | 17 | 2 | .882 |